Both have great personalities and are fun to watch. This should be great!

Quite frankly, I’m not sure I can stand a whole season of Rampage’s attitude and never ending lip-service.

good for the show, don’t like the fact that rampage ala serra will not defend belt till after show another what another 7-8 months or so. forrest does deserve the shot for the belt, i doubt he will win, but should be a great seaon for tuf

can griffin even coach?? I know Rampage can

I know that i will tune in to wacth the new season.Should be very interesting.

WAR RAMPAGE!!!

Rampage a coach??? How many times has he admitted that he hates practicing? Is this the same dude that has to be forced to do his time in the ring? What can he teach the newbies?
I think Forest will be the one that shines in this season of the Ultimate Fighter.
War Forest kicking ass in and out of the octagon!

BOOOO!!!!!! what about the belt DANA? Retard. for this stupid reality show dana gets one fight, why he could probably get a couple if he didn’t do this.

[quote comment=”229577″]can griffin even coach?? I know Rampage can[/quote]

Remember that they get to bring in assistant coaches. I’m sure Griffin will bring in some of the guys that teach him, probably a boxing instructor and a BJJ instructor.

Independant of that, Forrest is still a heck of a fighter, and I’m sure he’ll have something to teach for any and all of his students.

[quote comment=”229575″]good for the show, don’t like the fact that rampage ala serra will not defend belt till after show another what another 7-8 months or so.[/quote]

Both fighters were injured. Rampage had a hand injured and Forrest is out with shoulder surgery. Rampage vs Forrest probably couldn’t happen for several months anyway while they nursed their wounds, so this probably won’t put the title fight on hold much longer than it would be without TUF 7.

It will be the next best season..Hughes/GSP was ,y fav..Got to see who GSP was on that season…Hope to see who Rampage and Griffin are..Then again, Griffin was pretty cool when he was a contestant on his season..It will definately be good for Spike and great for the UFC..Great move Dana, Fertitas..

It will be kind of nice to see a TUF show where the coaches do not have a beef with each other and actually spend their time coaching. (yeah i know having a beef with someone might make for better tv) I also wonder how Griffin will do coaching. He obviously knows what he’s doing as a fighter, it will be interesting to see how he translates that to others as a coach. I wonder how bad the house gets trashed this time?

Isn’t this a bit much? Sure, Forrest won over Rua but is that enough to justify his sudden elevation to ‘guru’ status?
It’s all a bit nauseating when the UFC managers pick their next posterboy, and then protect him for half a year doing nothing but shining his ego.

I predict it will be the most entertaining TUF series yet.

I think they will both make great coaches. If anything the season should be one of the more humorous ones cuz both can be pretty funny. Either could win at the end of the season Rampage has the KO power but Griffin can take a punch. If Forrest could tie page up and get the clinchwork goin who knows. I think most are gonna say Rampage will win because he is a pretty imposing fighter but just as before with the Rua fight i think Griffin will perform pretty well in this fight. I think alot of people relized that Griffin wasnt just a goofy class B fighter when he beat Rua. Make no mistake he has the heart and ability. But its Rampage and ive learned never to overlook Page and never underestimate his ability to do what he do. So all in all should be a good season with hopefully some great fights and even better fights at the end.

i figured it was gonna be rampage as the other coach

This season is going to be great.

Should be a good series, but the wait for the fight will suck. Plus the fight probably won’t live up to the hype since Rampage should stomp Griffin out. More time for Rampage on tv running his mouth and not fighting.

i think its better to have coaches the are in different weight classes for the simple fact is if there in the same weight class then the coaches is less likely to teach them that much cause they are worried that they could end up fighting one of them one day! So having Rampage & Forrest as coaches since there both 205ers that can never make the 185 cut training 185ers is great b/c they dont have to worry teaching them good stuff b/c more then likely they would never end up fighting there students

Some info on the possible coaching abilities of Griffin:

He was on Human Weapon for the MMA episode which also featured Bas Rutten - Griffin had some decent skills to show to the guys from Human Weapon (what I remember was some decent takedown defense exercises, he definitely seemed cut out for it.

