UFC Ultimate Fighter 7 to feature middleweights

Koscheck and Herman could be a good fight…

Koscheck and Herman could be a good fight…

Kos is now a welterweight.

Who’s coaching?

Duh!!!! Its only logical that the next TUF season is about middleweights. The middleweight division in the UFC is anorexic. I am pleased to hear tha “Jacre” has been added to the division. Hopefully Zuffa gets their heads out of their asses and brings Paulo Filho over to the UFC from the WEC.

This should be interresting, cause I can’t think of anyone except franklin, that is marketable enough to put in as coach. I dont like the idea of him as coach again.

Coach Rich Franklin vs. Coach Dan Henderson!

Hendo would have to be the other coach, otherwise it would be coaches from a different weight class.

Also, they are a season late on the MW. That should have been this one, season 6. Especially since the first time they had MW’s, they had all LW’s and WW’s move up in weight to compete. I can’t think of a single TUF 1 cast member that is currently in the UFC MW division. Please correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t feel like looking it up, I’m outta here for the day.

Peace Out Fellas!

Nice thought Pat.

I figured it would be for the new 145 lb weight class, but that’ll prolly be TUF 9.

When are they going to do a Brazil vs America TUF, that would rock.

This weight class is short on talent, and an infusion is needed! Who is gonna coach? If they are trying to set up the coaches to fight after it is really a tough question.

hey mike leben is still at 185. his finish of terry martin was great too. that guy runs his mouth too much without having any accomplishment. reminds me of tito.

Hendo would have to be the other coach, otherwise it would be coaches from a different weight class.

Also, they are a season late on the MW. That should have been this one, season 6. Especially since the first time they had MW’s, they had all LW’s and WW’s move up in weight to compete. I can’t think of a single TUF 1 cast member that is currently in the UFC MW division. Please correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t feel like looking it up, I’m outta here for the day.

Peace Out Fellas!

CHRIS LEBEN buddy

does any body know how they cast for these shows, because i have a friend who is a middle weight and he’s interested in trying out for the show… any help would be appreciated..

hey mike leben is still at 185. his finish of terry martin was great too. that guy runs his mouth too much without having any accomplishment. reminds me of tito.

ok mr. know it all, first off, its CHRIS leben.. and second off not only did tito ortiz become West Coast NHB Champion.. he currently holds the record for most title defenses in the LH weight division in the UFC and is TIED with matt hughes for most title defenses of all time… tito ortiz has defeated the likes of matt hughes, YES i said matt hughes, they faught in an ADCC match before UFC.. (thats wrestling).. yuki kondo, guy mezger, wanderlei silva, evean tanner, forrest griffin, ken shamrock (3 times), vitor belfort, and went ALL FIVE ROUNDS with current HW champ randy couture… going 5 rounds with randy couture is harder and more rare then actually beating him.. randy has 8 loses in his mma career and out of his 16 mma fights only 4 went all 5 rounds those 4 men, were.. Pedro Rizzo, Ricco Rodriguez (who beat him), Tim Sylvia, and yes you guessed it.. TITO ORTIZ.. i dont understand why ortiz gets so much shit… with all he’s done and how much he’s put into the sport, people still talk shit about him.. any mma fighter, regardless of record should be given credit for just stepping in the ring or cage.. id like to any one of you internet critics train as hard as these guys do for 2 months… i doubt that many, IF ANY, could do it..

i think most people just look at the UFC as a show instead of a sport… this isnt professional wrestling, why does 1 fighter, lets say chuck liddell become the fan favorite for years, loses 2 fights, and now lost the majority of his fan base, you people on here talk so much shit and have no idea what it truely means to be a fan of this sport… so go ahead, sit back, stay home, and talk all the shit you want, but realize that these guys go through hell to put on a show for you people

Maybe it’ll be coach grove against coach herman cause their first fight was great and I would to see a rematch between that fight on tuf finale.

