It’s nice to see that even SpikeTV is bashing Gabe “Godzilla” Ruediger this morning. I found this on the SpikeTV TUF 5 site, and had to pass it along.
And while we’re all kicking Gabe while he’s down (and fat) here’s a video of blue belt Allen “Monstah Lobstah” Berube choking Gabe unconscious during a training session.
I also found the following recap of last nights episode from none other than Gabe Rudeiger himself.
In retrospect I would have done things a LOT different…
Every week UFC veteran and TUF 5 cast member Gabe Ruediger gives his firsthand insight and thoughts to 411mania.com following the airing of The Ultimate Fighter 5 on Spike TV
Tony roughs up Noah. Tony was pretty serious and was constantly on edge. Its kind of strange because of how much of a jokester BJ is. Tony was grappling with Noah and decided to “teach him a lesson”. He basically pinned Noah and slapped him. Noah got really upset and there was a back and forth yelling match. It was bound to happen at some point, because Noah and Tony had “words” on different occasions
The Cake. I knew I shouldn’t have eaten it, but I did. It WAS however right after Emerson fought and not when I was called out. I DID snack WAY more than I should have. With boredom and the “NOT REAL” feel of the house/show, it was very easy to get distracted from what I was there for. You would think that in a house of fighters and no distractions it would be easy, but it was the opposite. I really made an error and I paid for it. Instead of doing what I’ve decided to do for a living, I allowed being on TV get to me.
Picked by Corey. I knew Corey was going to pick me. Initially I thought I was going to fight Melendez, but after they picked Andy I knew that the match up for me was Corey. Why did they wait as long as they did? Im not sure, Jens will say that I wasn’t a threat, but I think they wanted more time for Corey to get prepared.
Cutting weight. A little known fact, I got sick the day before the fight pick announcement. My roomate in the house, Noah, got strep throat and the day after, I came down with the same symptoms. I was on antibiotics and trying to fight off the cold. In fact my night before interview, the producers asked if making weight was an issue. I said “Ill make the weight, its this sickness that Im worried about” I cut 10lbs on the first day. I might have been a bit more non chalant than I should have been, but I was trying to fight off the cold and drop weight without really draining myself. The day of weigh ins I woke up feeling like shit. I went into the gym and I just didn’t have it. Tony suggested I get a sweat going and then get under some towels to “hot box ” it. After over an hour and only 1pound coming off, BJ said we should go to the sauna. We got in the sauna and the cut already felt worse than it ever has before. I’ve cut that much weight before, and its NEVER been a problem. At 159 I hit the wall. I lost belief in myself and it was a huge mental laps. I had to have a serious talk with myself and will myself back into the sauna. Thankfully Gray was right the with me. For all the bullshit I pulled, I have to thank him for putting up with me. I remember getting in the sauna and then………waking up in the ambulance. I don’t remember getting on the bike or ANYTHING until the paramedics had an IV going and I was in the ambulance. Watching the portion when I was dragged out, I probably was about on weight from the crying LOL
Walking back into the house was REALLY hard. I knew I had made a major error and I knew that I let my team down, but the backlash was BAD. EVERYONE, even those I was friends with were mad, and rightfully so. I let BJ and his coaches down, my teammates, the other team, and worse myself down. It made for a rough night. I didn’t hear anyone’s little jokes and watching it was like watching sorority girls all giddy because they got asked to the formal. I bet Brian and Matt had a great time at the dance together.
The cut up of the last confessional. My last confessional was cut up into segments. Its weird seeing it like that. The one producer that I was close with, really drove out the emotion. She looked me dead in the eyes and made me talk directly to her.
Dana’s speech. The night before, The producers told us that Dana would be talking to us all the next day. I knew it wasn’t good and that I was most likely gone. The worst part was the incident was an eye opener and I realized that although my antics were getting me face time, I had lost track of why I was there. I talked to BJ the next day and even tried trained before Dana’s “announcement”. Too little too late . Dana had another one of his speeches and it was very much his personality. He takes this seriously and it showed. Watching it was the first time I got to hear everything he was saying. It sunk in even more that I had made a HUGE mistake.
Bringing Emerson back. Im glad that Dana brought Rob back. He deserved it and it made sense. I was glad that at the very least my exit gave Em another shot.
In retrospect I would have done things a LOT different. I just wasn’t thinking about the repercussions, just getting face time. Getting on air time superceded doing my job. It cost me, but I learned SO much about myself and what I need to do for my career. That isn’t the end of me and Im still with the UFC. I told BJ and all the guys this the day that Dana had his “announcement” “Im not talking about it anymore, just let my actions from this point prove my worth” Will I show up like I can and should for my next fight? Only time will tell. I will say, I havent been this motivated in my career in a LONG time. I have a phenomenal team that believes in me and I believe in myself. I just have to prove myself now. Its a long road, but one that Ill travel.
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hey dennis you see chuck fight in vale tudo?
