Bully Beatdown
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Bully Beatdown is an American reality television series created by Mark Burnett
which airs on MTV
. In each episode, show host Jason "Mayhem" Miller challenges bullies to fight against a professional mixed martial artist for a chance to win $10,000. The money they get depends on their performance against their opponent, with any money they don't win going to the bully's victims. If the bully manages to submit or knock out the martial artist at any time, he/she wins a $5000 bonus.
In Season 2, the format of the first half of the show was changed significantly. The show starts with Mayhem in the cage. He first presents the victims' tape, and after that he is joined by the victims in the cage. This is then followed by a tape from the bully, with them explaining why they pick on their victims, often overcut with footage of them at work, playing a sport, or working out. The next segment would begin with the bully already having agreed to fight. Mayhem would interview the bully and the show would then cut to fight night. This would begin with Mayhem introducing his victims to their fighter, and leaving them to tell their story to him. Meanwhile, Mayhem would head over to the bully's locker room and briefly discuss the upcoming fight with them. This is followed by a shot of side by side stats showing the heights and weights of the bully and the fighter. This was occasionally accompanied by another piece of information, often as a joke, such as the unconfirmed fighting records of the bullies. After this the bully would be brought in to the cage and the rest of the episode would proceed in the same manner as in the previous season.
Season 3 followed the same format as Season 2 except that the fight rounds were extended from 3 minutes to five minutes. In this season's first episode, Mayhem fought one of the bullies himself in addition to serving as the host.
Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett is a British television producer and executive producer, based in the United States. He currently is the executive producer of five network television series with seven hours of network programming. Works with which Burnett is associated have won multiple awards and recognition...
which airs on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. In each episode, show host Jason "Mayhem" Miller challenges bullies to fight against a professional mixed martial artist for a chance to win $10,000. The money they get depends on their performance against their opponent, with any money they don't win going to the bully's victims. If the bully manages to submit or knock out the martial artist at any time, he/she wins a $5000 bonus.
Format
Episodes in the first season were broken into four segments. In the first segment Mayhem shows a tape victims have sent to him asking for help with a bully. This was followed by Mayhem meeting with the victims and briefly discussing their problems. Mayhem and the victims would then confront the bully, and Mayhem would offer the bully $10,000 to fight a professional MMA fighter. In all of the episodes that aired, the bully accepted. The next segment consisted of Mayhem bringing the bully into his gym to see how the bully fights in order to help him determine who to put in the cage against him. During this segment, Mayhem introduced the bullies to their corner man, and usually discussed the fight with the bullies a little. This segment would end with the victims meeting the fighter who would be fighting their bully and some clips of the bully preparing in the locker room. The next segment began with Mayhem standing in the ring with the victims and introducing them to the crowd. After a brief introduction, the bully would then be brought out to boos from the crowd. Mayhem would then let the bullies and victims have a few last words before bringing out the fighter. The cage was then handed over to Big John, who would begin the first round of each fight after a short segment explaining the rules. Round 1 is a 3 minute grappling only round. The bully starts the round with $5,000 but loses $1,000 every time he is forced to tap out. The next segment began with an explanation of the rules for Round 2. Round 2 is a 3 minute kickboxing round. The bully wins $5,000 if they can survive the entire 3 minutes, but does not get any money if he quits or gets KO'd or the referee stops the fight. After the round ends, Mayhem deals out the money, and asks the bully if there is anything they want to say to their victim(s) once the fight ended, in which is almost always an apology.In Season 2, the format of the first half of the show was changed significantly. The show starts with Mayhem in the cage. He first presents the victims' tape, and after that he is joined by the victims in the cage. This is then followed by a tape from the bully, with them explaining why they pick on their victims, often overcut with footage of them at work, playing a sport, or working out. The next segment would begin with the bully already having agreed to fight. Mayhem would interview the bully and the show would then cut to fight night. This would begin with Mayhem introducing his victims to their fighter, and leaving them to tell their story to him. Meanwhile, Mayhem would head over to the bully's locker room and briefly discuss the upcoming fight with them. This is followed by a shot of side by side stats showing the heights and weights of the bully and the fighter. This was occasionally accompanied by another piece of information, often as a joke, such as the unconfirmed fighting records of the bullies. After this the bully would be brought in to the cage and the rest of the episode would proceed in the same manner as in the previous season.
