Mac Danzig is all smiles, and so is Matt Hughes, after the victory over Joe Scarola. Dana White reminds us that unlike in previous seasons, the winner of the fight doesn’t necessarily get to choose the next fight. The teams trade off after every fight.
Troy Mandaloniz from Team Serra draws a scoreboard on the wall and crosses Joe’s name from the list. Joe is still in the house. Joe says he let Matt down and Matt is like a big brother to him.
Mac is back training after his victory, taking no time off. Dan Barrera says that being on Hughes team gives them a military mindset. Hughes says after the victory, the team was so fired up that they gave him more energy than he’s ever seen in practice.
Scarola decided to skip practice. Serra tells the team that Scarola put himself into the triangle because he was too nervous and he found his way out of the fight. Danzig writes his name back on the scoreboard as a sign of friendship. Danzig tries to help Scarola get his head clear. Scarola wants out of the house and Danzig tells him to take advantage of the opportunity.
Serra goes to the house to talk to Scarola. Serra tells him that it’s the easy way out to do what he wants to do. He tells him to man up. Scarola says he’s going to do the right thing and stick it out. Scarola wants to call home, but Serra says they won’t let him.
Serra says that Scarola is going to help him with teaching and will be like another coach.
Dorian Price thinks Team Serra is going to choose him because he’s a Muay Thai guy and he’s in his own head. He was paranoid that Team Serra thought they could beat him in the stand-up, even though he was supposedly the best guy on his feet on both teams.
Team Serra picks Matt Arroyo to face Dorian Price. Price thought they were going to face him off with Ben Saunders, and he was mad dogging Saunders before the decision was made.
One of Hughes’ coaches says that it’s the perfect match-up for them. Hughes tells Price that he didn’t have a good evaluation day, but his stand-up is 100% better now. Hughes looks very happy.
Arroyo says he thinks he has the least amount of fights. He has been training in jiu-jitsu for four years and just picked up MMA in the last year.
Hughes gives his team bibles. He also gives them homework. You have a bunch of fighters discussing the bible right next to the octagon. Danzig decides against reading the bible. Hughes tells him that he doesn’t have to do it, but it’s interesting. Hughes tells the group to read the book of Esther and that they have to figure out who Hughes would relate to in the book. Hughes says he’s the queen because he helps people out.
Serra calls Hughes a wack job for trying to force his fighters to read the bible. Serra calls him a rooster sucker and says he can’t wait to fight him.
Scarola tells his team that he’s sick after his loss. Scarola says he’s not only a fighter, but he’s a lover too and he misses his girlfriend dearly. Let’s hope he doesn’t turn into another Noah Inhofer.
Hughes says Price is going to knock Arroyo out. Serra gives the impression that Arroyo is immediately going to take him down, which is not what Hughes wants. Dana White says that Price has five submission wins and says it could go to the ground and Arroyo could get surprised.
Scarola continues to talk about his girlfriend and the show is dying a slow death. He needs to stop. He’s begging for a phone call. I hope Dana White tells him to leave.
Pete Sell is a coach on Team Serra. Serra is in the cage watching two guys spar and he gets a phone call. It’s about Scarola who continues to cry about his one phone call. Serra gathers his team together and tells him that he’s going to kick Scarola out of the house, and calls him a name that rhymes with wussy. He then calls him a witch. Well, you know what he really called him.
Serra comes back to the house and Scarola is still crying and says when he gets home, he’s going to ask his girl to marry him. Serra tells Scarola not to ask about the phone call again. I think he’s more annoying than Noah Inhofer.
Price says fighting helps him release the pain in his life. He says the judges can go home because the fight won’t go to the judges. Arroyo says he wants the $5,000 for stopping Price. Price has a near four inch height advantage, but not nearly the reach advantage that I thought.
Round One
Price hits him with a big knee, but Arroyo eats it and takes him down. He gets side control after missing a big punch and is hitting Price with elbows and punches. He’s in Price’s half guard now and is hitting Price with punches to the body. He gets the mount and is throwing punches and elbows from the top. Price is just covering up and not punching back. He gives up his back and Arroyo sinks in a rear naked choke and Price taps in seconds.
Winner: Matt Arroyo by way of first round submission.
At least Price was right in that the judges could’ve gone home. Hughes says he wasn’t disappointed because Price gave it his all. Serra says that Hughes didn’t know what Serra say in Arroyo. He says he was very confident in the match-up. Price apologizes to Hughes and Hughes says he’s not the only one who is going to lose. Price says that he wishes he wouldn’t have tapped out and that he should’ve gone to sleep so he could’ve dreamed of some fat hookers and a Latino midget. Where did that come from?
Next week: It looks like we get more of crybaby Scarola. Matt Hughes also tells his team that he probably only has two or three fights left in him.
Labels: Matt Hughes, Matt Serra, The Ultimate Fighter Season 6