Hendo would have to be the other coach, otherwise it would be coaches from a different weight class.

Also, they are a season late on the MW. That should have been this one, season 6. Especially since the first time they had MW’s, they had all LW’s and WW’s move up in weight to compete. I can’t think of a single TUF 1 cast member that is currently in the UFC MW division. Please correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t feel like looking it up, I’m outta here for the day.

Peace Out Fellas!

How about you put in coaches irrespective of the matching weight class… I think it would be cool to bring back Babalu and have Forrest as the other Coach. Would be interesting all the way around.

MMA Fan

   I think he’s saying " hey Mike," since he’s answering mike’s question. Just lacks the puctuation. They will put a pdf entry form on the UFC site when they are ready for entries. your rant is pathetic. tito ortiz is one of the reasons people look at this sport as professional wrestling. He did a lot when the sport was small, but hasn’t been impressive in about five years. He gets paid to be an ass. he is a great entertainer, and a meteocre fighter. He is one of the highest paid in the sport because he runs his mouth, not because he trains so hard. i don’t know what makes you a " Mr Know It All", but your opinion means as much as mine or anybody elses…. nothing. its just a site for people to relay thought s and converse. Not for MMAFan to enlighten everyone with his/her vast MMA knowledge.

I think that when Diago drops weight they should make him and the winner of Silva vs. Franklin a coach …..

sorry Diego

ok mr. know it all, first off, its CHRIS leben.. and second off not only did tito ortiz become West Coast NHB Champion.. he currently holds the record for most title defenses in the LH weight division in the UFC and is TIED with matt hughes for most title defenses of all time… tito ortiz has defeated the likes of matt hughes, YES i said matt hughes, they faught in an ADCC match before UFC.. (thats wrestling).. yuki kondo, guy mezger, wanderlei silva, evean tanner, forrest griffin, ken shamrock (3 times), vitor belfort, and went ALL FIVE ROUNDS with current HW champ randy couture… going 5 rounds with randy couture is harder and more rare then actually beating him.. randy has 8 loses in his mma career and out of his 16 mma fights only 4 went all 5 rounds those 4 men, were.. Pedro Rizzo, Ricco Rodriguez (who beat him), Tim Sylvia, and yes you guessed it.. TITO ORTIZ.. i dont understand why ortiz gets so much shit… with all he’s done and how much he’s put into the sport, people still talk shit about him.. any mma fighter, regardless of record should be given credit for just stepping in the ring or cage.. id like to any one of you internet critics train as hard as these guys do for 2 months… i doubt that many, IF ANY, could do it..

i think most people just look at the UFC as a show instead of a sport… this isnt professional wrestling, why does 1 fighter, lets say chuck liddell become the fan favorite for years, loses 2 fights, and now lost the majority of his fan base, you people on here talk so much shit and have no idea what it truely means to be a fan of this sport… so go ahead, sit back, stay home, and talk all the shit you want, but realize that these guys go through hell to put on a show for you people

he didnt say “mike Leben” is still a MW, he said mike, leben is still MW, since he was answering to a previous post from a guy named, yup you guessed it, MIKE

Also, they are a season late on the MW.

Violent Mike is right they should have had this season as middleweights. I don’t really understand the hype around Matt vs Matt. They should have had this fight already and the winner could have faced GSP on Dec 29th.

