UltimateFighter.com presents 'Month of Koscheck' featuring the best of 'Kos'
by Jesse Holland on Aug 31, 2010 12:56 PM EDT
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To help prepare fight fans for the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), UFC welterweight number one contender and current TUF 12 coach Josh Koscheck is getting the entire month of September dedicated to him on the UFC's UltimateFighter.com website starting tomorrow (Wednesday) September 1.
From the UFC press release:
UltimateFighter.com will celebrate the season 12 coach with "Month of Koscheck," a look at Koscheck's greatest moments during the inaugural season of "The Ultimate Fighter." In 2005, Koscheck was a part of the historic cast of the first season of "The Ultimate Fighter," and his shock of bleach blonde hair and explosive feud with Chris Leben made him one of the show's most polarizing figures amongst fans. UltimateFighter.com will feature special content each day of Koscheck including complete episodes, full fights, special clips, all to be kicked off Wednesday, September 1st with an exclusive interview with the coach and a look at his very first fight on season 1.
"Kos" recently wrapped up his stint as coach on TUF 12, coaching against Georges St. Pierre on the Spike TV reality show in a spot he earned with a unanimous decision win over Paul "Semtex" Daley at UFC 113: "Machida vs. Shogun 2" earlier this year.
The former collegiate wrestler and longtime UFC veteran has strung together three consecutive wins since a surprise loss to Brazilian welterweight Paulo Thiago at UFC 95: "Sanchez vs. Stevenson," stopping Frank Trigg via technical knockout at UFC 103: "Franklin vs. Belfort" back in September 2009 and then choking out Anthony Johnson at UFC 106: "Ortiz vs. Griffin 2."
Aside from his success inside the Octagon, his role in the December title fight can also be attributed to St. Pierre's ability to handily dispose of every would-be contender over the past two years, including AKA team mate Jon Fitch.
Of course both fighters have evolved since their first dance at UFC 74: "Respect" way back in August 2007. GSP cruised to a three round unanimous decision win in their non-title affair, the Canadian's first fight after coughing up the strap to Matt Serra at UFC 69: "Shootout."
It's been nothing but easy street since then, rattling off six straight wins and barely breaking a sweat in the process. In fact, the only knock on "Rush" has been his decision to play it safe in recent bouts, employing a suffocating and seemingly unstoppable wrestling-based offense to neutralize his opponents and sweep the judge's scorecards.
Can he finish Koscheck and re-establish himself as the sport's most complete fighter? Or will we see a welterweight version of Wrestlemania?
We'll find out on December 11 in Montreal.
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I liked the Paulo video
Not only does BJ Penn quit on his stool versus guys that are bigger than him...He gets tooled by guys that are SMALLER than him. BJ should just stick to jumping out of pools, not fighting. I shoulda listened to Ulf.
i cant think of a worse programme to watch..
"I knew i ‘urt ‘im, when he said argh" – GSP
by Rampagelangford on Aug 31, 2010 1:06 PM EDT reply actions
Month of Koschek??
More like Month of Douche……………..
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
+1
My Top MMA Talents
1. Jon ''Bones'' Jones
2. Anthony ''Showtime'' Pettis
3. Phil ''Mr. Wonderful'' Davis
4. Terry Etim
5. Patricio ''Pitbull'' Freire
by robinhorobson on Aug 31, 2010 1:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I bought this on DVD earlier in the year for my kids
Except they’ve since re-titled it…used to be: “Fraggle Rock – The Complete First Season”.
Dak's fave fighters:
HW: Brett Rogers
LHW: Jon Jones, Machida
MW: Maia, Tim Kennedy
WW: GSP, Derek Downey
LW: Evan Dunham
too easy...;)
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning." - Albert Einstein
sometimes ya gotta pick the low hanging fruit
Dak's fave fighters:
HW: Brett Rogers
LHW: Jon Jones, Machida
MW: Maia, Tim Kennedy
WW: GSP, Derek Downey
LW: Evan Dunham
Hmm how about
Koscheck vs Paulo ; Koscheck vs Drew Ficket, Kos vs GSP 1, and Kos vs Alves
I've got something to say; it better to burn in hell than to fade away!!!