Season 3 followed the same format as Season 2 except that the fight rounds were extended from 3 minutes to five minutes. In this season's first episode, Mayhem fought one of the bullies himself in addition to serving as the host.
Controversy
It has been suggested that Bully Beatdown is largely staged and that in most cases "the bully/victim combo had never even met prior to the taping of each episode".Cast
- Host: Jason "Mayhem" Miller
* Miller Also served as the fighter in the first episode of Season 3.- Referee: "Big" John McCarthy
- Announcer: Hans Olsen
- Bullies' corner man: Jeremy Williams
- Bullies' trainer: Carlos "Cutman" Vargas
- Ring Girl: Kathleen Tesori
- Recurring fighters:
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- Jake ShieldsJake ShieldsJake Shields is an American mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the welterweight division of the UFC. He is the last Rumble on the Rock 175 lb champion. He is the first and last Elite XC Welterweight Champion. He is also the former Shooto Middleweight Champion and is the former...
- Eddie AlvarezEddie AlvarezEddie Alvarez is an American mixed martial artist, and former Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion. Alvarez also competes for the Japanese DREAM promotion, and fought once for ProElite's EliteXC promotion...
- Tony BonelloTony BonelloTony Bonello is an Australian mixed martial artist and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who currently competes in the King of the Cage.-Mixed martial arts career:...
- Jon Murphy
- Michael WestbrookMichael WestbrookMichael Deanailo Westbrook is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Westbrook spent 7 seasons with the Washington Redskins from 1995 to 2001 and the 2002 season with the Cincinnati Bengals before retiring...
- Nick GastonNick GastonNick "Afrozilla" Gaston is an American mixed martial artist who has fought exclusively for King of the Cage and is currently signed to Japanese promotion DREAM...
(two episodes filmed)
- Jake Shields
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Episodes
| Episode | Bully | Victim(s) | Mixed Martial artist | Money earned by bully | Money earned by victim(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 Episode 1 | Ryan | Alan | Tony Bonello Tony Bonello Tony Bonello is an Australian mixed martial artist and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who currently competes in the King of the Cage.-Mixed martial arts career:... |
$2,000 | $8,000 |
| Season 1 Episode 2 | Vince | Josh & Adam | Michael Westbrook Michael Westbrook Michael Deanailo Westbrook is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Westbrook spent 7 seasons with the Washington Redskins from 1995 to 2001 and the 2002 season with the Cincinnati Bengals before retiring... |
$1,000 | $9,000 |
| Season 1 Episode 3 | Christian | Brian & Cameron | Conor Heun Conor Heun Conor Heun is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Lightweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:... |
$0 | $10,000 |
| Season 1 Episode 4 | Jonathan | Sergio & Jason | Jake Shields Jake Shields Jake Shields is an American mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the welterweight division of the UFC. He is the last Rumble on the Rock 175 lb champion. He is the first and last Elite XC Welterweight Champion. He is also the former Shooto Middleweight Champion and is the former... |
$2,000 | $8,000 |
| Season 1 Episode 5 | Eriq | Linda | Jon Murphy | $0 | $10,000 |
| Season 1 Episode 6 | Dennis | Stan & Andrey | Thomas Denny Thomas Denny (fighter) Thomas Denny is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Welterweight division, and is the former King of the Cage Welterweight Champion.... |
$10,000 | $0 |
| Season 1 Episode 7 | Garrett | Kyle & Robert | Jake Shields Jake Shields Jake Shields is an American mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the welterweight division of the UFC. He is the last Rumble on the Rock 175 lb champion. He is the first and last Elite XC Welterweight Champion. He is also the former Shooto Middleweight Champion and is the former... |
$0 | $10,000 |
| Season 1 Episode 8 | James | Sean | Ben Lagman Ben Lagman "Bad News" Ben Lagman is a mixed martial arts fighter who currently competes in the middleweight division in the King of the Cage promotion out of Rancho Cucamonga, California... |
