The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 12: Episode 6 recap and discussion

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Season 12, featuring welterweight coaches (and division rivals) Josh Koscheck and Georges St. Pierre, is back for Episode 6 and Koscheck opens the episode by "double teaming" Michael Johnson while he stretches out.

Spirits are up for Kos and Co. now that they finally bagged their first win. He turns to the team to get some input on the final matches. Assistant Coach Dave Camarillo is playing field general and shares the stress behind trying to match up the fighters to their advantage.

Back at the house, Johnson continues to get his buttons pushed, now that Team Koscheck is "acting immature" and "not like good sports" following Nam Phan's win on Episode 5. Coach K shows up at the pad to ruffle a few feathers -- especially Johnson's.

Time for the first fight announcement and Marc Stevens will fight Cody McKenzie, who flicks Koscheck in the face after the stare down.

Coach St. Pierre finally makes an appearance and he tells his team not to fall for the antics of Team Troll, who just want to get a rise out of them by acting like bozos.

McKenzie trains for Stevens, who they've dubbed "Little Koscheck," and admits to not being a wrestler or athletic guy, but likes to scrap and throw hands.

And of course he has that tricky guillotine.

He runs into Koscheck in between the changeover and McKenzie tells the camera with a straight face that if they ever fought he "would give him a beating."

Uh-huh.

Stevens gets busy in the gym and drops the tried-and-true "He's never fought anybody like me." He's also adamant about not getting submitted. While McKenzie sees him as a "paycheck," Stevens considers his fight just another day at the office.

Both fighters weigh in without incident.

Dana White drops by for another stellar analysis. He's calling Stevens the favorite and that takedowns will be few and far between because of the fear of the guillotine.

Unfortunately McKenzie tells the guys that Stevens is better than him and every area but "once we get in there it doesn't matter what we learned." Sounds like a good philosophy. So what the hell are these guys paying Greg Jackson all that money for?

Stevens promises to send Cody back to his Crown Royal and chew.

Elimination fight #5: Marc Stevens (12-5) vs. Cody McKenzie (10-0)

Round 1: Wow, it's 10:31. This must be a quick fight if they plan on getting another one in before the show's over. And what happens? Stevens dives in for the takedown on a high kick attempt, lands it, and gets caught in the one place he didn't want to be: The friggin' guillotine. Peace out.

Cody McKenzie defeats Marc Stevens via submission (rear naked choke).

Koscheck looks shell-shocked. Stevens mans up and congratulates McKenzie before promising to come back stronger if given another chance. Hard to knock a guy like that.

In the locker room, GSP warns the team not to pound the walls or act like A-holes just because they pulled off the huge upset. Better to act nice and go crazy inside the cage.

In the opposing locker room, it's eerily quiet, almost like Jonestown. Nothing but a bunch of still bodies slumped across the wall and on benches.

Fight pick, take two, and Coach St. Pierre (back in control) picks Jonathan Brookins to fight Sevak Magakian.

Brookins is outside getting his yoga on, stretching and becoming one with nature. Then he's shown kicking some butt in training and getting plenty of accolades from Coach GSP. Brookins refers to himself as "just a baby" in this sport.

Unfortunately they go head-to-head on the mat and "Rush" gets busted open. He tries to keep it hidden from Koscheck but nope, Kos sniffs it out and starts the name calling.

"The Crazy Armenian" gets his chance to shine and Coach K calls him the "Alpha Male" because Sevak growls a lot and scowls in training. He wants to win to honor his late father and the rest of his supportive family.

And he knows Judo, go figure.

Koscheck says being a fighter is not about training or athleticism, it's about heart. And to think these guys wasted all that time in the gym when all they needed was to murk the Tin Man and jack his goods.

Elimination fight #6: Jonathan Brookins (11-2) vs. Sevak Magakian (8-3)

Round 1: 10:55. Another quickie. Both guys a little tentative on the feet. Sevak rushes in and Brookins soufflés him like a rag doll. They scramble on the ground and Sevak jumps up. Brookins is all over him, takes his back and rides him like a monkey. It's only a matter of time before he locks in the rear naked choke and Sevak crumbles to the mat. Dana White approves.

Jonathan Brookins defeats Sevak Mgakian via submission (rear naked choke).

Brookins doesn't want to be feared, he wants to be respected. Uh, mission accomplished.

Stay tuned next week as we get the final preliminary fight between Dane Sayers and Sako Chivitchian, the coaches challenge has Koscheck and St. Pierre going yard and the wild card is announced!

See you in seven!