Marcus Brimage TUF 14 Blog: Watch Out for the Mosquito

People sometimes ask if I’ve noticed things on the show that have been edited out. This past week gave an example of that being the case. You may remember the drama surrounding Dustin Neace mistakenly flipping out on Akira Corassani after Josh Ferguson stole his cowboy hat. What I wish they would have showed was Ferguson relieving himself into the hat. I was like, “Why didn’t they show the sh*t?” They should have shown it. THAT was classic!

After the fight Ferguson finally admitted to Neace he’d been the one to take his hat. But the damage was already done and we got our first win.

On a side note, did everyone notice how Diego Brandao went and verbally attacked Steven Siler? That just goes to show everybody it wasn’t me starting things a few episodes back when we were sparring – Diego is f***ing crazy! Siler is a nice guy and he wasn’t even one of my teammates. Seriously, the only thing Siler will ever go to jail for might be income tax evasion. He doesn’t have a mean bone in his body, yet Diego was going off talking about, “I’m gonna kill you! I’m gonna eat your kids and make your mom cry,” like a little Brazilian Mike Tyson.

Michael Bisping showing up to the weigh-ins was not a huge deal and for those wondering what he had in the bag, every time we fought he went and got us food like organic pasta from Whole Foods. That was actually really cool.

The scuffle at the weigh-ins was actually funny. I’m not gonna lie, part of me wanted to pick up a chair and throw it in the crowd so everyone would get to fighting. That’s just a rule of life – if somebody picks up a chair and throws it, you find a person you don’t know and you punch them in the face. That’s just how it goes. We could have turned it into a bar room brawl inside the training facility.

As far as Bisping and Jason Miller getting into it, Bisping was trying to break up the fight and you know how it is when something like that happens. “Mayhem” grabbed Akira and Bisping grabbed Neace, and then Ryan Parsons and the rest of the coaches came in and said, “Get your f’ing hands off him!” And Bisping started yelling back about trying to break up the fight, not escalate it, and then Miller came in and got involved. It just kind of snowballed from there.

The other bit of controversy from the episode had to do with whether or not Akira tapped. I had a great vantage point, sitting at the perfect angle. What you didn’t see at home is that there was a mosquito in the cage. So when Neace got him in the Heel Hook the mosquito landed on his knee. Akira was simply killing the mosquito as a favor to Neace. That’s what everyone saw, not a tap. (wink)

On a final note this week, I apparently have to do something outlandish to get noticed on the street because I’m a 5’4” black guy so I don’t really stand out. Of course, for some reason I get recognized for the time I lost that bet to John Dodson and had to run around in a thong. Apparently making a total assclown out of myself has lead to strangers going, “Oh, you’re THAT guy! You’re the guy that farted!”

As always, some final shout outs. I’m back in Sweet Home Alabama making up some drill time because I’ve been in the National Guard for eight years. Much love to Blackwell’s Pub here where I watched the show this week, to my guard unit – the 117th, to my friends and family, to American Top Team, to my old gym Spartan Fitness, and to my strength and conditioning guys at T3EAthletics for helping me maintain my look as a Chocolate Adonis. And, of course, Roll Tide!

Thanks for reading again. I’ll be back next week with some more insight on what went down. In the meantime check me out on Twitter (@brim205) or learn more through my video blog.