{"id":1137,"date":"2005-10-05T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-05T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1137"},"modified":"2014-08-24T08:42:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T12:42:18","slug":"1137","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1137","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/z100505ultimatefighter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/z100505ultimatefighter.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Are any of you <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">ZONErs<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">, watching <\/span><strong style=\"font-family: arial;\">The Ultimate Fighter<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">I do and am hooked. Just to bring you up to speed in case you don&#8217;t watch. <strong>The Ultimate Fighter<\/strong><strong>18 fighters <\/strong>who are split up into two teams. Each week the teams compete in a compitition to determine which team chooses the two who will fight. The loser leaves the house.<\/span> [which is in its second season] brings together<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">It&#8217;s like <strong>The Contender <\/strong>on steroids.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">The guys who compete in <strong>Ultimate Fighting <\/strong>are real life tough guys. They usually have a strong background in <strong>wrestling, boxing<\/strong> and the <strong>martial arts<\/strong>. Many are<strong> experts<\/strong> in more than one discipline. And&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\"><strong>They. Love. To. Fight.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">I&#8217;m not talking about <strong>sparing<\/strong>. Or <strong>working out<\/strong>. Or where you <strong>knock a guy down<\/strong> and then back up until he&#8217;s on his feet. I&#8217;m talking about <strong>fighting<\/strong>&#8230; you know, <strong>FIGHTING<\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">This sport isn&#8217;t for everyone. It&#8217;s not even a sport that everyone can watch, let alone compete in.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-family: arial; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%;\">Still, I have to admit, I tune in each week.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are any of you ZONErs, watching The Ultimate Fighter? I do and am hooked. 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