$7,000 | $3,000 |
| Season 2 Episode 1 | Brandon | Sean & Alex | Eddie Alvarez Eddie Alvarez Eddie Alvarez is an American mixed martial artist, and former Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion. Alvarez also competes for the Japanese DREAM promotion, and fought once for ProElite's EliteXC promotion... |
$0 | $10,000 |
| Season 2 Episode 2 | Jason | Josh & Brett | Jon Murphy | $2,000 | $8,000 |
| Season 2 Episode 3 | Randall | Jefferson | Jake Shields Jake Shields Jake Shields is an American mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the welterweight division of the UFC. He is the last Rumble on the Rock 175 lb champion. He is the first and last Elite XC Welterweight Champion. He is also the former Shooto Middleweight Champion and is the former... |
$5,000 | $5,000 |
| Season 2 Episode 4 | Nathan | Martin & Adesh | Andrei Arlovski Andrei Arlovski Andrei Valeryevich Arlovski is a Belarusian kickboxer, mixed martial artist and a former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion.-Biography:... |
$0 | $10,000 |
| Season 2 Episode 5 | Wes | Chris | Tony Bonello Tony Bonello Tony Bonello is an Australian mixed martial artist and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who currently competes in the King of the Cage.-Mixed martial arts career:... |
$1,000* | $9,000* |
| Season 2 Episode 6 | Colt | Timmy | Tony Lopez Tony Lopez (fighter) Tony Lopez is an American mixed martial artist fighting out of Huntington Beach, California with Team Wildman Vale Tudo. He is the current Gladiator Challenge Heavyweight Champion and was formerly the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight King of the Cage Champion... |
$1,000 | $9,000 |
| Season 2 Episode 7 | Garrett | Nicholas & Eric | Michael Westbrook Michael Westbrook Michael Deanailo Westbrook is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Westbrook spent 7 seasons with the Washington Redskins from 1995 to 2001 and the 2002 season with the Cincinnati Bengals before retiring... |
$3,000 | $7,000 |
| Season 2 Episode 8 | Emil | Anthony & Mo | Nick Gaston Nick Gaston Nick "Afrozilla" Gaston is an American mixed martial artist who has fought exclusively for King of the Cage and is currently signed to Japanese promotion DREAM... |
$0 | $10,000 |
| Season 3 Episode 1 | Andy | Steven & Taylor | Jason "Mayhem" Miller | $0 | $10,000 |
| Season 3 Episode 2 | Nick | Chris & Blair | Jeremy Horn Jeremy Horn Jeremy Graham Horn is an American mixed martial artist. He is one of the most experienced fighters in the sport with a professional record of 88–21–5... |
$0 | $10,000 |
| Season 3 Episode 3 | Amanda | Keiko | Michelle Waterson Michelle Waterson Michelle Waterson is an American female mixed martial artist and model whose nickname is The Karate Hottie.Born in Colorado Springs and raised in Aurora, Waterson is of Thai descent... |
$0 | $10,000 |
| Season 3 Episode 4 | Evermont | Jesse & Colton | Bobby "King" Green Bobby Green (fighter) Bobby Green is an American mixed martial artist who is currently under contract with Strikeforce, competing in their lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Green has made a name for himself mainly fighting on the West coast... |
$0 | $10,000 |
| Season 3 Episode 5 | Kevin | Anthony & Sam | Tyron Woodley Tyron Woodley Tyron Woodley is an American former amateur wrestler for the University of Missouri and is now a professional mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to a deal with Strikeforce.-Early life:... |
$1,000 | $9,000 |
| Season 3 Episode 6 | Mike | Lorenzo & Joey | Eddie Alvarez Eddie Alvarez Eddie Alvarez is an American mixed martial artist, and former Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion. Alvarez also competes for the Japanese DREAM promotion, and fought once for ProElite's EliteXC promotion... |
$0 | $10,000 |
| Season 3 Episode 7 | Jordan | Austin & Micah | Joe Riggs Joe Riggs Joseph Jonathan Riggs is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He has competed at weights ranging from Heavyweight down to Welterweight. Currently, Riggs fights as a Middleweight.-Background:... |
$0 | $10,000 |
| Season 3 Episode 8 | Tayfun | Chucky & Yunas | Nick Gaston Nick Gaston Nick "Afrozilla" Gaston is an American mixed martial artist who has fought exclusively for King of the Cage and is currently signed to Japanese promotion DREAM... |
$0 | $10,000 |