Posts with the tag "The Ultimate Fighter 8"
Ryan Bader and Junie Browning, Calling Out TUF winners
From what I have seen this season, I already have some early favorites to make the finale. Of course there is Ryan Bader who was a legitimate number 1 pick by Coach Nogueira. Then, there is Junie Browning.
Picking Bader probably isn't much of a surprise, but picking Browning is a long shot. For one, he has almost been kicked out of the house twice. Then, there was the jumping over the octagon incident. His biggest challenge may not be winning the fights, but making it to his next fight.
So why Browning? I guess I get that feeling because he is writing blog posts for the UFC website. Why would the UFC pick Junie to write posts if he didn't make it far in the show? They wouldn't. Now, whether he makes the final or not is another question, but I am guessing he does.
Who is your early favorite?
Nogueira and Mir tapped to be Coaches for The Ultimate Fighter 8
The UFC announced today that interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Former Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir will be coaches on the next season of The Ultimate Fighter. The eighth installment of the show will premier on September 17.
Interestingly, the show will feature heavyweights as well as lightweights. This is a deviation from the last three seasons where a single weight class was featured. The advantage of having two weight classes is two-fold. First, there will be two champions from the show that will instantly be marketable. Second, fighters from different classes are more likely to get along (via the shows team concept) since they will never face each other in the octagon.
I am still undecided about Mir and Nogueira as coaches. On one hand, it will be interesting to learn more about them as people. On the other hand, couldn't the UFC find a better pair of coaches? I am putting the early money on Mir to come out with more wins on the show.