Interview With Joe Scarola Of The Ultimate Fighter
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I had a chance to sit down and talk to The Ultimate Fighter contestant Joe Scarola. Joe was the first fighter to be eliminated from the new season and certainly isn’t a fan of Matt Hughes. Come back each week to read all the TUF contestant interviews.
Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: What originally got you involved in MMA?
A. Joe Scarola – The Ultimate Fighter: I have practiced martial arts since I was 5 years old. When the UFC came out and I saw the Gracies that really got me interested in Ju Jitsu. I love to fight and compete.
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Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: When was your first cage fight?
A. Joe Scarola – The Ultimate Fighter: I fought 6 times professionally, but never in a cage. I did do MMA ring fights.
Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: Did Matt Serra tell you to apply for TUF or was it just a coincidence that you applied and he was a coach?
A. Joe Scarola – The Ultimate Fighter: I basically just sent in an audition tape. I was almost on the show and I had no idea he was a coach. I found out he was a coach while I was watching a UFC fight. When I found out I was excited at first, but then I felt a great deal of pressure since I didn’t want to let him down.
Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: What are your thoughts on Matt Hughes calling you out to fight first?
A. Joe Scarola – The Ultimate Fighter: First of all Hughes isn’t going to get in Matt Serra’s head doing anything like this. I was there to fight no matter if I was picked first or last. When I was in the house I thought Hughes was a bit arrogant. He was trying to play the nice guy role to the camera.
Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: So what do you think of Matt Hughes?
A. Joe Scarola – The Ultimate Fighter: When I was in the house I could see his arrogance and after watching the show last night, I know that Matt is a dick.
Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: Besides Matt Serra what other MMA fighters inspire you or do you watch religiously?
A. Joe Scarola – The Ultimate Fighter: I have respect for all the fighters but when I started training I liked to watch the Gracies and Matt Serra. However, I have great respect for all the fighters.
Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: So are they keeping you in the house this season, I am sure you can’t tell me what’s next with you on the show?
A. Joe Scarola – The Ultimate Fighter: Yes, I am hanging out to train and whatever.
Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: If you could have chosen your first fight who would it have been?
A. Joe Scarola – The Ultimate Fighter: No, I’ll fight whoever they place in front of me.
Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: Looking back over the fight what do you think went wrong?
A. Joe Scarola – The Ultimate Fighter: Honestly, even before the fight everything happened so fast. I got there on Thursday, weighed in Saturday and fought Sunday. Reality TV is crazy you bug out a bit, It wasn’t me in there. I wasn’t laid back and funny. It was pressure and stress the whole time. Not to take anything away from Mac Danzig since he is a great fighter, but I just wasn’t mentally in the ring.
Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: Final words to TUF, UFC and Joe fans?
A. Joe Scarola – The Ultimate Fighter: I have watched prior TUF seasons, people go nuts and it’s rough in that house. Not just the cameras and microphones, but everything. You’re trapped in the house with 15 guys and can’t talk to anyone outside the house. I learned a lot from it and would never do it again. I see things I need to learn in fighting and my mental game.
Q. Mark RealityWanted.com: Final words to TUF, UFC and Joe fans?
A. Joe Scarola Ultimate Fighter: Thanks to the fans for watching and Dana for the chance to fight. I hope Dana will give me another shot to show him and the fans on what I can do.
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Joe you are such a pussy. Seriously you were crying about your girl back home but she couldn’t hear you because her head was in the pillow, bro. no seriously bro u are a bitch. go flip burgers bro. Bro U suck. U know Bro, U ain’t got the heart Bro. Not even little Mattie can give U that.
Walked off the show!…. Dana will never give Joe S, another opportunity ‘ever’ everyone and their mother’s told him what would happen, he’s seen previous shows snf promised Matt Sera he would not quit, asking Dana for 3 yrs to go on ultimate fighter, knows he’s going to lose his job at Sera’s gym, seriously, what a head case. Go see a psychiatrist, get on some anti-D’s, and find another career, this one is wasted, no one in a combatant sport will ever give him respect.
Joey didn’t have to fight anymore, all he had to do was stay in the house for a few more weeks, help Sera coach and then when the show was over, quit MMA and respectably go back to teaching jujitsu, how hard would that have been? What a immature child.
I feel mostly bad for Matt Sera, he practically beg Joe to stay. I think he’s lost a good friendship over this because Joe let him down. Sera’s a good and caring guy, but Joe didn’t return all that Sera gave to him in the end, Joe wasn’t a friend that would back him up when he needed or asked for his help.
Joe Scarola is the biggest pussy ever to grace The Ultimate Fighter show. He got kicked out from Serra’s gym and opened his own dojo. I would never pay to learn from this pussy. This pussy scarred his reputation for life.