Contender ROCKED Tonight!!!
 

Yo!!!

That kid Joey Gilbert threw the fuck down like a champ tonight on Contender.

He went up against a #3 ranker and held his own. That shit was better than most prize fights I've seen. Both those men showed heart even though it was only 5 rounds.

I am hooked on this show.

Tonights fight was awesome, first time on the Contender (I think) that it was a split vote too.
WG

FUCK FUCK FUCK I Missed it AGAIN ! wtf :(

I thought Joey won :(

It's my favorite show right now (followed closely by Survivor, the Apprentice, and the Shield).

Anthony is gonna win it in Vegas. Mark my words.

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Oh hell yeah you missed it!

If that show had the fights 'live' you wouldn't be able to keep people in their seats. The whole world would stop just to watch the show.

When I was a kid they had 'Friday Night Fights'. You would have thought the fights were in your own living room.

They took Joey away in an ambulance but he should not feel shame of any kind.

i just watched this show for the first time tonite.

Its OK. But the fight at end, it was decent but I don't like the stupid hollywood style editing, its fucking stupid. This is supposed to be reality TV, not a movie. I guess Im used to watching 'THe Ultimate Fighter' where they showed fights from start to finish without this hollywood crap

enjoy it while you can. it will never be on again after this season. the ratings are in the tank.

If you are just going by the search engines, it looks like the Contender is not getting good ratings, but if you look closer, it's all just about the debut of the show.

Right now, it's definately a ratings contender.

NBC's regular 8 p.m. edition of "The Contender" (5.5 million, 2.5/7) produced modest numbers, but an extra helping of the boxing reality show at 9 p.m. (6.4 million, 3.3/7) improved despite the "Housewives" competition.

http://www.entertainment-news.org/br...n-ratings.html

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Oh my gosh! Tonight's fight had me on my feet.
I wanted Joey to take that last round so badly.
I was sad to see him go. :Oh crap

The first time I watched The Contender, it was begrudgingly for
my boyfriend, but now I am ADDICTED to this show. Great drama,
great heart, and exciting to watch, too!

You can say that again!!!

That show is so popular, if you want to start a whole crowd up just waltz into any store and ask if anyone saw Contender last night. You will never get out of the store!

I haven't seen anything like this since who knows when.

Who thinks that headbutt was an 'accident'???

Already there's arguing in the streets.

If that show went live you would have to tie people up in the streets

I think joey would of won the fight if it werent for the head butt

this is something i dont understand. it seems to be an amazing show, yet almost each week the ratings get worse.

I think so!

They should rematch that. That headbutt should have been a draw.

It was a good fight and a episode. I think the show is very well done.

The Sergio Mora/Ishe Smith fight was a split decision too :thumbsup

I love that show!

It was good although Manfredo killed him in those first two rounds.

Yeah, it's weird that it's not getting good ratings.

No way. Joey did win #3 and #4 but he didn't do any damage. He got whooped in rounds 2 and 3 and I Manfredo got some good shots in round 5.

I hate to burst your bubble but it is consistently finishing 4th in its time slot, behind even Fox dreck. And I'm not happy about it because I really like the show a lot and never miss it; best fight for me was when Sergio the Latin Snake beat Ishe the loudmouth lout.

But I can guarantee you right now.............the show will not see a second season so this is it; enjoy it while you can.

Its sad when a tv movie with Rosie O'Donnell playing herself can maul a fine tv show like "The Contender" in the ratings.

http://contender.tv.yahoo.com/01/index.html

extended fight scenes of last nite's battle

one of my favorite shows....

The UFC thing was awesome too

Yeah, I love that show. That fight was dead even it should have been a draw :2 cents:

I'm thinking Peter Vs. Sergio in the finals

I wonder how they would deal with a draw on the show?

no way. alfonso versus sergio. peter is too slow.

I don't know man...I see Jesse knocking out Anthony next week...Setting up Peter vs. Alfonso rematch (which I think Peter will win because of - a. the motivation of being beaten by Alfonso before b. having his dad there, which he didn't have the first fight for the first time ever)

And, I think Sergio will beat Jesse in a close match in the Semis setting up the Peter/Sergio Final

Who knows though...

Clever editing. If they showed those fights in normal speed from start to finish, instead of painfully slow-mo reels of the few punches that land, you guys would realize those fights are amateurish at BEST. You take any lame amatuer boxing match, slow-mo the few decent shots, only show one guy landing punches in some rounds, then the other guy only landing punches in the final rounds so it looks like some big dramatic underdog comeback, all while playing the cheesiest over-the-top dramaqueen music that reality tv has ever witnessed, and it looks like a great match.

Take out all the editing, slow-mo's and trickery and these matches are amateur tough-man contests at BEST.

It is a great show. :)

I don't know about amateurish...there are alot of world ranked fighters in the competition...these aren't just scrubs they picked up off the street.

Perhaps i'm a bit off then. :upsidedow

BTW, why does your sig say pussycash pays $200 for every single IMLive signup? I went to the site, I can't find anything about making $200 for every single IMLive signup, looked more like as low as $32 per signup. Where do I find the flat $200 deal?