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Lesnar and JDS to coach TUF 13

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#1 · (Edited)
After months of speculation and more than a dozen rumored names, the UFC today announced heavyweight contenders Brock Lesnar and Junior Dos Santos will be coaches on the upcoming 13th season of "The Ultimate Fighter."

The announcement came via UFC.com.

"The Ultimate Fighter 13" debuts March 30 on Spike TV, and a live finale is slated for June 4. The coaches meet in a season-ending fight at an event to be announced.

Although initially announced as a middleweight and welterweight season of the UFC's long-running reality series, MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) reported earlier this week that producers instead opted to make "TUF 13" a welterweights-only show. Production begins this month in Las Vegas. In an elimination round of fights, 28 hopefuls will fight for 14 official cast spots. The show uses a 32-slot tournament, which includes two "wild card" picks who earn a second life in the quarterfinals.

Over the past couple months, many UFC veterans had been rumored for potential "TUF 13" coaching slots, including Frankie Edgar, Gray Maynard, Frank Mir, Shane Carwin, Wanderlei Silva, Chael Sonnen, Chris Leben, Brian Stann, Dominick Cruz, Urijah Faber, Anthony Pettis, Jose Aldo and others. Ultimately, though, officials went with the big men, Lesnar and Dos Santos.

Lesnar (5-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC) is a former titleholder who lost his belt to current champ Cain Velasquez in October. The former WWE star has emerged as the UFC's top pay-per-view draw, and his inclusion in "TUF" should translate to big ratings.

Dos Santos (12-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC), meanwhile, recently claimed top-contender status by posting a 6-0 record in the UFC. Recent wins have come over Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, Gilbert Yvel, Gabriel Gonzaga and Roy Nelson.

"TUF" debuted in 2005 and proved a ratings hit. It also helped the UFC's and MMA's move into the mainstream. Since the debut season, the show has launched the career of more than 100 UFC fighters, and past cast members Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans and Matt Serra went on to win UFC titles.

For more on "The Ultimate Fighter 13," stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
http://mmajunkie.com/news/22057/bro...tos-named-the-ultimate-fighter-13-coaches.mma
 
#5 ·
I don't like 3 things here:

1) Lesnar shouldn't get a shot at the nr.1 contendership straight after losing the belt. If Brock beats JDS then he fights Cain and Cain's first title defense is a rematch with the previous champion HE JUST DESTROYED!?

2)) How is Brock supposed to coach welterweights?

3) JDS doesn't speak English, how is he going to coach his guys?
 
#6 ·
I don't like 4 things here:

1) The interim title is unnecessary

2) Lesnar shouldn't get a shot at the nr.1 contendership straight after losing the belt. If Brock beats JDS then he fights Cain and Cain's first title defense is a rematch with the previous champion HE JUST DESTROYED!?

3) How is Brock supposed to coach welterweights?

4) JDS doesn't speak English, how is he going to coach his guys?
LOL, you make some valid points. I love Brock and a staunch supporter, which is why I don't like #2 either. Assuming Brock somehow beats JDS, it'd still be too soon for him to rematch Cain. Not that I believe Brock will ever beat Cain, but Brock needs more experience to even be competitive. I personally don't want to see Brock thrown into the Lion's Den with Cain so soon.

JDS better pick up all the Brazilians, lol.
 
#10 ·
JDS had to agree to this and JDS had already stated he wants to fight for an interim rather then wait for Cain's recovery. No one is forcing JDS' hand to do this. He begged for an interim fight and he got an interim opponent, not to mention JDS would benefit like crazy from the exposure in TUF.
 
#8 ·
Fair play to the UFC. Maynard v Edgar would have been a complete snooze fest. And I wouldn't say it was easy convincing Brock to do it, he's so private, plus the WWE was throwing money at him to come back. Can't WAIT to see this now.
 
#9 ·
Doesn't make sense timeline wise. Is this confirmed? JDS just wants to fight, if he wanted to wait another six months plus to fight why not wait for Cain?



If this is true I can't WAIT though! More JDS!!!


Totally mismatched coaches though. Why not just use Cain as coach? He can coach while he recovers and fight JDS when he's better and the show is over.




And JDS speaks more than enough English to coach.
 
#11 ·
Doesn't make sense timeline wise. Is this confirmed? JDS just wants to fight, if he wanted to wait another six months plus to fight why not wait for Cain?



If this is true I can't WAIT though! More JDS!!!


Totally mismatched coaches though. Why not just use Cain as coach? He can coach while he recovers and fight JDS when he's better and the show is over.
It is true, it was just announced by Dana in a conference call.
 
#20 ·
I think it would have made more sense to have Brock and Mir as the coaches. It would be entertaining since they dislike each other and it would be a good rubber match that could put the winner closer to contention again. The coach fights dont need to always have instant title ramifications.
 
