Tapout Season 2, Episode 9: TJ Cook

Lighty and Glover

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.

Dany Lauzon

Dan Lauzon is the younger brother of UFC fighter Joe Lauzon. The crew recognizes his potential but realize his trainer is wrong for him. They match him up with 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.

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.

Johny and Jake

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.

John and Julie

Mask, Punkass and Skyskrape scout Dodson in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There they also meet Kedzie and try to decide whether to sign her as the first-ever female TapouT fighter.

Pat Curran

On this episode of TapouT, the guys head to Lakemoor, IL to meet up with UFC fighter Jeff Curran who has been training his cousin, Pat Curran for the past few years. Pat has just turned Pro MMA and TapouT believes he might have what it takes to go far.

Travis Marx

The crew travels to Salt Lake City, Utah to scope out Travis Marx, an officer of the Utah Highway Patrol.

Season Finale