Great list
Add in Diego-Kos from TUF and the bonus content of the Semtex suckerpunch and an edit of stupid Kos quotes mixed with him getting beaten up and you have a great package. I’d buy that collection.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
I choose the latter.................
Blame Canada, Blame Canada, With all their hockey hullabaloo, And that bitch Anne Murray too, Blame Canada,Shame on Canada...............
It goes back
to TUF Season 1 where he showed the world right out of the gate what kind of real life D-bag he is. There’s no coming back from that for a lot of people no matter what he does now.
"I'm sorry about my performance tonight... I had sand in my vagina."
-Forrest Griffin
I like him
I hear what your saying though. He was a very immature, young fighter that like to mess around. He has come a long ways, and i think he has turned to a freaking great fighter.. He still maybe pretty loud and at times immature.. But hey fuck it. I think its great.
editing may have hurt him
It was a reality TV show and they NEVER lie. I still think he’s a tool bag though. Makes for good fight hype.
"I'm sorry about my performance tonight... I had sand in my vagina."
-Forrest Griffin
that shit was from 2005....5 years ago...the average fan who watches now didnt even know what the hell a josh koscheck was till the 1st gsp fight
they dont remember him pissing in leben’s bed or whatever he did….besides, all that same shit goes on in every frat house in the world…so anyone who’s ever went to college is a tool
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
But hes been a douche from day one till now, Now matter when you find out about him hes a douche.
Triangles don't dodge Fedor.
Yeah, it's not like he's changed.
He’s still a douche and has done nothing to prove otherwise.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
I think he may act like a douche. However I do believe he has been able to control his "douchieness" more and more..
I agree with what you are all saying, on how he is kinda a jackass.. You will always be naturally who you naturally are.. But its a matter of understanding who you are (douche or not) and being able to control it more and more. And i believe he is getting much better. Due to the fact that he knowes he has an image to uphold, where at one point he could be a reckless cock and get away with it…
You must of
not heard the bullshit pouring out of his mouth after the Daley fight, pretty douchey, which was alright cause Canadians still ended up raping the Penguins
Every fighter has a plan until he gets hit
Oh no i heard it.. I thought that was funny..
Id be pretty vocal to after beating a loud mouth like Daley. I guess thats pretty contradicting of me.. haha
Kos is mainly a character
He purposely acted like a loudmouth on TUF to get attention as he knew that he wasn’t going to win because he could only wrestle and was an MMA novice. Being a loudmouth sells to the masses, thats partly why guys like Brock and Tito say daft things after fights and make feuds with other guys, that sort of thing is what sells fights and subsequently makes these guys more money. Kos may very well be a dick out of the cage (I don’t know as I’ve never met him) but most of what he does is just to get attention. Personally I don’t like his interviews or style of fighting but I can’t argue with his success in self-promotion or his record.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
I used to hate him, but now I like him.
Great attitude when it comes to fighting, exciting fights, and pretty damn funny.
To be the best you gotta be one crazy son of a bitch…and that’s the truth - BJ Penn
Great attitude?
Faking injury in his last two fights (regardless of whether the blows would have been illegal had they hit) smacks of pure bitchery to me. He comes across as a bit of a cunt to me.
I like that he takes tough fights on short notice but he's still an asshat.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
sent daley again after him
My Top MMA Talents
1. Jon ''Bones'' Jones
2. Anthony ''Showtime'' Pettis
3. Phil ''Mr. Wonderful'' Davis
4. Terry Etim
5. Patricio ''Pitbull'' Freire
by robinhorobson on Aug 31, 2010 1:24 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
doubt it.
