The time in the Ultimate Fighter house can be hard on fighters for many reasons. Some miss their families, some find themselves bored without access to technology and the outside world, and others wind up irritated with their teammates. Robert Valentin recognizes those struggles, but definitely didn’t have issues with his teammates.
Throughout the show, Valentin remarked that Team Grasso often felt like a family. They worked together, but they also deeply cared about each other. He pointed out that it was even more so in real life as the show failed to show some of the times when they were having the most fun.
“Every day we were in the van driving to the gym – to the Apex,” Valentin shared. “Our team, we just talked so much shit and we had so much fun.”
With cameras rolling almost 24 hours a day, some of the material needs to be cut for time purposes. However, some of the stuff from those van rides may have needed to be cut for content purposes. Noting the lonliness for some of the guys in the house, some of the Team Grasso members had an idea for a sequel to their reality show.
“At one point, we started to talk to the producers,” he said. “We said after the show ends, we’re going to rent another Airbnb and film another show called The Ultimate F*ck House.”
While there was no sequel to be filmed, the guys from the show had more fun joking with the producers in the van. Sometimes those jokes took the form of smells.
“When we started cutting weight, when we started to re-load, everyone started to fart in the car,” Valentin recalled with a laugh. “They said, I don’t think you should film The Ultimate F*ck House, I think you should film The Ultimate Fart House.”
Although plenty of fun was had inside of the house and van, Valentin is happy to be out and looking forward to his UFC debut. He takes on Ryan Loder to crown the Ultimate Fighter middleweight champion. That fight takes place on the main card of UFC Vegas 96, which starts at 10pm EST.
