Cruz and Faber to be coaches on TUF 15 ...

Nemesis21 · Post #1 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Dec 7, 2011 1:21 am

http://www.ufc.com/news/tuf-15-coach-announcement-fx

:clap:

REDDzone · Post #2 » by **REDDzone** » Wed Dec 7, 2011 1:30 am

I can dig that.

Post #3 » by **CPT** » Wed Dec 7, 2011 1:51 am

Good stuff.

Starts March 9, will be lightweights and welterweights.

Nemesis21 · Post #4 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Dec 7, 2011 2:00 am

CPT wrote:Good stuff.

Starts March 9, will be lightweights and welterweights.

Right on. When was the last time either middleweights or LHW's were on TUF ? Seems like it's been awhile.

Post #5 » by **spykelee** » Wed Dec 7, 2011 2:10 am

Easy decision, but yea, we certainly don't need anymore WW's...

Post #6 » by **CPT** » Wed Dec 7, 2011 2:23 am

MWs wasn't that long ago...the season Court McGee won (I think Liddell vs. Ortiz/Franklin?). I think MW is probably their most featured division.

LHWs has been a while though. Off the top of my head...Bader?

This is why I was hoping they would devote entire seasons to each of the BW and FW classes. Partially because they deserve it and the talent in those divisions would have justified it, and also because it would delay going back to the well again for the other divisions. I also just like watching a one weight class season better, knowing anybody can fight anybody.

I'm hoping they do an exclusive Flyweight season by the end of the year. Maybe even use it to crown the first champion.

Nemesis21 · Post #7 » by **Nemesis21** » Wed Dec 7, 2011 2:45 am

CPT wrote:MWs wasn't that long ago...the season Court McGee won (I think Liddell vs. Ortiz/Franklin?). I think MW is probably their most featured division.

LHWs has been a while though. Off the top of my head...Bader?

This is why I was hoping they would devote entire seasons to each of the BW and FW classes. Partially because they deserve it and the talent in those divisions would have justified it, and also because it would delay going back to the well again for the other divisions. I also just like watching a one weight class season better, knowing anybody can fight anybody.

I'm hoping they do an exclusive Flyweight season by the end of the year. Maybe even use it to crown the first champion.

Forgot about those 2.

Posey H8er · Post #8 » by **Posey H8er** » Wed Dec 7, 2011 4:02 am

the good thing about the new era of TUF is that we won't have to wait as long for the coaches to fight since the show will be filmed on a weekly basis and shown each week instead of having 3+ months off of editing then finally airing. granted june (what i heard) is a while for both guys.

Post #9 » by **CPT** » Wed Dec 7, 2011 9:41 am

Posey H8er wrote:the good thing about the new era of TUF is that we won't have to wait as long for the coaches to fight since the show will be filmed on a weekly basis and shown each week instead of having 3+ months off of editing then finally airing. granted june (what i heard) is a while for both guys.

Yeah, the coaches are supposed to have their training camps on the show itself. That's going to be an interesting wrinkle. Not sure how it will work.

K1NG · Post #10 » by **K1NG** » Wed Feb 8, 2012 2:37 am

On a TUF related note:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8FWuGOjqtk[/youtube]

NZB2323 · Post #11 » by **NZB2323** » Wed Feb 8, 2012 3:04 am

I don't understand why they don't get coaches that match the fighters or fighters that match the coaches. Is it so hard to get coaches and fighters that are all in the same weight class? How cool would that be to see a TUF winner go up against his former coach one day? Then the coaches could also spend more time sparing with their students.

K1NG · Post #12 » by **K1NG** » Wed Feb 8, 2012 3:07 am

NZB2323 wrote:I don't understand why they don't get coaches that match the fighters or fighters that match the coaches. Is it so hard to get coaches and fighters that are all in the same weight class? How cool would that be to see a TUF winner go up against his former coach one day? Then the coaches could also spend more time sparing with their students.

He didn't win TUF, but...

SDM · Post #13 » by **SDM** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:25 pm

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/FX-Rev ... Live-40645

I like Krause, Jury, Marcello, Jordan Rinaldi

Cammo101 · Post #14 » by **Cammo101** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:14 pm

Iaquinta, Jury, and Cochrane are the 3 I'd say should be the favorites.

cowboyronnie · Post #15 » by **cowboyronnie** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:20 pm

I hope Cruz explains how the **** he learned to move like that.

Gold Chain · Post #16 » by **Gold Chain** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:46 am

Both great fighters, but dislike both dudes. They irk me.

Going to be tough to watch this season. Double KO.

SDM · Post #17 » by **SDM** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:29 am

Rooting for Cochrane now that I found out he's a gay porn star.

REDDzone · Post #18 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:35 am

I knew Cochrane sounded familiar. I watched him fight Marcus Levesseur in St. Paul awhile back. Talented dude, I do think he is susceptible to a good old fashioned wrestlef-ing though.

Cammo101 · Post #19 » by **Cammo101** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:46 am

SDM wrote:Rooting for Cochrane now that I found out he's a gay porn star.

LOLWUT?

REDDzone wrote:I knew Cochrane sounded familiar. I watched him fight Marcus Levesseur in St. Paul awhile back. Talented dude, I do think he is susceptible to a good old fashioned wrestlef-ing though.

He is the guy who beat Jamie Varner in Varner's first fight after being cut by Zuffa.

REDDzone · Post #20 » by **REDDzone** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:39 am

Cammo101 wrote:He is the guy who beat Jamie Varner in Varner's first fight after being cut by Zuffa.

Yep. He hadn't done much by the time I saw him. Everyone was pretty shocked when Marcus lost to him. Levesseur was an unreal college wrestler, like 20-4 or so at the time in mma, and had just came back from the tuf audition and basically not made it because he wasn't really a compelling story. Either way, supposedly a win that night was his ticket to a bigger promotion, and he ended up getting subbed by some dude who only had 5-6 fight at the time.

Not surprising now though. Looks like Cochrane beat Varner and was later defeated by a true ww (I'm assuming a bigger wrestler with good sub defense). Levesseur doing well these days too, 3 fight win streak after Cochrane and recently defeated Dane Sayers (the American Indian dude with the red hair from tuf).