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The Ultimate Fighter season 19 preview

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#1 ·
Another season of The Ultimate Fighter begins next week, setting up another epic showdown between coaches with a history and great prospects. Because of the expectations I thought I would preview a few specific aspects of this next season and what to look forward to:

~ Head Coaches ~

The rivalry between coaches B.J. Penn and Frankie Edgar is not as intense as past seasons but can still be good. In both of their previous encounters, Penn was out struck and out wrestled by the smaller yet more agile Edgar. At the time both fighters were at lightweight and Edgar needed to prove that he was the true champion by immediately facing Penn again after taking his title. This time both fighters are facing off at featherweight, a weight class that Penn has never fought at before. It will be interesting to see how deep their rivalry goes.

~ Coaching Staffs ~

Both coaching staffs have some rather big name fighters to help mentor this next generation of MMA prospects. In fact both sides have legends of the sport with names such as Renzo Gracie for Team Edgar and Mark Coleman for Team Penn coaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and wrestling respectively. Team Edgar also has notable UFC veteran Ricardo Almeida as wrestling coach.

For Team Penn there is a notable presence from “The Pit” Fight Team known as Chuck Liddell‘s home on the coaching staff with head coach John Hackleman and Andre Pederneiras. It has also been mentioned that at one point Coleman has a talk with the fighters which was approved by Dana White.

~ Preliminary Fighter Casts ~

The weight classes for this season are being contested at middleweight and light heavyweight. A few names stick out in the preliminary cast of fighters at middleweight however there is one mystery fighter that hasn’t been revealed and won’t be revealed until the premiere. One of the revealed middleweight names is former Bellator Welterweight Champion Lyman Good who is making his return to the weight class.

Another is The Ultimate Fighter Nations participant Nordine Taleb who is apparently getting a second chance in The Ultimate Fighter by fighting in the preliminary round for this season. As for the light heavyweights the only name of note is Bellator vet Kelly Anundson who’s participation in a recent Bellator card hints that he did not make it past the preliminary round.

What do you think of this coming season of The Ultimate Fighter? Feel free to leave a comment!
http://mma-freak.com/ultimate-fighter-season-19-preview/?ia=1
 
#9 ·
Yeah, I'm kind of a little iffy about that whole issue and I also think it sets a bad precedent. So basically if a fighter looked good but didn't deliver in the regional version he gets a shot in the regular TUF? Can you imagine how that could be abused?
 
#10 ·
He still had to try out and being on the Canadian version likely didn't help his case it just didn't hurt him. He looked really good in the try outs for TUF 19 and both coaches said they would want him as the alternate and that they thought against a different opponent he would have made it in the house with BJ going as far as to say make it to the finals. I think he proved good enough to make it into the UFC, besides Dana loves when guys war and Nordine and that guy he fought both war.
 
#11 ·
This will be a great season ... atleast the first ep was good .. and I love when the coaches dont do the bullshit "I hateyou rivalry" and its all about the proffesional rivalry !!
And their are some really good fighters , and some really bad fighters there !
 
#24 ·
He was motivated for both of his fights with Edgar but he lost both of those. I think he wasn't motivated after that when he went up to welterweight and got womped. He could get away with that earlier in his career but the welterweight division's changed.
 
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