I should never have doubted the wisdom of David W-S or the talent of Junior Dos Santos…and screw Dana White
LATE TAKEDOWN FTW
There is a good chance of that happening
Kos won’t be defending and shit all the time. He’ll be making mistakes trying to win this fight. It will leave him open a lot. He won’t be trying to survive like BJ and Hardy were doing.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
Yep. I expect an aggressive Koscheck
and it will get him crushed.
by PetrozellisJab on Aug 31, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Crushed or lucky
Either way it’s a better plan than what Hardy had.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
aggressive like Alves for 2 rounds?
either way, GSP wins another decision. probably in the fashion that he destroyed Fitch with. Kos is a tough guy.
I should never have doubted the wisdom of David W-S or the talent of Junior Dos Santos…and screw Dana White
LATE TAKEDOWN FTW
Kos has energy to last 5 rounds, Alves does not.
This will be a better fight than that one. Plus Kos can wrestle.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
i think he'll go all passive and worried about the takedown and hesitant to throw.
I should never have doubted the wisdom of David W-S or the talent of Junior Dos Santos…and screw Dana White
LATE TAKEDOWN FTW
Trouble is nobody ever does that against GSP
Alves, BJ and Hardy did nothing against GSP and Kos didn’t in the first fight either. Fitch tried but was outclassed. I see this going the same as all of GSP’s recent fights with him outwrestling a top guy and making him look ordinary for 5 rounds but not showing any aggression on the ground or coming close to a finish. Hopefully I’m wrong and Kos at least makes this a fight, he’ll need to keep working on his wrestling to do so though and will have to make his striking a lot more unpredictable.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
GSP WILL dominate him
But he won’t be defending the whole time is what I’m getting at. He’ll make a half decent fight out of this and maybe even win a round. Not too many guys have been able to say that lately.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
Kos isn't a tough guy
Kos has cried after having the side of his grazed twice
Every fighter has a plan until he gets hit
aside from the Paulo uppercut
when has he been rocked by a clean LEGAL strike?
I should never have doubted the wisdom of David W-S or the talent of Junior Dos Santos…and screw Dana White
LATE TAKEDOWN FTW
Alves' leg kicks
Other than that Kos has shown to have a good chin. Being able to take down the majority of strikers that he has faced has meant that he’s rarely hit cleanly as well.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
Honestly I wouldn't mind that.
I’m more impressed when a fighter dominates another fighter for five rounds than earning a quick stoppage. I expect GSP to really go for it though because he’s in his home town and he’s tired of the criticism for not finishing fights.
by PetrozellisJab on Aug 31, 2010 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Lay N Pray
Kos won’t try and stand with GSP after getting KO’d the way did against fucking Paulo & Alves & the success he had dry humping Daley he’s probably going to see if he can be the first person to lay n pray GSP to a victory, and hopefully eat a head kick the same way Matt Hughes did in the process.
Every fighter has a plan until he gets hit
No one can lay and pray on GSP
But I wouldn’t mind seeing that headkick ending you mentioned.
by PetrozellisJab on Aug 31, 2010 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions
IF YOU SMELLLLLLLALALALA... WHAT...THE...KOS...ISSSS...COOOKING!!!
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
i can certainly SMELLLLLALALALA the canadian stew a brewin
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
yea...canadian bacon...its what gsp is made of
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
If...
If more than 7 people watch this program it will be for the sole reason of watching him get knocked the fuck out by Alves & Thiago…Pretty sure this guy has less fans than Tito
Every fighter has a plan until he gets hit
u must not be aware of tito's ppv draw..
people will watch for the sake of hating him…and for all the hatred, the dude is still a good fighter…he has a great highlight reel…and hes easy to hate…
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
His point was that people will only watch to see him lose, Why the hell would I watch a fight I knew he already won in hopes of seeing him lose(impossible), and thats why Tito has draw power because we all wanna see him lose, But that only works for live events, not fights that already happend.
Triangles don't dodge Fedor.
You're basing this on old numbers of course.
UFC 106 with Koscheck and Tito on it did 375,000 buys. HAHAHA. Great draws!
UFC 84 Tito vs. Machida did 475,000 buys. Well below average. HAHAHA. Tito draws again
UFC 73 Tito vs.Evans Co-main event. Anderson Silva headlining…475,000 buys.
