‘TUF 24′ Recap: Episode 2

After the obligatory highlights from Episode 1, it’s time to kick right into tonight’s show, which begins with the fighters piling back into the house after the pair of fights from last week. Team Cejudo is up to a quick 2-0 lead and initially everybody is still getting along at home but that doesn’t last too long.Jaime Alvarez and a few others are perplexed that Nkazimulo Zulu, who is from South Africa, apparently stashes his cooked food in the cupboards. Eric Shelton is miffed that Zulu is disrespectful in that he doesn’t appear too eager to make friends. Damacio Page and Zulu quickly have an argument over water at the sink and the guys in the house are already fed up with the dude’s behavior.After the early turmoil, the show shifts to clips of Zulu training and then of him tearing it up on the African circuit and he looks legit. Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White claims that he’s been compared to a young Anderson Silva because of his brilliant striking and Henry Cejudo raves about Zulu’s wicked knees. From there, Cejudo explains to Zulu that he not only needs to work on takedown defense but also off the mat and the former flyweight title challenger is working overtime in refining his ground game. When the show returns from commercial, the viewing audience is taken to Osaka, where Hiromasa Ogikubo is walking his baby in a stroller and detailing his home life. He’s lamenting the fact that because his family’s schedules are always clashing, he never gets to really see them. From there, the scene shifts to him teaching jui-jitsu to the kids in his school before him training hard to get on the show.Joseph Benavidez is enthused about working with …

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