TUF Comeback what weight and what fighters?
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Lightweight.
But instead of getting a title shot at the end, they get a contract. Pick some fighters who are close to being cut, and reward the winner with a good contract and a fight near the top. Maybe give a couple of other guys that do well contracts, but cut the rest. The division needs thinned out and this would be a quick way to get rid of some of them.
LawrenceWesTerry said:
YPG said:
Lightweight.
But instead of getting a title shot at the end, they get a contract. Pick some fighters who are close to being cut, and reward the winner with a good contract and a fight near the top. Maybe give a couple of other guys that do well contracts, but cut the rest. The division needs thinned out and this would be a quick way to get rid of some of them.
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Yeah, I don't think any fighters returning would be deserving of a title shot with so much competition and depth in each UFC weight division right now, so getting a contract and a few sponsorships extended to the winner sounds about right. But I wouldn't pick a fighter close to being cut, if it's a "Comeback Season" I want to see actual fighters who have been gone from the UFC for an extended period of time come back, that would make it more interesting. But, the "Fight Near The Top" sounds like a great alternative to giving them an underserving title shot. I think I would go with the Middleweight Division as one of two of the Weight Divisions featured and have the following fighters on the show: Falaniko Vitale, Jeremy Horn, Terry Martin, Drew McFedries, Thales Leites, Gerald Harris, Patrick Cote, and Denis Kang.
Some good first match-ups could be like:
Gerald Harris vs. Terry Martin
Jeremy Horn vs. Thales Leites
Patrick Cote vs. Denis Kang
Falaniko Vitale vs. Drew McFedries
Who do you think would win out of this 8?
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The thing about a comeback show, is that I don't want to see any of those guys fighting in the UFC again except maybe Patrick Cote and Thales Leites or Gerald Harris. Anyone else in the group couldn't really cut it.
68Whiskey said:
What weightclass would you want to see a TUF comeback season?
And which fighters would you want to see on it?
I gotta go 185, we could see guys like Leties, Gerald Harris get another shot to be in the UFC and MW needs some more depth.
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I like this, throw in Cote maybe as well
LW- Jamie Varner, Corey Hill, Paul Kelly, Justin Buccholz, Dustin Hazelett, David Baron, Josh Tomson, Jorge Gurgel, Marcus Aurelio, Rich Clementi, David Bielkheden, Roger Huerta, Rob Emerson, Fabricio Camoes, Josh Neer and Drew Fickett
That is a great cast of exciting fighters who are going through a tough patch or are waiting for a second wind in their careers. They would all have great fights and there is a good mix of talent and guys who will have some interesting altercations back at the house.
HW and MW would make a lot of sense. I'd have 250k in prize money. The 4 quarter final winners each get 12.5k for 50k total, the semi final winners each get 25k for 50k total, and then for the finale each guy has a 50/50 contract (so the winner gets 100k and the loser 50k). All total that is 250k. The winner would also get two additional fights at the 50/50 scale. Do that for each weight class. I think that kind of money would probably be enough incentive for a lot of fighters.
Some HW's that would make some sense
Ricco Rodriquez
Pedro Rizzo
Tim Sylvia
Jeff Monson
Andre Arlovski
Heath Herring
Paul Buentello
Gilbert Yvel
That would be a pretty solid tournament.
I dont know about "comebacks" I would like to see a " can you hack it" . Take other fighters from other orgs ( dream, bellator, Bamma etc. ) that are looking good or what ever and put them against rather former Zuffa fighters or middle class fighters.
" Can you hack it" coaches... Team Kos VS. Team Daley