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This isn't rumor-mill stuff; I don't really do that sort of thing. ::coughhatercough:: This, indeed, has been confirmed: Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will be the coach/host/instructor/whatevers for season eight of The Ultimate Fighter. I, too, am surprised that there have been that many seasons already. It's not significant to me from a production standpoint, as I haven't really watched TUF since season four, but I can appreciate it in this manner: as the close of every previous season of this program has taught us, this does indeed indicate that Frank Mir is a lock to get another World Heavyweight Title bout in his future. That is, unless, you don't think Minotauro can hold onto the strap for that long. Which I disagree with - why? Find out that, plus more thoughts about the upcoming season after the jump!
Simply put, there isn't really anybody else left in the Heavyweight division other than Mir (and no, Lesnar doesn't count, because he couldn't even beat Mir) and Frank Mir isn't really a big deal either; especially not since the motorcycle accident. As for the only other two (fiscally) viable heavyweights, if you think Vera or Velasquez can beat Nogueira, you need an cat scan. The one thing we can probably all agree on, however, is that maybe if they started putting more heavyweights into the show, maybe the UFC would have a bigger pool of heavyweight class fighters in their league. Maybe. Although I'm almost a lock not to watch this season, I'm glad I finally have an excuse - although these are both excellent MMA and Jui Jitsu veterans with a lot of knowledge to impart, these two are both boring as shit. Nogueira's voice is a window into the story of why he had to learn how to take an ass-whooping, and Frank Mir, well... he's a nice enough guy, so they say. To me, however, he looks like a cross between Charlie Haas and Ned Flanders, and I'm not too convinced his "mic skills" are going to prove otherwise. All of that said, I understand that this is the best possible move for the company, as it gives them a chance to trot out their new champ, as well as promote the guy who ate Brock's lunch. Considering the dire straits that UFC's heavyweight division are in, this is a great business decision that makes the most of one of their strongest marketing tools. And who knows? Maybe this upcoming season won't suck. Probably will anyway, though.
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