#27 ·
very interesting actually...im really not going to cry over brock getting pushed again because of his name...after penn, randy, belfort its something ppl should be use to

BUT we will finally see just how good JDS TDD really is...lesnar really struggles against wrestlers but i think he has actually a really good chance of beating JDS

its wrestler vs striker and i doubt JDS TDD is good enough to stuff brock...though he might prove me wrong...very interesting fight

if he can stuff brock then his stock really rises before facing cain:)
 
#33 ·
Well if there was ever a test of JDS' wrestling, this is it.

Its not the one sided fight people are saying it is. JDS can definitly finish him standing, Brock can very likely take JDS down and hurt him on the ground.

I don't dislike this decision, I was horrified by the Frankie/Maynard coaching rumour, but this is OK.

The only other 2 realistic options in terms of good fighters are Mir and Carwin. Carwin is coming off a title shot loss, so giving him a number 1 contenders match would be silly. Mir is coming off a lackluster performance and has a patchy record his last few fights.

Brocks temper and general attitude will make good TV. The ratings should be even bigger than the Kimbo season with a name like Lesner attatched to it.

I would say I look forward to the season, if they didn't air it only on sky sports F*****G 4.
 
#43 ·
Agreed!

I don't think there is that much to be talked about this fight tbh.

Fans here have talked so much about this ex-potential fight.

It's good to see Brock coming back ---> guess we can throw to the garbage the rumours of him goinf back to the WWE. I don't think he deserves a title shot that early yet. In a way he would id he will beat JDS, the number 1 contender.

Like McK said: JDS's TDD will be tested finally. And his ground game also.
But so will Brock's chin again.
I honestly think this fight could finnish faster than Cain-Brock. If Brock stays and trades with JDS it will be like suicide for him. He will go to sleep.

He needs to take JDS down ASAP.

I am curious about TUF though and about how camera shy Brock will be. I don't think there will be a lot of trash talkin though.

And for those who keep saying JDS doesn't speak english:



Was taken in august last year. So i'm guessing he has improved his english even more.
 
#41 ·
We'll probably get to see another side of Brock as he interacts with his team. And JDS has said before that he's been learning english. But whoever said Bock shouldn't get a title shot if he wins is right. I'm sick of immediate rematches and the people that don't deserve them.
 
#60 ·
He might not have a wealth of technical knowledge, however he knows how to run a team, he knows how to deal with the pressure of the spotlight, he knows how to wrestle, and he knows how to weight cut among other things. And most importantly, just like Tito he knows the value of a good work ethic.

People say that for every fight. JDS will shrug off Lesnar and knock him out, and then everyone will say his TDD will finally be tested against Cain.
JDS has not faced anyone with takedowns even close to level of a Lesnar or Cain, and only slow plodding Nelson really pushed the takedown against him. Lesnar was able to take Cain down twice on 4 attempts, so IMO the question isn't whether JDS can stop the takedowns in an extended fight, it's can he get back up once he does get taken down.
 
#46 ·
I don't know if I neccesarely like this... but there wasn't many options for coaches that made sence, and Dana has to explot Brock's popularity to the show. And people complaining about he fighting for a #1 contender spot..... yes, Cain won in a desicive maner, but JDS said he didn't want to wait for Cain to recover... so who deserve it more than Brock? Carwin or Nelson coming from loses? Mir after his fight with CC?.... i know Brock too lost his fight... but at least he was the champ.

Oh and before I forget... i dont know how the **** the UFC put 2 HW as coaches and they don't make the season a HW season with their lack of talent in that division.
 
#48 ·
It will be tested in a way. It's safe to say that Lesnar has way better take downs than Nelson. He managed to take Velasquez down a couple of times.

I think that both fighters have a lot to gain in this fight. Dos Santos is actually the number one contender, so Brock beating him will put him right back into contention, and also add the fact that people think Brock can't take being hit. It's probably true as well. Although Dos Santos is one of the most dangerous strikers in the UFC. More dangerous than Velasquez in my opinion. If Brock can take his punches and actually defeat him, that will silence a lot of critics and show that he has dealt with his "weakness" since getting exposed by Velasquez.

Dos Santos has a lot to gain in this fight as well. Not only does being on the ultimate fighter up his stock a lot, but beating a huge name like Lesnar will easily make Dos Santos very marketable and a potential poster boy if he becomes a champion. He made a great choice here career wise. He also hasn't been tested by a great wrestler like Lesnar. I think that if he is able to stuff his take downs, or even scramble back to his feet once taken down, that will make a statement. If he does that and ends up winning, I'll be picking him to beat Velasquez.

Lesnar and Velasquez were extremely close in the wrestling department. Lesnar managed two take downs against Velasquez with one being a nice slam. The tide only started to change once he started getting clipped a few times by some good punches. If Dos Santos can neutralize a brute wrestler like Lesnar, that will be saying a lot in my mind.

So anyways, I'm looking forward to this season. :thumb02:
 
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