Members of Team Cruz on “The Ultimate Fighter: Live” heard the bad news about their coach around the same time the rest of the world found out earlier this week.
After nine weeks on set, the UFC bantamweight champ sustained a torn ACL in training that ruled out his further participation on the reality show, as well as a season-ending fight with opposing coach Urijah Faber at UFC 148.
Speculation about Cruz’s replacement and the show’s coaching setup has since run wild, but Team Cruz members Justin Lawrence and James Vick say they don’t want anything to change on set.