The One With The Ultimate Fighting Champion
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| The One With The Ultimate Fighting Champion | ||||
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| Season | 3x24 | |||
| Episode no. | 72 | |||
| Written by | Pang-Ni Landrum Mark J. Kunerth Shana Goldberg-Meehan Scott Silveri | |||
| Directed by | Robby Benson | |||
| Guest stars | Jon Favreau - Pete Becker James Hong - Hoshi | |||
| Original airdate | May 8, 1997 | |||
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"The One With The Ultimate Fighting Champion" is the twenty-fourth episode of the third season of Friends, wich aired on May 8, 1997.
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Plot
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Chandler's new boss, Doug, keeps slapping Chandler on his butt. Chandler is too uncomfortable with this, but his colleagues are all jealous of him because the butt-slapping makes Chandler the boss' favorite guy. Chandler talks it out with his boss and how it's making him uncomfortable and all the other guys jealous, and Doug agrees to stop the slapping.
Monica announces Pete's decision to become the Ultimate Fighting Champion. The guys are shocked by this, since they don't think Pete is UFC material, and that the competition may be too tough for him. Nevertheless, Ross goes watch Pete's first fight with Monica - or rather, Pete's torture at the hands of Tank Abbot, who ends up standing on Pete's neck for twenty minutes before he passes out. Monica tells Pete how she's proud of him and that he can now look back at the UFC thing. Pete is puzzled by the "look back" part, as he's not quitting the tournament until he becomes the Ultimate Fighting Champion. The second fighter takes even less time to knock out Pete, and Monica pleads Peter to quit the whole thing. But when he does, Monica realizes that her love for Pete is too much for her to watch him suffer this way, and breaks up with him.
Phoebe asks Rachel if it's OK for her to set Ross up with Bonnie, a friend of hers. When Rachel asks for info about Bonnie, Phoebe tells her that Bonnie was bald, to which Rachel consents. When Rachel meets Bonnie at the coffeehouse, however, she finds out that Bonnie has grown her hair back. She's angry with Phoebe for lying to her about Bonnie, but Phoebe corrects her by saying that Bonnie was bald, and that she's not anymore. Rachel realizes that she's sad because she didn't expect Ross to be back on track with the girls so soon after their break-up.
Cast and CrewEdit
Main CastEdit
Jennifer Aniston - Rachel Green
Courtney Cox - Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow - Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc - Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry - Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer - Ross Geller
Supporting CastEdit
Jon Favreau - Pete Becker
James Hong - Hoshi
Christine Taylor - Bonnie
Sam McMurray - Doug
Steve Park - Phil
Joe O'Connor - Stevens
John McCarthy - Referee
Bruce Buffer - Announcer
David Abbott - Tank Abbott
Billy Crystal - Tim
Robin Williams - Tomas
CrewEdit
Directed By:
Robby Benson
Written By:
Pang-Ni Landrum, Mark J. Kunerth, Shana Goldberg-Meehan & Scott Silveri
TriviaEdit
- Tank Abbott had been an actual UFC heavy weight fighter but he left to return to wrestling in 1999 he returned to UFC in 2003.
- Abbott is also the last name of Phoebe's birthmother.
- Billy Crystal and Robin William's appearance wasn't in the original script. They were by coincidence in the same building, or the one across the street from where Friends is shot, and the writers asked if they wanted to make a guest appearance. This was the day of shooting so it was just quickly thrown in.
- Pheobe knows two girls that shave their heads, in The One With The Candy Hearts she mentions Abby. Bonnie would be the second one.
- This is the last appearance of Pete Becker in the show.
- Goof: Ross bought an Ultimate Fighting Combo, a large pop and popcorn, at the fight. However, after Ross and Monica sit down, they are never seen again. Furthermore, when Monica talks to Pete at the ring, you can see that the combo was not set on the floor.
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| Preceded by "The One With Ross' Thing" | Series Three Episodes | Followed by "The One At The Beach" |
