Featherweights and Bantamweight may have to wait to coach TUF
Speaking to MMAWeekly.com over the UFC 123 weekend, White believes that fans need to get to know the best of…
Speaking to MMAWeekly.com over the UFC 123 weekend, White believes that fans need to get to know the best of the best at featherweight and bantamweight before taking them out of the picture for six months to coach and appear on the show.
Anything is possible, White said about the lighter weight fighters becoming coaches on TUF. The thing I don’t like about doing them right now is you take these guys out of the mix for months, and we’re just introducing these guys. The last thing I want to do is introduce them and then put them on the shelf for however long.
The UFC president knows that once fans set eyes on fighters like Jose Aldo, Dominick Cruz, Urijah Faber, and Miguel Torres, that they will become avid followers of the featherweights and bantamweights, even without an Ultimate Fighter treatment to boost their popularity.
You don’t have to watch ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ to like Jose Aldo, said White. You just have to see this kid fight. Now that’s he’s on the big stage and he’ll get that co-main event slot. People are going to learn who this guy is real quick.