What I think might be different for next season? I know it’s too early to know for sure, but I’m thinking next season won’t be in Vegas, perhaps. Maybe Big Bear for some high altitude training? Camp Rampage!

Hey White didn’t say it was Rampage… right?… I mean of course it is Rampage as the opposing coach, but white hasn’t announced it yet.

I wonder if they’re going to bring on some weak fighters again this season… I freakin’ hope not.

Does this mean that there will be a light Heavyweight interim champ???

A year long wait for a title match???

More BS???

Another interim champ?????

Please stop the sacrifice for ratings!!!

Great! Another title fight to take place in a year! Who will get hurt Rampage or Forrest?

Last time I checked a year was 12 months, if the show begins to air in April, they will fight in July and that is 7 months away. Should be plenty of time to get them 100% healthy.

I think it is awesome. This should be a huge improvement over the last couple seasons. Both are great guys so it should be extremely entertaining!

rick

Haha..that’s awsome..always entertaining seeing Rampage..oh, and Forrest’s gotta pimple in his chest in that pic..

griffins trained with some of the best guys, and im sure griffin can bring a couple extremecouture guys, so im not too worried about him coaching or what not.
this season shuld be hilarious

“In addition, Dana White promised “significant and exciting changes” to the overall format of the show.”

This sounds interesting. I hope it means more time talking about training (I’d prefer more details on the actual techniques they are working on) and less time getting drunk and throwing things in the pool or busting up drywall.

I can’t stand the format for TUF, it is just setup terrible. The coach that wins the most ends up having to send players to the losing team. I think that is pretty much the dumbest thing ever. I hope this season isn’t just filled with a bunch of drama, I cant stand that.

Great coaching choices. I epect Rampage to have Juanito as an assistant coach

Should be one of the better seasons I reckon.

[quote comment=”229662″]Some info on the possible coaching abilities of Griffin:
He was on Human Weapon for the MMA episode which also featured Bas Rutten - Griffin had some decent skills to show to the guys from Human Weapon (what I remember was some decent takedown defense exercises, he definitely seemed cut out for it.[/quote]
Yeah, the sprawl, pretty sure I learned that my first day of BJJ training.
Though im going to pull for Griffin durning this fight. Rampage has done nothing, but been lucky durning his UFC fights. Watch him vs W. Silva and tell me what you think of this howling tard.
If Griffin can’t beat him somehow, when Silva beats Liddell, he will.

I figured this was going to be the announcement for the night but was just hoping for something different. Instead of some big revelation, we get half a surprise and the other at the “VGA’s”. Seriously, anybody who is a fan already knew these two were going to be the next season’s coaches.

That said, by the end of the night I figured we wouldn’t even get this. When Dana didn’t announce it prior to the Huerta (stud!!) vs. Guida fight, I thought by that time he would just come into the octogon after the fight and say, “This was Big John’s last match!” and that would be the big news. I thought it was sad they didn’t even give him a “thank you” speech. Maybe they didn’t just so McCarthy can leave the door open to change his mind.

Its a freaking tv show and the ufc shouldnt forget it like they didi last tuf whick we all agree sucked big time…

the whole reason for the show like it or not, is to get new fans not apease the ones that make up most oof the readers/writers here.

They need plot interest humor, the human side of each fighter.
remember how fun it was to watch Luke Cummo get picked last, he looked like a weak nerd then he kicked a$$ big time like a psycho killer got o his website he’s a charcter, it’s about time we have at least two funny coaches….lets hope the show does what it’s suppossed to do.

Rampage’s team is going to run through Forrest’s just like Jen’s and Serra’s team. Lets hope these middleweights can rise quick to give us some excitement. Also, looks like Jason MacDonald can start to win fights again (seeing as to hes only beat TUF alumni -Herman, Leben, Singer)

Forest doesn’t deserve a title shot

Griffin has a big enough ego as it is, and he is not a role model whatsoever, the man loves the yayo and hookers. Why they would want him for this is beyond me. I think sometime they should come to their senses and bring in Liddell as a coach, could it really get ANY better than that?