If chuck fought Silva in vale tudo he would have caught a serious beating, chucks game wasnt there yet, and Silva was a BEAST.. bare knuckle no holds barred style.. Bare knuckle, elbows, knees, headbutts.. Silva was the most dominant champ in vale tudo history, in case you didnt know heh
No, do you have a link?
I know he won by decision though.
But really, that’s totally Brazilian turf….no rules and all.
Not really an American style sport.
Yea, you’re probably right, but today, in the octagon, with UFC rules………
Chuck wins……..hands down.
wandi would have won because of the stomps, and soccer kicks to the head on the ground.
like he won most of his fights
but that don’t work in the octagon.
that also explains why he’s sooooooooooo ugly…..headbutts
i would have to agree with that dennis.. if they fought today, in the octagon chuck would definately be the favorite, plus Silva has been KO pretty hard a few times and it takes its toll. Thats what i dont like about the pride GP tourneys, its not that a smaller guy cant win, because they often do, but its dangerous.
BUT!! just because chuck is the favorite, doesnt mean he will win hehehe especially this year bro! anyone can eat a single well timed high kick.. just ask crocop
oh and.. Silva was always ugly even without the headbutts.. but thats something people like about fighters hehe, ugly, mean looking dudes. By the way chuck is no Monet himself lol
I was looking for vale tudo links, but theres only 1 of chuck, trading knees with pele.. i got them on dvd tho.. you could download the actual even if your really interested.
Im a member of this crazy torrent site, full contact zone.. if you guys use torrents im sure you know about it.. best site since the old mma tracker went down.. you can find all the vale tudo there.. all the pride, ufc, etc..
@BVRASP
Thank you for your intelligent opinion. I am a true MMA fan, not just an Ice, Axe, Cro Cop, natural… fan I like to give credit where it is due to the best, simply put the best ever are guys like the Gracies, the Shamrocks, Couture, Hughes, Liddell, (I hate Tito but he had his peak at around 25yrs), Sakuraba, and of course the best bare knuckle, full contact, MMA Champ of all time.. Wanderlei Silva. I like all those guys, the thing is.. some people, (not naming names) get intimidated because Wand is and has been the biggest threat to Liddell in the past …. give him time to recover, rest, train, fight a couple weiners like Babalu, Tito, and/or Quinton Jackson, heck even Vernon White or Jeremy Horn would be good warm ups.. and he would be right back in there dominating the 205lb division. Oh and he will still be fighting in a ring, his contract is with Pride, in a ring, not in an octagon, but he does train in an octagon, daily, just check out the new ChuteBoxe gym, they have an octagon in the gym and fight in it regular so Wand isn’t unlearned in an octagon. Guess my point is, it’s good to hear UNBIASED opinions about the best of the best, and in my opinion, Dan Henderson, Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva, and of course Wanderlei Silva’s Protege Shogun Rua are the BEST in the World, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow..
@BV
Hey can you like post something in forums about how to access a bit-torrent and use it……. I am not quite savvy in that area… used to utilize Limewire and Imesh before the laws… now I DON’T use them… (for any of the FBI guys reading)… lol….
yea bro, i havent used the forums really cuz.. it seems like its the same blog posts as in the forums so i dont see much of a difference, plus i like the blog setup better, and i ran a forum for a while.. forums are just so blah.. i dunno..
anyways! im not sure what the rules are on this site about stuff like that, maybe Dr. J could enlighten us before i post anything up like that.
Drop me an email an we talk about it there..
baro…@hotmail.com
yeah, thanks… will do..
im so stupid can u guys explain what ur talking about
were talking about bit torrent rich, a way of sharing files over the net.
richard.. bro… you are not stupid, quit berating yourself man! We are talking about file sharing.. outside of sites like LimeWire.. using a technology called a “bit torrent” and your guess is as good as mine about how that works..
just got that figured out.. cool..
thanks bv
Hey you two.. why does Dennis HATE Wanderlei sooo much? Like I give kudos to Chuck, the guy is dominating, no doubt, like him, but whazup with cutting down all the other good 205 pounders, save Shogun?
Dennis said it was because of all the hype between Chuck and Silva, and really, pride and ufc, he felt he had to take a side. I can understand that in a way, considering the millions of conversations about that potential matchup people have had on the net.. in blogs, forums, etc.. you get alot of trash talking back and forth, i think dennis just got used to trashing Silva and its become a habit hehe. I dunno how anyone can diss either of those guys! but im sure they wouldnt say anything to their face hehe.. id tell Ruediger hes a btch to his face! hehe
Dennis! getcha mind right!!! lol j/k
the reason i started calling him hillbilly is cuz i thought he was racist because he wouldnt give rampage any respect at ALL he still calls him a hypster y who knows rampage did kick liddels azzzz now he brings up tito beating wandy but i u bring up rampage beating liddel hes a totally different fighter but wandy isnt come on he STUPID
anyone watching the de la hoya fight
nooooooo.. ive boycotted boxing.. i dont even watch sports anymore.. all i watch is mma, it just seems like anything else is a half-step.. Although i hope de la hoya puts the hurt on that little punk mayweather..
not putting my money in that MMA haters pocket…. I have a new toy called bit torrent, will watch there.. lol
im not gonna lie im gonna watch but on illegal cable so HA FU*CK MAYWEATER AND BOXING MMA FOREVER
NIGHT GUYS
later
I don’t care if you guys want to post or link to torrent sites or even specific torrent files. That’s no big deal and I have no problem with it.
