Kolosci on episode 10

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TUF 6 competitor John Kolosci gives his thoughts on this past week’s episode of the reality series on Spike TV on his blog:

We’ve now made it to Week 10 and get to see two quarterfinal match-ups where Team Serra members all face each other. We got to see a recap of last week’s debacle, in which I didn’t perform too well, but it was a fine recap of me taking some punches and elbows! I was so excited with that wonderful reminder!

Well, the first part of the episode definitely wasn’t one of my shining moments. They caught me in the room, all sad, with George comforting me and once that was over, I was determined to get “fat and drunk.’’ This is definitely not an episode I want my daughter to see, although it should teach her a lesson about the negative aspects of drinking. You booze, you lose! The editors did a good job making it look like I did ALL of the destruction, but the truth is, I only did about 95% of it. They skipped me head-butting the wall inside the house, where I hit a stud and it dropped me (I got a call from the producers on that one: “no bodily harm John”). But, they got my losing battle against the palm tree. I do have a bad habit with head butting things when I’m drunk, and sometimes it’s other people. My own house has had its share of holes in the wall too. This is a prime example as to why I do not consume alcohol. I literally only drink about 2-3 times a year and it’s usually when I’m on vacation. I needed to release some energy and that pretty much did it. I think my good standing in the house precluded me from any backlash and most found it amusing. It was kind of like school, where getting straight A’s kept me from getting the harshest penalties for my misbehavior. Barrera may have taken exception because he couldn’t swim the next morning, but he never said anything to me directly. Although, it could have been considered a cool obstacle course to swim around? Before talking about the match-ups, I’d like to speak to the little piece of drama they were able to throw in there. It was Serra’s choice not to corner anyone against his own guys and I respected his decision. I would probably make the same choice had I been in that position. It just goes to show the camaraderie that we all built as a team and the friendship we built with Serra. He didn’t hide it and let the fighters know up front. As for training George and Matt, that was because George and Matt picked Serra’s brain constantly, as did I. If Rude Boy and Richie wanted help from Serra, it would have been as easy as asking. George and Matt asked, Rude Boy and Richie did not. They both seemed to train with Longo a lot more, as they were stand up fighters, but in my opinion, they should have utilized Serra much more than they did. Personally, I picked all the coaches brains as much as possible. I have a notebook full of techniques that proves it! I do not believe Serra was playing favorites; he just spent more time with the guys that wanted to spend time with him. All they had to do was ask… Now, onto the quarter final match-ups. The two matches were all Team Serra guys and the first fight pitted Troy “Rude Boy” Mandaloniz against Matt Arroyo. This was a clash of styles and both fighters wanted it in their world. Troy wanted to keep it standing so he could knock Matt out and Matt wanted it on the ground, so he could submit Troy. The fight started off with both fighters feeling each other out. Matt actually threw a nice high kick and Troy blocked it well. Matt then faked a punch and went for a single leg and got the takedown pretty easily. From there, he worked his Jiu Jitsu magic and tapped Rude Boy out with an arm bar. Not a very good showing for Rude Boy, but he now knows what he has to work on and I’m sure he’ll be hitting his Jiu Jitsu hard. Matt looked very impressive for the second time this season and is now in the semifinals… The second match-up was George Sotiropoulos against Richie Hightower. I believe everyone thought this fight would last about 1 minute. Richie had some good stand-up, but George was a pro-level boxer, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt and a very good wrestler. Richie surprised a lot of people by bringing it to George. He has a great counter left, which I think George was used to from practice, as George blocked them all. George finally took the fight to the ground, where he had a definitive advantage and finally set up the kimura and tapped Richie out. George was quite methodical on the ground and didn’t throw any punches or land any elbows. We were yelling for him to do so, but he was setting up the submission and ended up pulling it off. I think both fighters did well, as Richie did better than expected and George progressed to the semifinals unscathed. So, now we have Danzig, Arroyo and Sotiropoulos in the semis. Next week we get to see Saunders –vs- Speer, which is sure to entertain. Plus, everyone finally gets to see what all the drama was about with JRoc and War Machine! Stay tuned for week 11….

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