And so it was conceived, and so it was done. Cut to Jorge at the UFC training center wearing a rainbow Afro wig, clown shoes, a clown nose, and oh yes, a red Speedo-style bathing suit. Meet Phony Carter.
The scene also co-starred Mark DellaGrotte as the fight announcer, Din Thomas as the color commentator, with cameo appearances by Mikey Burnett as Mikey "The Terror" Serra, in a jiu-jitsu uniform, and Charles McCarthy as the referee, all re-enacting a famous Octagon encounter.
In the scene, Phony Carter executes a devastating spinning backfist, which sends poor Mikey "The Terror" to the canvas, and prompts a swaying of Phony's bathing suit-clad hips in a dance of celebration. Enough said. End of scene.
Cut to the UFC training center on fight day.
Six years later... in a training center far, far away, a rematch off rivals takes place.
The rematch pits our hero, Matt "The Terror" Serra, who's desperately trying to turn off, once and for all, the nightmarish highlight reel of a spinning backfist striking him square in the jaw, against Shonie "Mr. International" Carter, the said perpetrator of the backfist who has plans of his own, most likely having to do with getting his own spin-off series.
Round one Matt dominates right from the start, then Shonie gets a huge takedown, then Matt gets a takedown, the fighters struggle with Matt mostly coming out on top, but with 30 seconds left in the round, wait... could it be? You guessed it, a spinning backfist comes out of nowhere, connects with Matt's face, and stuns him. Matt's shaky for a moment, but he doesn't go down. Shonie can only manage another takedown before the horn sounds. He couldn't knock Matt out. Shonie stole the round, but he didn't win the fight.
What Matt feared most showed up in the very first, and he survived. Our hero, tentative about his performance as he talks to his corner men, is now filled with courage.
He comes out for the second round and clearly dominates his opponent. Same in the third. Although Shonie put on a strong performance of his own, in the end, only one man can go to the show, and that would be Matt Serra.
His nemesis has been vanquished, and his evil nightmare has been erased. Matt raises his arms in victory. Well done, Matt. Take a bow.
Article comments
1 - Matt Paprocki
Could we please not put the winner in the title for those of us who haven't watched the episode yet?