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Nogueira and Mir To Coach TUF 8
The News - Mixed Martial Arts  |   Written by Brian Fritz   |   Thursday, 17 April 2008

ImageWith The Ultimate Fighter Season 7 entering its third week on television, the UFC is already planning season 8. According to the Cage Potato website, the coaches for next season will be heavyweights Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. The two would then square off following the conclusion of the season with Big Nog defending the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

One of the reasons that past TUF seasons have been successful is because of the coaches personalities and I don't know if these two would provide that needed spark. Plus, it could mean that neither would fight between now and then. If that is true, then the heavyweight title wouldn't be defended until the end of the year. That would be at least 10 months between title defenses.
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Comments (4)
Posted by: Joe Gr at 04-17-2008 19:25
Shouldn't Mir get another win before contending for the title ?

Posted by: David Busby at 04-18-2008 03:28
Perhaps the reason they are having such a long lead in is because they are still leaving the door open for Couture?

Posted by: Russell Spear at 04-18-2008 13:42
I think they are getting really arrogant with their matchmaking, thinking that they can get us to buy anything they put on PPV, even if they only have one fight with actual stars in it and relatively obscure fighters in the rest of the fights on the card. 
 
There is absolutely no excuse for them to wait so long in between title defenses. There should be a rule that the champion has to defend his title at least once every 4 months or he is stripped of the title.

Posted by: Steve Wightman at 04-18-2008 14:39
...I thought Mir was fighting Justin McCully at UFC 86...?

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