{"id":5182,"date":"2010-10-21T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=5182"},"modified":"2010-10-20T22:37:43","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T02:37:43","slug":"the-ultimate-fighter-continues-mike-tyson%e2%80%99s-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=5182","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Fighter Continues: Mike Tyson\u2019s Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Gina L. Caliboso<\/strong><\/p>\n

As I last watched Episode 3, boxing champion Iron Mike Tyson had made an appearance on the show to support GSP\u2019s Team.<\/p>\n

Team GSP fighter Michael Johnson won his fight and with Tyson looking on, he may have earned a new fan. The team got together post-fight and it is here that Tyson provided some words of wisdom to the fighters of Team GSP. \u201cThe only reason you won is because you are smarter. <\/p>\n

Confidence breeds success. Success breeds confidence. Confidence applied correctly surpasses genius.\u201dLater, Tyson adds, \u201cYou always have to be careful about how you conduct yourself in the ring.\u201d For one GSP team member, \u201cEverything he was saying right then applied to me so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immediately following the team bonding moment shared by GSP, the show faded into Team Koscheck. According to Koscheck, down 0-2, \u201cIt\u2019s time to get busy living or get busy dying.\u201d A fierce and intense competitor, Koscheck wants nothing but intensity and determination. Team Koscheck should be ready to go and he says, \u201cthe harder you work now, you\u2019ll get rewarded later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, at home, the teams socialize. Team Koscheck fighter Sevak Magalesian and Alex Caceres (aka Bruce Leroy) decide to have a few verbal exchanges. The exchanges aren\u2019t worth mentioning since they were all bleeped out. But the gist of it comes from Bruce Leroy\u2019s cheering of teammate Johnson during the fight. Bruce Leroy cheered by saying, \u201cF\u2014k him up.\u201d Both Magalesian and Lentz felt the taunt was disrespectful and unprofessional. In response with a smile, Bruce Leroy says, \u201cthe guys love to hate me.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are also the beginnings of some pranking by Koscheck against GSP. In a previous episode, Koscheck had blocked GSP\u2019s car so he couldn\u2019t get in. There is obvious antagonism on Koscheck\u2019s part. As one team leaves the UFC training center, Koscheck usually tries to start something with GSP. GSP is cool, maintains his composure and says, \u201cI do my talking in the Octagon.\u201d And Koscheck makes it very clear he is a bully, \u201cI don\u2019t mind losing, but to a nerd. We\u2019re losing to a bunch of nerds. Nerds that talk like robots.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the show continues, the antagonism between Koscheck and GSP still remains playful. But GSP just keeps it all in check. He is as he stated, \u201cthe good guy.\u201d And the show is drawing on the very distinct personalities of the fighters. Koscheck says, \u201cI don\u2019t like losing to nobody, especially a French guy. Not when I\u2019m here. Not when you have my name on the back of your jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Koscheck, however, remains at a disadvantage as long as GSP keeps winning. Even with two victories, GSP continues his strategy of allowing his fighters to pick their opponents. With control of the fight picks, the third fight of the series will be between the oldest and the youngest fighters of the house \u2013 Kyle Watson, 13-6-1, versus Andy Main, 4-1. When the fight is announced, Koscheck is confident his fighter will win and states that if \u201che (Andy) just listens, he\u2019s going to win the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Assistant Coach John Danahan of Team GSP Coach said it best regarding this fight. Danahan observed, \u201cIt\u2019s the first fight where psychological pressures are going to have a decisive effect on the outcome. Andy Main, with his team down 0-2, has huge pressure.<\/p>\n

Kyle Watson is the oldest, senior member of the team, the unofficial team captain and he really wants to perform. Both guys carry anxieties. Whoever manages his anxieties, stays focused, relaxes and doesn\u2019t get exhausted through those anxieties will win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the guidance of GSP, Watson underwent a lot of creative visualizations, a lot of rehearsal exercises to help him capture the focus of winning the fight. Watson, in his visualization, stated he would submit Main.<\/p>\n

In the first round of the fight, both Watson and Main showed excellent striking combinations. Watson executed a clean kick-punch combo and soon the two went to the ground. Both Watson and Main are primarily jiu-jitsu specialists. As the first round ended, Watson worked out of the clinch standing.<\/p>\n

In the second round, Watson got the takedown, went into side control, and controlled Main\u2019s wrist. Main didn\u2019t improve his ground position and eventually Watson got his back. Watson, as he predicted, got Main into the rear naked choke and submitted the younger fighter. Team Koscheck is now down 0-3 to Team GSP. Upon his own admission, Main did not follow the game plan. His instructions included, \u201cSweep. Submit. Get off the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Right now, GSP is showing the audience just how different a fighter he is \u2013 why he is currently the best fighter in the UFC Octagon. His training methods are supported with just as much mental training. It is why I continue to watch the show. While Koscheck\u2019s mindless training provides a balance in approaches of training and coaching methods, GSP\u2019s methods are measured by its success.<\/p>\n

Team GSP is now ahead 3-0 over Team Koscheck. Koscheck drives his team with intense, physical training as a motivator for his fighters. He just now needs to step it up and find his way to make his fighters better to close out the fights and win.<\/p>\n

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