Chael Sonnen will have a UFC star in his coaching staff for Season 33 of “The Ultimate Fighter.”
Sonnen coaches “TUF 33” opposite side his friend and podcast co-host, Daniel Cormier. The season debuts May 27 and will feature men’s flyweights and welterweights.
Sonnen has coached “TUF” on two occasions, but for his third time, he’s bringing along former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington. He revealed his entire coaching staff.
“The head coach will be Clayton Hires,” Sonnen told MMA Junkie. “Clayton Hires is my coach. He’s my mentor. He is not my assistant ever. He will be the boss. I will have on the jersey: ‘Clayton’s Team.’ It will consist of me, it will consist of ‘Cowboy’ Steve. He’s going to do what generally Mike Dolce would do in terms of helping these guys with their weight, their nutrition, their strength and conditioning.
“I would never do an ‘Ultimate Fighter’ without bringing the greatest grappler, Vinny Magalhaes – the last man to beat Gordon Ryan I might add, and he beat Gordon easily. That’s just the truth. It was either 7-0 or 7-1. It was not even close. Vinny never got credit for that. Last human being to defeat Gordon Ryan. And Colby Covington – Colby is going to to come in.”
Sonnen opened up on Covington’s impact in the training room.
“Colby is such a wonderful mentor to people,” Sonnen sa8d. “This is what people don’t know about him. He does all of this on the side. He gives back, he goes to camps, he goes to college wrestling rooms, he goes to the training sessions, whatever it might be. He has mentored and coached many people. But Colby doesn’t want people knowing that he’s a nice guy, so I’m not going to ruin his gimmick. But he’s going to do a fantastic job.”
So it is team white vs black
I cant wait for TUF 100
So they are trying to increase interest in TUF by having two famous retired fighters coach, and not fight at the end because they’re retired? I guess it isn’t the worst idea, but I doubt it draws much more viewership.
Now Theres Russian TUF
That’s why they named the podcast Good Guy vs Black Guy
SO , you have watched it
The dark side of the cage for TUF is up.
Its just the first season…of course southworth has to be in it and quarry who i was massive fan of…i was a newb and thought he was gunna clean franklin lol. Its nothing new we didn’t know.
But 2 of the ogirnal cast are dead. Logan from what ive read, he took himself out…and bonnor is a whole other thing.
The OG should be writing them
UFC Hall of Fame TUF 33 coaches pitch Michael Chiesa vs. Colby Covington as the finale fight: ‘It’s obvious’
Vice TV?
Chael calling up some star power.
So I would guess this is 100% why Sonnen did not sign with Global, I have a feeling the money they are paying he would take it if something like this wasn’t in the works at the time.
Best part of most seasons was the tension between coaches, interesting going with friends who work together outside of the ufc, it’s going to be a comedy show with some takedowns. Hopefully the show has a few standouts.
Chael has shown himself to be a cornball bullshitter putting on some gay “bad guy” character. shit is pure cringe