Also do the coaches really have to be from that weigh class? They weren’t in the past. Who cares.

he didnt say “mike Leben” is still a MW, he said mike, leben is still MW, since he was answering to a previous post from a guy named, yup you guessed it, MIKE

oo i see, my bad.. when commas aren’t used, its easy to make a mistake BEN

I think that when Diago drops weight they should make him and the winner of Silva vs. Franklin a coach …..

they cant use silva as a coach.. he doesnt speak english… but that doesnt matter becasue he’s not going to win his next fight.. so yea, good idea… from student to coach, deigo.. thatd be pretty cool.. except i dont like deigo, he’s always talking about “this fight is for my people” id like to a white guy get up there and say that line… id put my money that he doesnt get half the fans deigos got

ok mr. know it all, first off, its CHRIS leben.. and second off not only did tito ortiz become West Coast NHB Champion.. he currently holds the record for most title defenses in the LH weight division in the UFC and is TIED with matt hughes for most title defenses of all time… tito ortiz has defeated the likes of matt hughes, YES i said matt hughes, they faught in an ADCC match before UFC.. (thats wrestling).. yuki kondo, guy mezger, wanderlei silva, evean tanner, forrest griffin, ken shamrock (3 times), vitor belfort, and went ALL FIVE ROUNDS with current HW champ randy couture… going 5 rounds with randy couture is harder and more rare then actually beating him.. randy has 8 loses in his mma career and out of his 16 mma fights only 4 went all 5 rounds those 4 men, were.. Pedro Rizzo, Ricco Rodriguez (who beat him), Tim Sylvia, and yes you guessed it.. TITO ORTIZ.. i dont understand why ortiz gets so much shit… with all he’s done and how much he’s put into the sport, people still talk shit about him.. any mma fighter, regardless of record should be given credit for just stepping in the ring or cage.. id like to any one of you internet critics train as hard as these guys do for 2 months… i doubt that many, IF ANY, could do it..

i think most people just look at the UFC as a show instead of a sport… this isnt professional wrestling, why does 1 fighter, lets say chuck liddell become the fan favorite for years, loses 2 fights, and now lost the majority of his fan base, you people on here talk so much shit and have no idea what it truely means to be a fan of this sport… so go ahead, sit back, stay home, and talk all the shit you want, but realize that these guys go through hell to put on a show for you people

Whoa, someone’s in love with Ortiz. Let me explain why people dislike Tito. He talks a lot trash. He hasn’t beat anybody good in a REALLY long time. Who cares if he beat Ken Shamrock. He’s completely washed up and is like 1-6 in his last 7 (correct me if I’m wrong). WOW, Tito’s gone 5 rounds with Randy! In case you haven’t watched that fight he literally lost every round and was made to look like a complete amateur. There’s too much crap to list about him and to top it all off he dates that annoying witch Jenna Jameson who seems to interfere with his career now. Tito already gets more credit than he’s due. What do you care if people hate on him? He’s an overpayed clown and you shouldn’t be wasting your energy on him. You’d have more success defending Tim Sylvia.

Maybe it’ll be coach grove against coach herman cause their first fight was great and I would to see a rematch between that fight on tuf finale.

sick idea. i would love to see that, i dont think either of these guys have the credentials yet though. Ed Herman is the man and i want to see him smash kendall some day. He got so robbed in the first fight.

Also MMA Fan i have said almost an identical statemant as you made earlier. People have to short of a memory when it comes to MMA. Tito Ortiz ran the UFC before mostly anybody on here even watched it. He does have the credentials and i just think his game is a little to weak now. His stand up is sub-par and his submission game dosen’t really translate well. Who could he beat in the top 10? BTW Rashad does not belong in the top 10.

They should let Denis Kang on the show and let him beat everyone’s ass. That would hype him up enought to face Rich Franklin, which I think would be an awesome fight.

Griffin vs.. rampage
liddell vs.. W Silva
Bisping vs.. Hamil
Shogun vs. Tito

Ufc 80 baby oh yeah

Whoa, someone’s in love with Ortiz. Let me explain why people dislike Tito. He talks a lot trash. He hasn’t beat anybody good in a REALLY long time. Who cares if he beat Ken Shamrock. He’s completely washed up and is like 1-6 in his last 7 (correct me if I’m wrong). WOW, Tito’s gone 5 rounds with Randy! In case you haven’t watched that fight he literally lost every round and was made to look like a complete amateur. There’s too much crap to list about him and to top it all off he dates that annoying witch Jenna Jameson who seems to interfere with his career now. Tito already gets more credit than he’s due. What do you care if people hate on him? He’s an overpayed clown and you shouldn’t be wasting your energy on him. You’d have more success defending Tim Sylvia.

