Athletes from both teams look at the picture of the first cast, trying to name the competitors, with Tumelo Manyamala noting how surreal it feels to be in the house, surrounded by pictures of UFC luminaries, which increases his excitement.
Donchenko points to Forrest Griffin, saying, “I don’t know who this is, but I don’t want to sleep with him in the same room,” leading everyone to tell him that it’s Griffin and laugh. Admittedly, he does look very different in the TUF 1 cast picture than he does today. Donchenko says in an interstitial that because they don’t have phones or television, all he can do is look at the picture, and that “one day, my picture will be on this wall.”
Martins sits quietly in his room looking at pictures of his wife, acknowledging that he misses her a great deal. He explains that she wasn’t doing well the last time they spoke, crying a great deal, which he calls the hardest part.
His home video runs with his wife Pamela, kissing one their pet parrots, of which they have 10. He says she’s the one that gives him strength, then shows off the room with all their birds before showing the aikido gym he uses as a training facility. He says he’s been focusing on training exclusively for four years, and that he believes he’s ready to win a UFC contract.
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