The growing excitement might have peaked for TUF.

Its on too damned late…anyone who has kids and works for a living and is a wuss like me has to go to bed. Put it in place of all the csi reruns.

I was telling a friend about the show and he was like, “They can’t fight in the house, so why do I want to watch the first 45 minutes of them complaining and talking trash?” He said he’d rather just watch the last 15 minutes and catch the fight. Maybe that’s the problem. The show is too repetitive. It’s different people but it’s all still the same. Maybe they need to bring back the challenges for who fights or something. I don’t know, I like the show I hope they figure it out.

This is just my perspective, but I don’t think a lot of people who don’t always watch MMA knew it was on… I think ratings will pick up this week and the next.

i loved the first episode, b.j. penn is awesome and so is jens, i watched the replay on sat. before the ppv and last night after the shield, i think its gonna be a damn good season…

All the jump on the wagon MMA fans don’t know B.J. or Jens. The UFC used all the poster commercial names on first 4 seasons. These ratings represent how much the sport has grown to be commercial. Most of these viewer’s are those who just got hooked from the first season with Couture and Liddell. When they heard it was Penn and Pulver the first thing they thought was “Who the hell are they.” They want Liddell, Tito, Shamrock, etc. Real MMA fans love the fact that B.J. and Jens are on here, but they are not the common names.

Dude, Stafo, why do all the MMA snobs try to deligitimize everyone to started watching it lately. I started watching a couple of years ago when I graduated college because even though I knew what the UFC was, I couldnt afford to buy the events cause I was too busy spending the little money I had on booze. You should be happy the sport is blowing up. Now there will be more fighters, better competition, and more compensation for the fighters. Personally, hearing about something and watching it when it isnt popular doesn’t make anyone better than those who hear about it later. A fan is a fan is a fan.

When they start vandalizing the house I change the channel, then come back and watch the fight at the end.

I always root for the vandals and pranksters to lose.

Its on too damned late…anyone who has kids and works for a living and is a wuss like me has to go to bed. Put it in place of all the csi reruns.

I agree—-put it on at 9. That one extra hour is key. But then again most of the UFC fans are male 18-30 something. I think that demographic stays up late for the most part. If this season fails then I hope it’s not the beginning of the end of a great show. Seems like TUF might have jumped the shark with TUF 3. If anything the Serra win gives TUF 4 credibility even though it sucked. Lutter had Silva in trouble too. Dont know what to think. Hopefully the fights get better and the house drama gets better and more people tune in so we dont lose it.

I think the timezone hurts and possibly the lack of something different. If they deem there is enough interest for TUF6 then hopefully they’ll change the show. Perhaps something like The Contender where the fighters actually had to go home, live their lives and still train and try and compete.

I was happy with the premiere of TUF5, I thought it was pretty good actually. But then I enjoy a MMA fight no matter where it comes and if it means I get to watch a free match weekly by watching a reality show then so be it.

Don’t want to attract the wrong crowd MAHDE. Don’t want the sport to grow into the WWE. Expansion is important, fan base, money, growth, it’s all important, but you don’t want to lose the purity of the sport. “As real as it gets” that image must stay. So when you say a fan is a fan. Sorry bro thats not true. As for being a broke ass student bro. I forked out a hundred bucks and got the black box put into my first college apartment…LOL. made sure everyone brought the booze and all the party favors..LOL. Problem solved!

I think the show may have run its course I think the UFC may have to come up with new ideas to grow the sport. I would love to see a push on amatures to built up the sport, I know it won’t happen anytime in the near future but I would love to see mma in the olmpics.

It would be nice to see MMA in Olympics. There are some sports in the Olympics that should be thrown out anyways

Stafo, all fans are good fans…its stupid to dog on the people who are ‘Tuf Noobs’ or whatever….who cares who knows more about mma..we arent rocket scientists here, so what if you know more…you get shit for that accomplishment…i for one like informing people of the sport, usless knowledge, whos who sort of thing…i think its stupid that some people take “tuf noobs” so seriously, like they are offended by them….anyways guys, i dont think there will ever be mma in olympics, why would you be ametuer when its just as easy to be pro

It was their loss for not watching, it was good episode and watching Penn and Pulver try and top each other is hilarious.

Well now Im just angry with myself for not thinking of purchasing a black box. Touche Stafo….touche.

And I do see a concern for not wanting mma to get out of hand, but it could never become the WWE because the fighting is real and Im pretty sure that getting more ESPN coverage is on Dana’s to do list.

I appreciate the fans that are in it to know more about it. I’m not dogging fans who are interested and enjoy the sport. It just bothers me that everybody and their mother has someone training MMA now, or is connected to the sport in some foolish way. I than spark a conversation and find out they don’t know shit. The converstaion is something like " I like Tito or that guy they call the Iceman" Hilarious! and you know what I’m talking about.

[quote comment=“31995”]Well now Im just angry with myself for not thinking of purchasing a black box. Touche Stafo….touche.

College does teach us a thing or two bro! LOL

This shows turning into bad drama.The guys are all catty and acting like fuckin females.