LOL
PLEASE QUIT PRETENDING TITO IS STILL A DRAW. THAT WAS OVER 7 YEARS AGO. HE HASN’T WON A FIGHT IN 4 YEARS.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
tito fights rampage tomorrow it does huge buys...a randy/tito rematch would be HUUUUGE...tito fights andy tomorrow it does huge buys...if the rematch with chuck eventually happened it would be big too...tito/rich would be big
but page/tito would be HUGE…randy/tito rematch would be HUUUGE
and dont say “yea only because its rampage or randy”
bullshit…you think rampage/sean salmon or rampage/vera would be as big as rampage/tito or randy/tito? fuck no…
you think chuck/salmon..or any of the fighters i listed above vs salmon, the janitor or any other fuck would be bigger than vs tito? no
randy vs tito 2
or
randy vs the janitor
which would you watch?
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
LOL
I gave you the numbers. Make up as much shit as you want. The proof is right there. Tito does not draw like you think.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
Nobody is
Nobody is trying to sell Rampage/Salmon, Rampage/Vera, or any of those other ones you mentioned as headliners. And yeah, Tito does have a fucking awesome highlight real, like getting spanked by Randy or KTFO’d twice by Chuck, probably 2 of the best mma highlights of all time. Just ahead of watching Kos trying to stand with…well pretty anybody with a half decent stand up game.
Every fighter has a plan until he gets hit
Rampage-Vera would actually be a better fight
Vera’s better than Tito plus friend-friend fights are almost always awful as both guys no each others styles too well and they don’t want to beat up their friend so they do the bare minimum and cancel each other out.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
UFC 106 with Koscheck and Tito on it did 375,000 buys. HAHAHA. Great draws!
UFC 84 Tito vs. Machida did 475,000 buys. Well below average. HAHAHA. Tito draws again
UFC 73 Tito vs.Evans Co-main event. Anderson Silva headlining…475,000 buys.
UFC 109: Couture vs. Coleman: 275,000 buys
well then that still makes him TWICE THE FUCKING DRAW RANDY FUCKING COUTURE IS!! not bad for a guy who hasnt won a fucking fight in 20 years is it?
UFC 112: Silva vs. Maia, Penn vs. Edgar: 500,000 buys
wow 2 title fights on the same card and they BARELY did better than tito/ by 25 thousand buys…so tito is just as good a draw as 2 CHAMPS AT THE SAME TIME!! not bad for a guy who hasnt won a fight in 20 years is it? he by HIMSELF comes only 25 thousand buys from OUTSELLING 2 FUCKING TITLE FIGHTS ON THE SAME CARD…he DOUBLES randy coutures fight with coleman…not bad for a guy who you say ISNT A FUCKING DRAW
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
i like watching tito fight
mostly because he doesn’t win anymore ;)
I should never have doubted the wisdom of David W-S or the talent of Junior Dos Santos…and screw Dana White
LATE TAKEDOWN FTW
tito by himself going against machida who was virtually an unknown at the time
was only 25 thousand buys behind ufc 112…which had 2 FUCKING TITLE FIGHTS…2 FUCKING TITLE FIGHTS!!! ARE U FUCKING KIDDING ME??? so if bj had been on the card by himself…or silva had been on the card by himself…it took 2 CHAMPIONS to outdraw tito..ON THE SAME CARD…
and randy FUCKING couture’s fight with mark coleman the so called ‘LEGEND VS LEGEND fight’ barely even drew HALF of tito’s fight with machida…so tito is DOUBLE the draw that randy is…..and he hasnt even won a fight in like 20 years
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….
im right jay and you’re wrong…tito is a bigger single draw than..randy, anderson, and bj…
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
Your wrong
UFC 117 where Silva was headlining had like a million buys. So he doesn’t outdraw Silva. I’m pretty sure UFC 118 with Rand y& BJ headling is going to have well over 500,000 ppv buys so he doesn’t outdraw them either. Your 0 for 3
Every fighter has a plan until he gets hit
tonya you're a moron...