yes i am a big fan of tito, he’s the fighter that drew me into MMA when he faught guy mezger for the first time… and ok first off, all ufc fighters are underpayed… chuck liddell gets 500k a fight.. mike tyson got 30 mil.. and ufc is more dangerous then boxing, though no deaths in ufc, as boxing has had many, the ufc is by far more dangerous.. the undercard fighers only get 2-12k per fight… and he really doesnt talk that much shit any more, sure he used to be really bad, i may be wrong, but i dont see him takling shit any mroe.. and you dont consider forrest griffin any one good? he just beat rua..

and the part about going 5 with randy.. it doesnt matter if he lost every round (which he did)… he went the distance with randy couture… if he was such an amatuer, randy would have finished him within the 25 minutes of their fight… but he couldnt.. tito stuck in there and faught his fight and put his heart in each minute…

more credit then he’s due? defending a belt 5 times doesnt deserve credit? and he took a year and half off from the sport.. do me this personal favor, go to a gym, lifting gym, not an mma gym, and lift weights every day for, oh say.. 6 months.. then stop for a year, and try to go back to the gym and do what you did the last time you went… now im not really asking you to do that, im just trying to make a point, that that man trains so hard for years upon years, then takes a year and a half off, comes back to the sport (with a reoccuring back injury (which he had injections to about a month ago)) and is still performing pretty damn well

It should be in Canada as well .

more credit then he’s due? defending a belt 5 times doesnt deserve credit? and he took a year and half off from the sport.. do me this personal favor, go to a gym, lifting gym, not an mma gym, and lift weights every day for, oh say.. 6 months.. then stop for a year, and try to go back to the gym and do what you did the last time you went… now im not really asking you to do that, im just trying to make a point, that that man trains so hard for years upon years, then takes a year and a half off, comes back to the sport (with a reoccuring back injury (which he had injections to about a month ago)) and is still performing pretty damn well

Cry me a river Tito is done ….. washed up like Ken Shamrock almost everybody that comes from team punishment sucks balls …

Cry me a river Tito is done ….. washed up like Ken Shamrock almost everybody that comes from team punishment sucks balls …

i wasnt despuiting the opinion that he’s washed up, but if we’re on the topic.. he’s not, he has a reoccuring back injury.. will he ever win the belt? probably not, will he get the shot.. most likely.. is he a top competitor at a world class level… no, he’s not.. how can a fighter, with a wrestling/ground and pound style be at his top performance with a bum back?

I’m not arguing that Tito isn’t a big reason why MMA is getting so popular. Nobody can deny that his personality captivated a lot of fans. My point is that you’re making him out to be a better fighter than he is at this point. All the top fighters right now can beat all the fighters that Tito has defended his belt against. Have you seen Yuki Kondo’s record? Probably not. Vladmir Matyushenko isn’t that good. Evan Tanner is a middleweight. Wanderlei Silva has gotten MUCH better since his 2000 fight with Tito. Ken Shamrock isn’t too skilled (let’s just leave it at that). It is so lame that you make the going 5 rounds with Randy such a big deal. It’s an accomplishment, no doubt about that, but a career highlight? Quite frankly it didn’t even seem like Randy was making much of an effort to finish the fight.

Don’t get me wrong. Tito Ortiz is a good fighter and I look forward to his fights but I don’t think he’s in the same league as Rampage, Wanderlei, Liddell, Henderson, Arona (think what you want), Little Nog, Shogun (in shape) etc.

I don’t want to see The Ultimate Fighter 7, and have it directly focus on the coaches and the bad fued they have.

