Game On - Recap

We see Bisping's team training. Bisping says no on this team complains and that they train very hard. He talks about his assistant coaches Mario Sukata and Dave Jackson who are also his real coaches. He says doesn't know how hard Team USA is training.but says they can't be training as hard as they are. Henderson walks in to observe them training.

We shift to Team USA training. Dan is excited for his team. Just like Bisping, Henderson talks about his assistant coaches, one of whom has been assistant partner for eleven years. Finally the first fight with Team USA vs. Team UK is selected: Mark Miller, a welterweight vs. Nick Osipczak. Bisping and the coaches watch Miller's fight. They think Miller is a one dimensional fighter as he tends to deliver the same jab attempts in a fight.They also say he doesn't have a hard chin as they see him go down in the fight.

Nick and Bisping spar for the rest of the clip. Damarques Johnson find a Team UK shirt left behind and writes " USA 1 UK 0". Dana talks about the fight. He says he wasn't impressed with Nick as he fought a "leprechaun". He says Mark had a better fight including the fact that he went up against his teammate. Team UK arrives and Dave Faulkner says he's the one who left the shirt behind. Everyone takes the affair as a joke and no fights erupt.

The weigh-ins begin. Later somebody from Team UK leaves their wrestling shoes behind so again Damarques writes USA 2 UK 0.

Just like before the item belongs to Faulkner. This time Faulkner is agitated and doesn't see it is as funny. He asks who wrote on his boots but doesn't find the answer. Bispings talks about the incident. He finds it funny and childish at the same time. He says his guys are mature. Back to the fight at hand, Bisping reiterates that Miller is a one dimensional fighter. Nick says he will treat the fight with Miller as he treats the other fights that he's had.

The Tale of The Tape is shown Nick has an advantage in almost every category: Age, Reach, Height. However, Miller has more fights and wins than him at 10-4. In Round 1, the two go after each not afraid to go for the early win. Nick grapples Mark to the ground and has him at guard. Miller fights out of it by trying to go for an arm submission. Before long, Miller has the temporary advantage having Nick in a body lock. Miller though can't follow this with anything huge. Nick, however, with his back on the mat lands an elbow. The two grapple and now fight standing. Miller throws a big knee catching Nick. Nick throws one of his own landing on Miller. Miller lands
several hard right hands to Nick's face. Nick falls down to the mat. Nick though shows his toughness by going for a take down with Miller. Then he has the advantage on Miller temporarily landing a couple of right hands. The slug fest ensues with them. Nick gets rocked again and perhaps out of desperation again decides to grapple Miller to the ground stopping his momentum. Nick has Miller at guard. Moments later, in a bizarre sequence, Nick applies the guillotuine choke on Miller.

Miller appears to tap right before the referee but the referee doesn't stop the fight. The fight continues.with Miller now having Nick at guard. Miller has the advantage until the horn sounds.

In Round 2, the slugfest with the two fighters resumes. This time most of the action is on the mat. Both fighters seem exhausted to land a knockout blow. During one stretch, Miller tries a guillotine choke but doesn't have the power to finish the fight. The referee tells the guys to stand with a minute and eighteen remaining. Then out of nowhere Nick lands a devastating kick on the side of Miller's head. The kick can literally be heard in the arena. Miller is down and out and Nick is the winner.

The guys talk about the fight. Team UK is ecstatic. Henderson says Miller didn't stick to the game plan. He also says that Nick is a lot tougher than he looks. Bisping brings up the fact that Miller already tapped during the fight. Regardless of that, the more important thing is that Team UK draws first blood against Team USA.


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