The Blue Board

I watched the first episode (I've watch pretty much every year) and liked some of the changes they made ... using more of HBO 24/7 angle at times and I think they found some legit fighters. I think having Sonnen makes it easier. He seemed willing to do some lead-ins/recaps that said more than "yeah, he looked impressive" ... did not like Jones coaching while the fights to get into the house were going on and I wish the tall guy that is fighting Mike Tyson Jr got on Jones team ... I think Jones could have helped him a lot stylistically.

Supposed to be the craziest knockout ever this week ... looks like someone leaves in an ambulance form the promo.

I would imagine it's the black dude from Atl, Clint Hester. He didn't look like the most skilled fighter, but looked like a beast and was insanely quick on his punches.

Went back to look at the fighter list and he would've been my other guess.

That Colin Hart guy that was a bouncer or something looked like the one who did the knockout they keep talking about in the promos. He just seemed like a mean ass dude from the first episode.

I was really hoping the native american guy was gonna be good, but god, was he terrible.

I guess when someone gets loaded into the back of an ambulance we will know one of the guys going to the finale.

A buddy of mine fought Clint Hester in a Semi-Pro fight. Says he should be the dude everyone is scared of. Likes to play with his food before he eats it. Sometimes that comes back to bite him though.

Uriah Hall is the one that would scare me. Guy had the whole package and used his kicks very well. Very Silva like with the solid Jiu-Jitsu too.

I agree with everything here. Really has a lot more HBO feel, which was really lacking in the last couple rounds.

Also love Tuesday night. I completely hated Friday night because I was always out and sometimes my DVR cut off the ending since it was live. Get my MMA in mid week.

Very true. FX production value really adds to the experience. Took a couple times to get it right, but I think this season will be strong.

I went to high school with Clinton. I also made a terrible decision when I agreed to a slap-boxing match in the baseball locker room.

Agree 100% on Hester and Hall looking the most freakishly gifted. I can't wait for Samman to fight again. If he gets someone's back and double fists them again, I'm going to fall out of my chair. He cracked me up during his fight, but he also should skill.

From the promo, I'm guessing the knockout is going to happen some time this season, not necessarily tomorrow?

Uriah is going to murder that guy. The guy Uriah is fighting was getting his ass handed to him in his initial fight to get into the house until he sub'd his opponent.

Cerra or whatever the guys name Hall is fighting next week has no one to blame but Jones for getting destroyed on national tv. Jones being a complete dumbass when picking the initial fight . Sonnen on the other hand knows how to get his best fighters into the next round

My guess is Uriah Hall or the dude Jones picked first

Maybe it'll be like a couple seasons ago when the best fighter on the show knocks himself out on a takedown?