I would much rahter see someone like a Dan Henderson/Rich Franklin coached match-up, where both do not hate each other and both would be respectful to one another similiar to Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin from Season 2.

Who can be the coaches? Dan Henderson? But he likes lightweight? Rich Franklin? Jason MacDonald? or will they have Heavyweights teach them like Randy Couture and _?

Questions, Questions.

I’m not arguing that Tito isn’t a big reason why MMA is getting so popular. Nobody can deny that his personality captivated a lot of fans. My point is that you’re making him out to be a better fighter than he is at this point. All the top fighters right now can beat all the fighters that Tito has defended his belt against. Have you seen Yuki Kondo’s record? Probably not. Vladmir Matyushenko isn’t that good. Evan Tanner is a middleweight. Wanderlei Silva has gotten MUCH better since his 2000 fight with Tito. Ken Shamrock isn’t too skilled (let’s just leave it at that). It is so lame that you make the going 5 rounds with Randy such a big deal. It’s an accomplishment, no doubt about that, but a career highlight? Quite frankly it didn’t even seem like Randy was making much of an effort to finish the fight.

yes ive seen yuki kondos record… he’s got like 20 something loses, but UFC legend ken shamrock has something like 16 loses, and he was inducted into the hall of fame.. im not making tito out to be a better fighter then what he is TODAY.. thats why ive never mentioned his recent victories.. i talk about his fights 5 years ago.. (except griffin)… and yes wandy got better, and tito got injuried… why is no one acknowledging the fact that tito ortiz has a back injury and had to have an injectiong into his disc.. does any one understand the concept around that? with an injury such as that, he is still competing in MMA.. and i never said going 5 round with randy was a career highlight, i was siply making the point that lasting all 5 rounds with randy couture is more rare then actually beating him.. and oo yea, randy just decided not to try to finish the fight, he just wanetd to sit back and relax every now and again, if your in a fight and you see an oppurtunity to finish a fight, your going to take it and finish that fight, randy saw many oppurtinities.. but couldnt do it, no doubt he dominated that fight, but im trying to get the point across that randy couture is probably pound for pound the toughest and best fighter out there, and tito ortiz (the washed up, bum) last 5 rounds with this superior athelte.. i wasnt trying to define that as a career highlight, i was trying to show the heart that ortiz puts into his fights… oo and first off, tito didnt defend his belt against wanderlei, thats how he won the belt.. you mistakened wanderlei for the worst ufc fighter in history.. elvis sinosic..tito ortiz is my favorite fighter, always has been, always will be.. so of course when im reading that he’s a washed up bum that never accomplished any thing, im going to try to show the talent this guy has had and still has (not saying he has the talent he once had)

http://www.fcfighter.com/PICTURES/FIGHTERS/tito-ortiz.jpg

Alright, whatever. It’s obvious that nothing will change your mind about Tito.

sweet.. this means Franklin will be a coach again when he win the belt back… (relax im a rich fan)

who cares about all this tito talk… lets get back to the blog…this weight class is hurting for talent.. even when this tuf 7 will be done .. half the fighters will be amature…they need to get somthing like tuf 4 for season 7…. i have a feeling that this season will be the weakest

hey mike leben is still at 185. his finish of terry martin was great too. that guy runs his mouth too much without having any accomplishment. reminds me of tito.

WOW, how could I have forgotten the fighter that was tied for my favorite from that season. Leben and Forrest were my favorites from the beginning of the season. I really can’t believe that that slipped my mind. Oh well, at least I can blame it on being the end of the day at work, and I was in a rush to leave.

Thanks alot though storhaug!!!

Also MMA Fan i have said almost an identical statemant as you made earlier. People have to short of a memory when it comes to MMA. Tito Ortiz ran the UFC before mostly anybody on here even watched it.

