Act Like a Professional

S28, E9: After the semifinal matchups are announced, Maurice's drunken antics continue. Despite efforts by his assistant coaches and teammates to calm him down, Maurice talks trash to Juan before shifting his focus to Anderson. Eventually, Anderson confronts Maurice and the two get into a heated argument in the gym's hallway. After Team Gastelum leaves for the day Team Whittaker decides to stay at the gym and order dinner, to avoid more confrontations with Maurice. Back at the house, Maurice continues to drink and annoy his teammates. Later in the night, Kelvin and the coaches pay a visit to the house and try to talk some sense into him. After he shows some remorse for his actions, the coaches leave. But once they're gone, the trash talking starts up again as Maurice starts to egg on Anderson once again, continuing the smack talk for the rest of the evening. The next day, as Team Gastelum gets ready to head to a tattoo parlor to get TUF 28 tattoos, they learn that Marciea doesn't want to join. After Pannie and Bea ask her about it, Marciea reveals that she is planning to leave the competition and go home because of Maurice's recent antics. After the team gets their new tattoos they decide to hold a meeting in the fighter's room to discuss their issues. There, they air their grievances, and eventually Marciea decides to stay in the competition and continue to work with her team. Then, after several days of training, the semifinals get underway as two heavyweights go head-to-head in the Octagon. At stake, a spot in the live finale in Las Vegas!