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In case you didn’t get your fill of Episode 8 of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 last night (Oct. 28), the UFC and Spike.com are presenting “The Aftermath,” a 15-minute Webisode that airs immediately following the show on Spike.com.

“The Aftermath” will recap the previous show, as well as get insight from some of the contestants and recurring Spike host, Amir Sadollah. In addition, the Webisodes will feature unaired content, exclusive bonus material and a sneak peek of the upcoming televised episode.

TUF fans can go to the Spike.com message boards after each Wednesday episode to submit questions and sound off on the events that occurred during the show. Questions will be selected at random and answered on the following installment of “Aftermath.”

To check out this week’s webisode: “One Soldier Left,” which features Marcus Jones and Mike Wessel discussing their fight as well as the size advantage of “Big Baby” and what he has to do to keep winning, click here.

And be sure to check out our TUF recap every Wednesday night following the show. To get up to speed on last night’s episode click here.

Will Marcus Jones be the lone man to score a “W” for Team Rampage? Or will it be a clean sweep for Team Evans? Find out tonight at 10 p.m. ET!

“Fighting in the Octagon is more demanding on your body (than the NFL). The pain that you go through over a short period of time, all the training that you have to do for just 15 minutes of fighting, to me, that’s just incredibly difficult … I do wish I had started MMA at an earlier age. I ask myself, if I would have started jiu-jitsu in my 20s, can you imagine what kind of fighter I’d be today? I’m a much better fighter now than I was during my first fight. In my first fight, I barely knew how to throw a jab. Now I feel comfortable fighting anybody.”

– Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end, Marcus Jones, talks to MMA Fanhouse about his transition from the gridiron to the cage. So far the 36-year-old former first-round draft pick has done well, winning four of five fights with just two years of mixed martial arts training under his belt. However, he — along with three other NFL veterans, including Matt Mitrione, Brendan Schaub and Wes Shivers — will face their toughest tests to date on the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, who himself failed to make the Minnesota Vikings roster several years back, is proof the raw power, determination and athleticism (not to mention an accomplished amateur wrestling career) can take a fighter to the pinnacle of the sport. But is Lesnar the exception? Or can we expect similar specimens to follow in his footsteps and achieve comparable results?