first off bj and randy didnt headline this past card…james toney did…toney could have been fighting herb dean and the card would have still been a draw…when you watched sportscenter all week people werent like “OMG like randy couture is fighting this weekend”…they were talking about james toney…and how he would do….james toney sold that fight…just like sonnen sold the fight against anderson…
but i tell you one thing….if toney had been fighting tito ortiz the buyrate would have been more…try and deny that
the brockness monster grinds up teenagers and puts them in his protein shakes..and uses razor blades to chop toddlers up into lines to snort like meth...the reason no one can find bigfoot is because the brockness monster found him years ago and now has him in numerous ziplock bags in the back of his freezer...
Maybe
But if Sonnen wasn’t fighting Anderson they wouldn’t have tuned in, it was only because of who he was talking shit about that made em buy into it. Also Tito would never accept a fight with James Toney so you’d never be able to prove that, Tito is afraid of Liddell’s striking imagine how badly he would be shaking in his boots if it was Toney he was going up against. And even if he is a bigger draw than Randy or BJ it still doesn’t mean he’s a big draw.
Every fighter has a plan until he gets hit
Hella
YOU ARE RIGHT. IN A FUCKING ARGUMENT WE weren’t HAVING. GOOD FOR YOU. I KNOW ANDERSON SILVA, RANDY AND BJ DON’T DRAW EITHER. STAY ON TOPIC PLEASE.
YOU SAID TITO IS A DRAW. HE IS NOT. HE DOESN’T WIN EITHER SO HE’S WASTING TIME AND SPACE.
THE CAPS LOCK STAYS BECAUSE I AM ALSO GANSTA.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
ummm...
I never said Randy was a draw…But with this logic you said Tito vs Randy would be a huge draw but judging by the average of buys between the 2 of them on ufc 106 & 109 they’d maybe pull in 350,000 buys.
Every fighter has a plan until he gets hit
HE's posted it a few times.
Not in this thread though.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
i have been busy i went on a few bj threads and asked but havnt seen a response
Do you know what it is or where its at?
I don't remember. Hang on
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
I don't think he's posted it yet but he is looking for you to tell you what it is.
“Speaking of sigs… Where is BJPenFan? Tell him the bandit is looking for him.”
He remembers…
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
Nothing to hide for bro
The whole BJ thing has already blown over. He did well in fans eyes.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
im jk
I have just been busy. So busy i didnt even get to watch the card. I was going to watch sunday but then i went on a site to watch it and clicked the wrong link and it showed the results. LOL i can’t even bring myself to watch them lol. My buddy told me the fights sucked is that true?
Meh
I liked them. Except that Nik Lentz guy, that fight was annoying. A lot of guys on here saying they didn’t enjoy the fights but I usually do anyway, no matter what.
Noons does not have power in his hands. Maybe his knees but his hands do not have KO power. they’re good enough to cut up and swell up gurgel’s face, but he won’t be ko’ing gurgel tonight.-STAK
Gray-Florian and Lentz-Winner were the only bad fights (well Edgar-BJ II would be for you as Frankie dominated)
Kenny did nothing and virtually waited for Gray to take him down whilst Lentz just walled and stalled his way to a win then did no ground strikes at all when he got a gassed Winner down. Lauzon-Gabe is a 3 minute beatdown and well worth watching, Diaz-Davis was a brutal 3 round beating (aside from an early Davis knockdown when Nate showboated), Couture-Toney is great for a laugh, Maia dominated on the ground for 3 rounds but made some bad errors looking for the finish (surprising as he’s been lethal on the ground before this), Frankie-BJ II was a great fight and a perfect display of all round skill and heart by Frankie (though it’s easily the worst BJ has ever looked, both talent and attitude wise). Good card with some bad fights that was overshadowed by how good the last few have been.
"Stay classy San Diego"
Jon "Bones" Jones, MMAs best young fighter and the next LHW champion
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