By MATT MOLGAARD
MMANEWS.COM Staff Writer

Things started off a bit different in this episode of The Ultimate Fighter 12, as Koscheck welcomes Jon Fitch to train with the guys. Fitch is a down-to-earth guy and the team seems to appreciate and respect his presence.

Team GSP meanwhile gets things going in brutal fashion as dangerous muay thai practitioner Jean Charles Skarbowsky shows up to do a little sparring with the team. He’s vicious as hell and pummels the entire team, all the while drunk. Classic reality tv, that for once looks like reality.

At the house Alex Caceres continues to climb under everyone’s skin with his childish pranks. He drops some bleach in Nam Phan’s detergent, which Caceres’ teammate Michael Johnson uses. Needless to say things don’t go over so well; Bruce Leroy continues his self isolation experiment.

Team GSP picks Spencer Paige to toe the line with Nam Phan. Both seem focused and ready; Nam so much so that he can’t stop running laps around the house before the fight.

Last minute fight preparations get under way and Chuck Liddell stops by to visit with Team Koscheck. He offers a few words of advice, but seems far to depressed to provide any significant motivation. That doesn’t change the fact that Sevak Magakian is insanely pumped to meet the former champ.