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The Ultimate Fighter contestant Akira Corassani blogs about his experiences shooting the sixth episode of Season 14: Bisping vs. Miller.
Oct 27, 2011 - That was a calm one. The episode starts off with the same story as last week, but this time they showed the other camera angles!
This time they showed the situation from above. I have the .gifs on my website showing the different angles that clearly show that it was not a tap. It only looks like a tap from that angle they showed last week. If you see it from the other angles you see I never tapped. The reason it looked like a tap was because I shoved his feet over to one side.
He slipped so I got out. A lot of people have emailed me apologizing after seeing the video from every angle. I've gotten a lot of comments about it. Everyone from my Twitter, email and website. I don't even know who made the .gifs. I just got them from some guy off the Sherdog forums.
Me and Diego Brandao became very close, like brothers. We were looking out for each other and were the only non-American guys in the house.
He was talking with me about his life and background and I was just trying to support and comfort him. I lived in his country for a bit in 2006 so I understood him and where he came from. The show is edited here and there. Diego had good cardio. We all know it's a TV show. If you have more than a five IQ you'll understand what that's about. His cardio was fine. He was going hard all the time. Maybe too hard sometimes. His fight is a tough one because Steven Siler is a great fighter. I feel for Siler because he didn't even have a chance to throw a jab or show anything. You have to be ready when you go to fight. It's not often but when a guy charges you like that but it only takes one punch with those small gloves to put you out. He has to sit there and think "I should have done this or that" but he can't. You have to weather the storm to calm the situation. I just feel sorry for Siler. I saw that fight and just thought "Oh shit, man. That was his chance to get into the fighting game."
Ryan Parsons is a great guy. I don't know what that was all about. Maybe he and Bisping just didn't like each other. Parsons was a great, humble person. He always talked to all the fighters and was friends with everybody. Bisping is just Bisping. Everyone is their own person. He likes to run his mouth and that's how he does it. He plays it very well. At the end of the day he's a great family man who goes home to his wife and kid with a bag of money and he's happy. That's what matters. Saying Bisping is the most hated fighter in the UFC? That's his opinion. Bisping isn't the most humble person and he's done a lot in his career to upset people but he's open about what he thinks. He doesn't hide behind a mask. People tune in to watch him. People should ask themselves how they're living their lives. They're hating everybody. They're hating me too! But the ratings are going up. They show my face all the time. People hate someone so much but still take one hour of their lives to watch that person. Then the next day they go to their job they hate, kiss their wife that they hate, want to kill, so what are you doing with your life?
For the second fight, I thought that John Dodson and John Albert would make much more sense. Dodson was quick on his hands and feet and did everything perfect. Prince was doing very well. He's very strong but Dodson just has so much experience. I won't say I expected it but the odds were on Dodson's side. I wasn't surprised. I thought Prince could pull it off if he stuck to the straight gameplan but he came up short. It's heartbreaking. I love the guy. He's a very good friend. Blood, sweat and tears. People don't understand sometimes what it takes to do this. How hard it is to put your heart on the line and come up short. Your whole world falls apart.
Stay tuned guys. It's going to get better and better. Just keep watching. They wanted us to go crazy and so I did. I went crazy. I'll be that guy this season. Drinks on me!
Check out my website http://www.akirashow.com/ or follow me on Twitter @AkiraCorassani Much love.
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YOU TAPPED
What a joker……everyone apologized, well I guess I am not included in everyone
by OvaDwayneBowe on Oct 27, 2011 10:23 AM PDT reply actions
first off, you tapped. I’ve seen all of the angles and you definitely tapped. it’s just too bad you’re not a man about it.
and now besides being an all around cheater, liar, less of a man you are now an arrogant person too?
hate to break it to you but people are not tuning in to see you. the ratings are not going up because of you. people are tuning in because it’s TUF and it’s the UFC. the ratings are going up because the fights are better this year. the difference you make to the ratings is negligible.
Statistics show suicidal people are a hundred percent more likely to kill themselves.
You know, some days I forget that I have a memory.
by I.AM.miSTAKen on Oct 27, 2011 11:17 AM PDT reply actions
and that negligle difference is only because of the fact that you cheated, got away with it, and then acted like a complete douche afterwards. so congratulations! the tiny, unnoticeable, and unimportant difference that you made in the ratings is only because you’re a scumbag. that’s definitely something to be proud of. again, congratulations.
Statistics show suicidal people are a hundred percent more likely to kill themselves.
You know, some days I forget that I have a memory.
by I.AM.miSTAKen on Oct 27, 2011 11:19 AM PDT up reply actions
You f***in tapped!
Learn JiuJitsu.
Don't believe the hyperbole, it's like a murder spree, get sniped verbally.
by RolloTomasi on Oct 27, 2011 11:53 AM PDT reply actions
that is a double tap if I have seen it
If you’re fake, you’re fake
Real niggas know
If you’re whack, you’re whack
Real niggas know
If you’re hot, you’re hot
Real niggas know the truth, real niggas know the truth
¬_¬
by ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on Oct 27, 2011 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Herb stands 3feet from the “Tap” and he says it ain’t a tap,
Problem “nigga” ?
by Yazu on Oct 27, 2011 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
oh don't worry Herb is in full control of the fight at all times
and has ref’d over 4700 fights
I trust his judgement, but no one is infallible
¬_¬
by ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on Oct 28, 2011 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
ill forever know you as the guy that tapped out but didnt get caught-ot something you should be proud of
by sgt thai clone on Oct 27, 2011 12:43 PM PDT reply actions
If you're going to make a point about different camera angles, a person with integrity could admit that the angle shown (that shares the same POV of the guy you were fighting) looks exactly like a person a tapping.
It goes like this:
1) “From this angle I believe you can see I wasn’t tapping…”
2) “And from this angle, obviously people are going to think I tapped…”
3) etc…
"Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair or fucking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back." -Swearengen
by AwkwardwithwordmakingisGoldberg,huhJoe on Oct 28, 2011 12:35 AM PDT reply actions
You tapped no doubt. Give it up
You tapped, stop being delusional. Maybe you were in so much pain you tapped and didn’t realize you tapped. Cheater
by RealAmerican on Oct 28, 2011 1:26 PM PDT reply actions
and again
so now you tapped twice. was great watching you cry like a little baby bitch. no talent slack jawed big mouth punk. go home boy.
by dhersh62 on Nov 10, 2011 4:56 AM PST reply actions
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