Thank god they are tying up another belt for several months! It worked so well with this season…

I’m a fan of the show, and have watched every season, but they need to stop making dumb decisions like that

Will this possibly promote a Rampage vs. Griffin battle? Rampage is a huge target for Griffins’ attack style.

[quote comment=”229865″]Griffin has a big enough ego as it is, and he is not a role model whatsoever, the man loves the yayo and hookers. Why they would want him for this is beyond me. I think sometime they should come to their senses and bring in Liddell as a coach, could it really get ANY better than that?[/quote]

Griffin a big ego? Bring Liddell back as coach?

[quote comment=”229865″]Griffin has a big enough ego as it is, and he is not a role model whatsoever, the man loves the yayo and hookers. Why they would want him for this is beyond me. I think sometime they should come to their senses and bring in Liddell as a coach, could it really get ANY better than that?[/quote]
Griffin does Yayo? Take a look at Chuck buddy.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8hFlYS-nMFw&feature=related

[quote comment=”229869″]Will this possibly promote a Rampage vs. Griffin battle? Rampage is a huge target for Griffins’ attack style.[/quote]

I’d be shocked if that wasn’t the plan here- I can’t believe once again they’re going to delay tf out of a stacked division, all to see one crappy fight. Serra vs. Hughes wouldn’t have been worth the wait, and Griffin vs. Rampage isn’t worth the six minutes it’ll take to see Griffin get put back in his place. I’m not watching this season, Dana and the UFC can’t screw things up this bad and still count on me to watch the disaster. This WILL DELAY THINGS SEVERELY and I think everyone should tell the UFC how stupid this is. The organization is pissing on its own success.

i actually like the idea of these two coaching and then battling it out since they both need time to recover from injuries and surgery. im looking foward to it.

i just hope that the show helps give some depth to the 185 lb division. im hoping for at least one contender.

TUF 7 makes sense. The new MMA fans need to get to like or dislike the fighters. 100 millions people go nuts for soccer??? Because they do give a shoot. I`m a Rampage fan. During UFC 75 CHAM VS CHAM I stood up, and without shame…howled the whole 25min.
No matter what happens on TUF 7, new MMA fans will enjoy every second of RampagevsGriffin fight. Because they’ll be emotionally engage.
TUF 7 Prediction#1: Rampage so funny, team members uncontrollably pee their pants.

[quote comment=”229865″]Griffin has a big enough ego as it is, and he is not a role model whatsoever, the man loves the yayo and hookers. Why they would want him for this is beyond me. I think sometime they should come to their senses and bring in Liddell as a coach, could it really get ANY better than that?[/quote]

Come on man, that’s a little slanderous isn’t it. You have any direct knowledge he’s a cokehead?

They do announce Rampage as the coach, I was at the Spike VGA show and they said that he and Forrest were the next coaches.

great now we get to wait another YEAR until we see the LHW belt get defended again… im all for the TUF show but when will the UFC brass learn that puttin a champ and contender as coaches brings more negatives than positive….while we’re at it lets get a INTERIM LHW CHAMPION GOIN!! *sarcasm*

Am I the only one disappointed by this “major announcement”? I mean, it’s great they continue the show (which was expected) and that they’ll make some changes to the format (which are long overdue), etc.

But to name F. Griffin as a coach and sell it as a major announcement… come on! And then he plays hard ball, not naming the other coach… was funny how J. Rogan looked towards Rampage and Dana started smiling.

This would have been a major announcement: UFC agrees to end the contract for Randy and facilitates a fight with Fedor!!! I know, wishful thinking.

Still, I think that Dana should have put this big piece of news on UFC’s site.

This is a way that Dana could keep both Rampage and Forrest in the spot light without them fighting right away do to there injuries. Is it possible that as one of the coaches that Forrest brings is The Natural Randy Coulter

Yeah I don’t think Griffin is a crackhead.
The two of them as coaches is maybe hard to see but no doubt anything they could teach to another fighter as far as how to train and what has to be done to win is golden.
I doubt this season will have any drama between coaches,any religious teachings, philosophies or any oher I’m the best the other coach is a idiot kind’ve of monotnous crap, which is and I’m sure we all agree a good thing.
For the most part I’m glad to see that most of this board is behind these two coaches and excited for what is sure to be if anything the funniest season yet.
Also as far as the title being “on hold” for a year is not even mathematically correct being that in 7 months like previously mentioned in this thread is when they could like throw down. Plus also mentioned is that both fighters are injured and wouldn’t like fight before than anyway, so it all works out. If the show airs in april maybe even june they will fight, and yes Griffin deserves a titleshot.