If you guys don’t mind though it would probably be better to just start a thread about that stuff in the forums. Especially is you are going to discuss stuff like sites and torrent client setup and things like that.
It would make it easier and cleaner to just do it over there and just have one thread were you guys can trade torrent files back and forth.
For you guys on macs, Transmission is the best BT client for Os X imo.
ok Doc, if thats how it is, i suggest THIS SITE http://tracker.fullcontactzone.com/
Theres a ratio, but in my opinion its worth it, its only sports related stuff, CRAZY instructional videos, yoshida judo, gracie bjj, bas rutten, GSP, Vitor.. almost anyone you can think of has an instructional video..
This site picked up alot of the old mmatracker users, so alot of the old stuff is there, vale tudo, abu dhabi, pride, ufc, etc..
ofcourse im a member of the site, if you have any problems joining, let me know and ill see if i can get you an invite.
you know this site Doc J??
oh and 2 days ago someone uploaded a sakuraba torrent with alot of his fights.. Anyone ever see his “professional wrestling” days? basically the japanese WWF, and its just as gaayb lol
@BV,
Never heard of that site man but I’ll be sure to check it out.
Thanks for the tracker BV. I was just about to buy that Pride Decade PPV special, but now in about 30 minutes I guess I won’t have to any more, lol.
If you have any other good MMA trackers let us know
ya doc, theres some other wrestling sites and such but i dont really bother with them much.. i think ill check out pride decade too heh
@BV
“hehe.. id tell Ruediger hes a btch to his face! hehe
Dennis! getcha mind right!!! lol j/k”
…..I’m straight….unlike some
Gaybe is one of the few that I’d directly confront as well.
…and you’re right, I would not say anything bad to wandi’s face.
heelll ya, hes one of those guys who knows how to intimidate in the staredown, you cant do that as a pretty boy hehe. Or when Silvas in the corner getting his wrists warmed, i always loved that sht! thats intimidating too man hehe. I dont know how anyone couldnt like Silva, or even Rampage! he definately the funniest guy in MMA.
Dennis, im telling you, chuck is going down this year, crocop was just the beginning.. maybe fedor will fall too..
I agree BV.. this is def Chucks last year, nobody can do it for 6 years unless your a gorilla like Wand.. but hey Chuck has had a good run at it..
He’s definately one intense dude……and being FUGLY helps make his point.
quint however is a clown.
heh the first rampage – silva staredown was crazy man, I can see the chuck – rampage 2 staredown being intense too! I cant wait for that fight to happen, i cant see that fight going the distance either. Someone is gonna catch a beat down in bout 3 weeks time..
Yep… I don’t know if Quint is gonna be the upset guy though… I think he gets a lot of credit for something he did a long time ago. I think it will be an “unexpected” who will do the deal on Chuck, I mean people are expecting the upset at this point, so it give Chuck the motivation to fight that much harder, I am also rooting for the Iceman so we shall see, I agree that this will not go to a decision.
Well, I’ll be damned……………..finally there is hope for the MMasked MMAn.
Dennis,
I am a Liddell FAN! I just give props to ALL the great fighters, regardless of nationality, fighting style, or organization. I could care less if a fighter is PRIDE, UFC, BODOG, or IFL.. I like MMA… Chuck will probably win this fight, I see him focused on fighting, he is the one guy (surprisingly) that could care less about fame, press, and the money right now…
You can read Gabe Ruediger’s entire blog at http://www.mmatorch.com
……..again……….I stand corrected.
“Every week UFC veteran and TUF 5 cast member Gabe Ruediger gives his firsthand insight and thoughts to 411mania.com following the airing of The Ultimate Fighter 5 on Spike TV”
UFC VETERAN? is this a joke? the guy fought once and got embarassed, does that make him a veteran?
someone please explain this to me
Watching this guy’s website highlights of his fights would lead you to assume hes actually a fighter.
Re: Liddell vs. Rampage II…
I think it all depends on which Rampage shows up that night. If it’s the same Rampage from the first fight, Chuck is in for a very long night. However, if the Rampage that fought Rua shows up, Chuck will take him out. Rampage has not looked as good as he did in their first fight in a very long time. Back then, his punches were real snappy and powerful and it seemed as if everything Chuck threw at him was way too weak to hurt him. I don’t think Rampage has been the same after the beatings he took from Wandi and Rua. He didn’t even want to put up a fight against Rua, and just cowered.