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TUF 14: The UFC Made the Right Move Picking Mayhem Miller and Michael Bisping

Jason “Mayhem” Miller was set to make his return to the UFC this summer against Aaron Simpson. Well, the tides have changed and now Mayhem will face Michael Bisping, not only inside the Octagon, but also as coach on The Ultimate Fighter 14.Now that May…

Jason “Mayhem” Miller was set to make his return to the UFC this summer against Aaron Simpson. Well, the tides have changed and now Mayhem will face Michael Bisping, not only inside the Octagon, but also as coach on The Ultimate Fighter 14.

Now that Mayhem has stepped up to be the guy everyone will be cheering for come the coaches bout, the UFC made the right decision here.

After an average year of The Ultimate Fighter and a season that has seen ratings drop, the UFC has picked arguably the one of the best pairings in recent years.

Everyone wants Bisping to be shut up, and here is the opportunity of a lifetime for Mayhem. A win here catapults him inside the top 10 middleweights and can reintroduce him to those fans who only follow the UFC.

Mayhem is an exciting personality and his wit will surely get under the skin of Bisping, who doesn’t take kindly to those who insult him. Hey, if Jorge Rivera can get to Bisping, how in the world will Bisping handle someone like Mayhem? If you’ve watched Mayhem’s show, Bully Beatdown, you know how Mayhem can get.

After all, that’s what makes the show successful. It is a reality show when you boil it down. A conflict between coaches and fighters is something that boosts ratings.

On top of the boost in ratings, it does give one good fight for whichever card they hold the coaches bout on. Mayhem isn’t a fighter to be played around with, and Bisping will very well know that. Mayhem is a man who—with a little more time—nearly had beaten Jake Shields by submission.

Not only that, but Mayhem also has some pretty good Brazilian jiu-jitsu that could give Bisping fits on the ground.

By the time the two fight, Mayhem could be just over a year removed from his last fight—a first-round submission victory over Kazushi Sakuraba. 

All in all, this is the best move for the UFC, and I for one can’t wait for the Mayhem that will be caused this season.

Yeah, awful pun intended.

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Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller, Michael Bisping to Coach ‘The Ultimate Fighter’

Filed under: UFC, NewsJason “Mayhem” Miller and Michael Bisping have been selected as the coaches of the 14th season of The Ultimate Fighter, which will begin taping this summer and air in the fall.

The selection of Bisping, who won Season 3 of The Ul…

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Jason “Mayhem” Miller and Michael Bisping have been selected as the coaches of the 14th season of The Ultimate Fighter, which will begin taping this summer and air in the fall.

The selection of Bisping, who won Season 3 of The Ultimate Fighter and previously coached on Season 9, is no surprise: Bisping is well known to the Ultimate Fighter audience and had been discussed as a likely coach for the upcoming season.

However, the news, that first appeared first on The Underground, that his opposing coach will be Miller comes as something of a surprise. Miller only recently signed with the UFC after leaving Strikeforce, and the UFC usually chooses longtime UFC veterans as the coaches of its reality show.

But Miller makes a lot of sense after Chael Sonnen, who was believed to be the UFC’s first choice to coach next season, ran into problems with the state athletic commissions in both California and Nevada. Miller is gregarious and talkative and already has experience with reality television as the host of Bully Beatdown.

Miller had been slated to fight Aaron Simpson in July, but now he’ll wait until December, when he takes on Bisping, to step into the Octagon. His fight with Bisping — and his banter with Bisping — should be entertaining, although it isn’t the middleweight No. 1 contender fight that a Sonnen-Bisping bout would have been.

Miller and Bisping are expected to coach a cast of bantamweights and featherweights in the upcoming season.

 

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Chael Sonnen: Why Possible UFC Return May Be the Best Thing for UFC and MMA

Initially, it was reported that Chael Sonnen’s indefinite suspension at the hands of the California State Athletic Commission would continue—effectively retiring Sonnen from the sport of mixed martial arts forever since it is a common practice fo…

Initially, it was reported that Chael Sonnen’s indefinite suspension at the hands of the California State Athletic Commission would continue—effectively retiring Sonnen from the sport of mixed martial arts forever since it is a common practice for other athletic commissions to honor each other’s suspensions.

However, news has recently broken that the commission made a mistake in interpreting their suspension law. Sonnen does not have to wait for a year to seek a renewal of his license and instead can seek renewal on June 29th, 2011.

This is huge news not only for Sonnen, but for UFC President Dana White, for all of the middleweight fighters on the roster, and for all fans who follow MMA.

Love him or hate him, Chael Sonnen is one of the most controversial figures in the sport and is thus a massive draw. With that being said, there are three specific things that can happen if Dana White uses Sonnen and his finely tuned trash talk properly that could be of immense benefit to the UFC and therefore to the sport itself.

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