Would Dana let Forrest bring in his assistant coaches from Extreme Couture? I doubt it.

[quote post=”4152″]Griffin has a big enough ego as it is, and he is not a role model whatsoever, the man loves the yayo and hookers. Why they would want him for this is beyond me. I think sometime they should come to their senses and bring in Liddell as a coach, could it really get ANY better than that? [/quote]
By far the stupidest blog so far.

[quote comment=”230091″][quote post=”4152″]Griffin has a big enough ego as it is, and he is not a role model whatsoever, the man loves the yayo and hookers. Why they would want him for this is beyond me. I think sometime they should come to their senses and bring in Liddell as a coach, could it really get ANY better than that? [/quote]
By far the stupidest blog so far.[/quote]
hahahah!lmfao.are you watching the same thing everyone else is?

Man I love both these guys, but I gotta think Griffin isnt ready for this(Rampage)

how can forrest be the number one contender when jardien knocked him out and beat lidell lack of respect

Kick ass I like em both, should be a good show 2 good personalities for tv. As far as the fight goes who do i want to win Forrest no question been a big fan since tuf1 who do i thinks gonna win Rampage even though everytime forrest comes out he is better and better so is Rampage more experience raw strength and just being a badass. All in all should be good tv and i hope for the best for both of them cuz lets be blunt its all about gettin paid

First of all Rampage is hillarious and will be television gold (as anyone who has watched PrideFC can vouch for). Secondly, my muay thai coach trained with Forrest and said he was a complete prick and as we all know, is a temper tantrum throwing crybaby. Griffin isn’t going to win any fans on this show. The first time things don’t go his way, everyone will be exposed to his I’ve trained with the best of the best and you don’t even belong here attitude. Rampage on the other hand is an excelent coach and trainer. He will bring the kind of team punishment toughness that Hughes can only dream about instilling in his fighters. I totally agree with ron on Jardine getting ripped off. I know it makes for good drama, but it’s completely absurd to shelve a belt for a year for the sake of a reality TV show.

Looking back on the board, I guess CanadianFighter already touched on the shelving the belt part. Sorry to be redundant.

I think the decision for Rampage and Griffin might be the nail in the coffin for the show. Although I like both fighters (have to give them props, they’re great at what they do), maintstream advertising (i.e. corporate America) doesn’t have a history of embracing the ultra-boisterous, loud-mouth, trash-talking types… it gives credence to what a lot of people already think - that MMA is a bunch of thugs and is just too brutal.

Personally, I love the UFC and MMA, having been in martial arts for over 20 years myself. However, I do think the UFC would do well to offset the brutality with coaches/representatives who can come across professionally, methodically, scientifically, and show that there is a high-degree of skill to MMA fighting, as opposed to just going in and toughing it out and try to break something or submit the guy. Showing some real instruction throughout the show, rather than a quick glance here and there would give people some true insight into the intracacies of the sport.

MMA is such a highly evolved sport, for those who know anything about it, it’s much more advanced than pure boxing (again for those that know anything about it) but the fear is the sport gets represented by the wrong icons and then loses credibility.

Like him or not, Matt Hughes is reserved, comes across professionally and has the heart of a lion. Killer work ethic and phenomenal conditioning. Sure he’s a bit cocky, but in truth it’s not cocky if you can back it up.

Randy Cotour, same way… phenom. BJ Penn, etc., etc….. the list goes on and on. There are enough great representatives of the sport, I don’t think there is a need to resort to the loudest bark (or “howl”) to sell tickets or bring in viewers. If anything, I think it will have the opposite effect long term.

I think Dana has done a great job reviving the UFC and MMA in general, and has definitely done more for the sport than anyone else (as far as owner/promotor/evangelist) is concerned.

