‘TUF 24′ Recap: Episode 3

After three finishes to start the season, Team Cejudo has jumped to a quick 2-1 lead over Team Benavidez. After the obligatory recap from last week’s episode and the snazzy intro, Episode 3 is underway and it starts with the fight announcement that concluded Episode 2. It doesn’t take long, like three seconds, before Damacio Page begins talking trash to Henry Cejudo about how Page’s last name is actually pronounced. The two were supposed to fight in the Legacy Fighting Championship a few years ago but it never materialized because Cejudo for various reasons. Page explains that they were supposed to fight that promotion’s flyweight title but Cejudo never showed up, which cost “The Angel of Death” a payday and opportunity at a championship. Naturally, there’s a little bit of animosity from page against Cejudo.From there, Dana White explains Page’s rise through the World Extreme Cagefighting and then the Ultimate Fighting Championship before showing all sorts of wicked Damacio knockouts and says that Page has a legitimate chance to get a rematch with Demetrious Johnson. Teammates Matt Rizzo and Tim Elliott are psyched about how hard Page hits and how he fights, making them confident that he will win the fight that anchors tonight’s show. Adam Antolin, who will lock horns with Page, is then the focus of the show. He’s training hard while his voiceover in the background explains his upbringing and why he got into mixed martial arts. Highlights of his wins in Tachi Palace Fights follow and White calls him the dark horse of the entire season. After a commercial, the producers chronicle Page back home before he got on the show. He explains his rough upbringing and then …

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