Season 2
| Episode number | Title | Original airdate | Fighter | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Lighty and Glover | July 30, 2008 | Scott Lighty Glover Teixeira |
The crew travels to San Luis Obispo, California where they meet training partners Lighty and Teixeira. They decide to sponsor both fighters and take them to Palace Fighting Championship 6 in Lemoore, California. Lighty fights first. He splits open his opponent's forehead, forcing him to tap. Teixeira knocks out his opponent in just five seconds. |
| 12 | Dany Lauzon | August 7, 2008 | Dan Lauzon | Dan Lauzon is the younger brother of UFC fighter Joe Lauzon. The crew recognize his potential but believe that his trainer is wrong for him. They introduce him to trainer Mark DellaGrotte before taking him to fight at World Championship Fighting. UFC president Dana White makes a guest appearance. Dan submits Frank Latina with a triangle choke in the first round. Following the broadcast, Joe Lauzon criticized the episode on his website. |
| 13 | Greg McIntyre | August 13, 2008 | Greg McIntyre | The TapouT crew checks in with an old friend named Greg McIntyre in San Diego, California who is re-entering the MMA world after having his colon removed as the result of an auto-immune disease. The crew heads to Throwdown Elite Training Facility to catch up with Greg and his trainer, UFC veteran Dean Lister. TapouT decides to sponsor Greg at the PURECOMBAT fight event in Visalia, California. Greg wins his fight against Richard Chavez by unanimous decision. |
| 14 | Johny and Jake | August 20, 2008 | Jake Rosholt Johny Hendricks |
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| 15 | Albert Manners | August 27, 2008 | Albert Manners | The crew return to Hawaii to scout Albert Manners, who trains with B. J. Penn. They change his nickname from "Always Bad" to "Respect" and find him a permanent apartment. Although battling a knee injury and facing "baby mama drama," Manners overcomes his opponent by rear naked choke in the opening moments of the first round. Despite his victory, the TapouT crew express some reservations and hope that Manners will continue to mature both as a fighter and a person. |
| 16 | John and Julie | September 3, 2008 | John Dodson Julie Kedzie |
Mask, Punkass and Skyskrape scout Dodson in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There they also meet Kedzie and decide to sign her as the first-ever female TapouT fighter. Dodson and Kedzie are the co-headliners at Battlequest 8 in Denver, Colorado. Kedzie is up first, fighting Angela Hayes. Kedzie dominates Hayes, taking her down and ground and pounding her before submitting her with an arm bar. Hometown favorite Vern Baca is Dodson's opponent. Dodson slams his opponent on his head in round two, forcing a referee stoppage. |
| 17 | Pat Curran | September 10, 2008 | Pat Curran | Pat Curran trains under his cousin, Jeff Curran at his gym in Crystal Lake, Illinois. Between training sessions, Pat gets his first tattoo and he, Jeff and the crew do an autograph session at a Chicago clothing store. At the official weigh-in, Pat gets his first look at his opponent, Lazar Stozadinovic. Lazar has fought another of Jeff's students and broke his jaw; Pat reviews footage of that fight. The fighters are scheduled to meet at XFO 23 in Crystal Lake. Pat dominates much of the first round with his grappling and ground and pound. He similarly dominates rounds two and three and wins a unanimous decision from the judges. |
| 18 | Travis Marx | September 17, 2008 | Travis Marx | The crew travels to Salt Lake City, Utah to scope out Travis Marx, an officer of the Utah Highway Patrol and a student of Jeremy Horn. Marx will be facing Steven Siler in the main event. Horn is helping to promote the event, so is unable to corner Travis because of the conflict of interest. Travis struggles through much of round one, including being bloodied by Siler, but ends the round with a takedown. He seems to be performing better in round two but Siler catches him in a triangle choke, forcing him to tap. |
| 19 | TJ Cook | September 24, 2008 | TJ Cook | The guys travel to Ocala, Florida and meet up with their friend Tommy "Trauma" Sauer and check out his fighter TJ Cook. |
| 20 | Mike Campbell | October 1, 2008 | Mike Campbell | On this episode of TapouT, the crew makes their way to Boston, Massachusetts to scope out fighter Mike Campbell who is trained by Mark DellaGrotte, former trainer on The Ultimate Fighter Season 4 and trainer to UFC fighters Kenny Florian, Stephan Bonnar, and Marcus Davis. |
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