I just hope it doesn’t start to deteriorate into the realm of the WWE or whatever pro-wrestling spin-off you want to interject. Nothing is illustrative of a waste of talent than to see someone like a Kurt Angle go from NCAA Div 1 and Olympic champion to WWE/TNA cronie… Everyone has to make a living I suppose, but Kurt.. c’mon! Jump over to the real side and put those skills to use!

WELL I WOULD RATHER SEE JACKSON THAN LESNOR…………I GUESS THAT WASHED UP WRESTLER WILL BE A COACH SOON…………THIS SHIT IS GETTING TO BE AS FAKE AS THE WWE…WHY NOT BRING RIC FLAIR TO MMA HE WOULD BE A GOOD PUNCHING BAG

I love the fact that Rampage will be one of the coaches, he is a funny dude and a great fighter, but I cannot believe that freaking Griffin is getting a shot to title already. Dana has been behind Griffin’s nuts since the beginning. He did NOT win the 1st nor 2nd fight against Stephan Bonnar - Bonnar deserves to be in his place. If you think he is great just b/c he won against Shogun, go find out why Shogun really lost. Griffin sucks as much as Liddell. He has 0% chances of winning against Rampage.

[quote comment=”229689″]Does this mean that there will be a light Heavyweight interim champ???

A year long wait for a title match???

More BS???

Another interim champ?????

Please stop the sacrifice for ratings!!![/quote]

agreed!!!!

Forrest is Gonna WHOOPe some Rampage ass!

GET UM FORREST!

forrest griffin is awesome

BOXING: Rampage, definetly.
KICKBOXING: About the same
WRESTLING: Rampage, definetly
CARDIO: Both fighters
HEART/DETERMINATION: Both fighters
POWER: RAMPAGE MUTHAFUKAZ!!!!

Prediction: Rampage via TKO (Strikes) Round 3

SUBMISSION: Both fighters

I like both, but it’d be AWESOME 4 a TUF guy to wear a belt. Everybody thought it’d be Sanchez 4 a while. Joe “Daddy” got a shot. And I don’t mean TUF season 4!!! Serra doesn’t count.

Why does serra not count?

First of all to you guys bitching, If They don’t do what they have to do for ratings (which are sinking) Then then they will get canceled and there won’t be a TUF at all. OK? get real the world doesn’t revolve around a handful of nerds opinions. These two are the best two to breathe life back into the show I can’t wait. Now for some trash talking…. Rampage is gonna knock Forrest out PERIOD!!! Stop living in the past. Wanderlei and Shogun are the same fighters they have always been Rampage is a different fighter. He will beat both of them now in a rematch.Most of you Pride loving, UFC hating, think you know it all Internet fans thought that Shogun was going to destroy Griffin…Dan Henderson was going to kill Rampage. Wanderlei would expose Lidell Nada, Nada, Nada.Rampage is the future accept it. Finally Internet fans, Doing anything with Fedor is boring stop bringing his overrated ass up.

I have a great idea for the contestants to win some bonus money this season . . . let one of them fight Dana White. In fact, let the WORST guy on the show slap Dana around. Dana talks about ‘having heart’ and then treats Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz the way he does! Lets give Dana a chance to redeem himself and show us this heart he talks of, in the Octagon!

Enjoy episode 1

http://www.pancrase.org/ufc-video-the-ultimate-fighter-season-7-episode-1/04-03-2008/

for the guy talkin about rampage bing an ass hole needs to evaluate the personality of forest as well cuz there both assholes and there for is going to cause a conflict later on in the show so yea

p.s the guy up top

Rampage is freaking hilarious. i dont care who you are, that man is funny.

his comments on the kooties? hilarious.
his stories when he visted the guys in the house? hilarious.

he is an asset to the sport. need more people like him and Forrest.

TEAM FOREST OWNS, GO TEAM FORREST!!! WOO

Griffin is going to die…

I knew he would Rampage is nothing all he does is puch and hes big thats all Forest has had his arm broken in a fight he still won with a broken arm.

Forest has no style he is a good sportsman and if I recall Ramapge cires like a baby all the time when he dosnt egt his way so u should stop dissing him