TUF 21: Blackzillians vs ATT

Announced during tonight's UFC PPV and reported on the UG.  

Rumors:

American Top Team

Marcelo Alfaya (16-7) Porto Alegre, Brazil
Steve Carl (21-4), Belle Plain, Iowa
Nathan Coy (14-5), Vallejo, Calif.
Michael Graves (4-0), Toledo, Ohio
Hayder Hassan (6-1), Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Sabah Homasi (8-4), New Brunswick, N.J.
Uros Jurisic (5-0), Ljubljana, Slovenia
Steve Montgomery (8-2), Florence, S.C.

Blackzilians

Valdir Araujo (14-5), Gama, Federal District, Brazil
Carrington Banks (3-0), Peoria, Ill.
Luiz Buscape (16-5), Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil
Jason Jackson (4-2), Kingston, Jamaica
Vicente Luque (7-4-1), Westwood, N.J.
Andrews Nakahara (4-2-2), Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Felipe Portela (8-2), Brasilia, Brazil
Kamarudeen Usman (5-1) Auchi, Nigeria


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Dan Lambert heads the ATT team, and rival Glenn Robinson heads the Blackzilians club. The series prominently features the rivalry between the two camps, which developed in 2011 after a band of ATT fighters defected and started their own camp with Robinson. The two gyms are located just 20 minutes apart in South Florida, where the show is being filmed.

According to today’s announcement, though the fighters will live together, they’ll continue to train separately at their home gyms. However, the fights won’t take place at a neutral site, and instead, bouts will take place at one of the two gyms. Additionally, matchups won’t be revealed until weigh-ins, when each fighter will learn who his opponent is.


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Again, all rumors from the forums at the UG, but speculation is still fun.  

* Edited at 03.01.2015, 12:52 AM ET *

Nice preview. I think I will actually watch this, although I am hesitant because I usually end up hating everyone on the show.

So they are not announcing next episodes' fight after the previous one, they are instead revealing the fights at weigh-ins during that episode.

Anyone else unhappy with this switch? I always enjoyed watching a fight, then having a week to think about the next fight, especially when it came to the semis.

* Edited at 04.14.2015, 10:54 PM ET *

I was just watching TUF tonight, I haven't been following this season but I happened to catch this episode and  watched Steve Carl lose pretty badly and that he is actually 0-2 on the show.  Which is crazy considering his experience and quality of opposition throughout his career.  Also, does anybody know if Steve Carl is the only fighter to compete on TUF who has held a major organization title (WSOF)?  

Former Bellator champ Lyman Good was on TUF 19.  He was on the first episode, where they held fights to get into the house, and lost to Ian Stephens.

strong contender for worst three minutes of refereeing ever.

i) pretty blatent nut shot missed
ii) there were shots to the back of the head before the ones warned about
iii) I think that should have been a stoppage, from the way the ref was talking it seemed like it didnt even enter his mind it was getting close to a stoppage. i dont think he told the bottom fighter to defend himself once in over a minute of unanswered strikes.
iv) even though those knees were all clean to the body I feel herb or big john et al would have give a little 'watch those knees', 'keep them to the body' type of reminder so if one does go astray youve been prewarned.
v) grabbing hold of a fighter when not stopping the action. what the living ****.
vi) warning to let go of the fence well after its been let go and the take downs completed and then grabbing a wrist again... 

wow... Im pretty surprised the florida commission gave him two fights at last weeks ufc card, Id think theyd keep him away from the big one for a little while knowing this was about to come out. 

Pretty nutty fight with horrendous refereeing.  And I agree with Cthulhu that Glenn comes across as a total whiny *****.

That's because he is a whiny *****.