One dimensional fighters like Tank Abbott were once champs in the UFC as well. Over the last 10 years, it has REALLY turned into Mixed Martial Arts. In the beginning, the UFC was created to find out which style of fighting was the best. It would be a wrestler vs a boxer. A sumo wrestler vs a karate guy. A kickboxer vs a BJJ fighter. At the time, Gracie JuJitsu was at the top. However, over the last 10 years, fighters started training MMA, which has them training all sorts of disciplines and fighting styles. But while some of the fighters became well rounded, Tito didn’t. In today’s world of MMA, there isn’t a single fighter that just trains 1 fighting style (well at least there shouldn’t be). As time goes by, young fighters will be more and more well rounded. But dumb ass Tito is not only the same fighter he was 8 years ago – he hasn’t added a single weapon to his arsenal, but I actually think that he is worse of a fighter now because he is not as dedicated.

It is so lame that you make the going 5 rounds with Randy such a big deal.

I know, right. Timmy went 5 rounds with Randy and I don’t see anyone hugging Timmy’s nuts.

I know, right. Timmy went 5 rounds with Randy and I don’t see anyone hugging Timmy’s nuts.

Cry me a river Tito is done ….. washed up like Ken Shamrock almost everybody that comes from team punishment sucks balls …

Tito is garbage, He has done a lot for the sport, but he hasn’t beaten a quality opponent in like 4 years, and he is the same exact fighter he was when he started. How can you be a former champ, be in mma for 10 years, and still not now how to punch his way out of a wet paper bag..

Tito couldnt even beat Rashad, as a matter of fact if that fight were 20 seconds longer, Rashad would have finished Tito… No question about it!!

kenflo anyone, THE man from season 1 middleweight

MAD props to KenFlo for fighting 30 lbs over his natural wieght AND making the finals, ESPECIALLY considering he was only 1-1 before entering TUF 1.

I’m still buggin’ about who the coaches will be. The UFC must be scrambling for this one as well.

It would cool if Henderson stuck with this division, and even though his name irritates me a little, I think Bisping would do even better here.

Bisping’s ‘name’ is what irratates you about Michael Bisping?

His unnecessary arrogance, cockiness, stubborness, and lack of respect is what irratates me about Bisping.

My bad, I meant “hearing his name”. Acting like he won that fight with Hamill, shiiiiiiiit!

Hey and don’t fergit’ Tito didn’t show up to fight Dana White! Tito has a bit of a yellow streak in him, unless your oblivious you don’t see it.

Hey I actually like Tito, I liked his coaching job in TUF, and I hear he’s cool to the fans when out of the spotlight. He’s somewhat entertaining or irritating. He doesn’t talk as much BS as he use to, and doesn’t cry anymore when he loses. He’s been showing more respect to his opponents, so that shows he’s maturing.

Now having said that, nothing is more enjoyable than watching highlights of Chuck Liddell beating the living S#@t! out of him!

Does Anderson Silva speak any english at all?… wonder if they’d consider an interpreter for his coaching TUF? What about sigining Matt Lindlind for UFC and him coaching? I think Henderson cutting back to 185 lb and whoever is UFC champion at that weight class will make TUF 7. For now Henderson will probably stick to 205.

Hendo would have to be the other coach, otherwise it would be coaches from a different weight class.

Also, they are a season late on the MW. That should have been this one, season 6. Especially since the first time they had MW’s, they had all LW’s and WW’s move up in weight to compete. I can’t think of a single TUF 1 cast member that is currently in the UFC MW division. Please correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t feel like looking it up, I’m outta here for the day.

Peace Out Fellas!

HENDO AND SILVA AS COACHES THEN THEY FIGHT TO UNIFY THE TITLES

Does Anderson Silva speak any english at all?… wonder if they’d consider an interpreter for his coaching TUF? What about sigining Matt Lindlind for UFC and him coaching? I think Henderson cutting back to 185 lb and whoever is UFC champion at that weight class will make TUF 7. For now Henderson will probably stick to 205.

wrong several people including my brother have read that he is going down to fight in MW