Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen are going face to face as coaches on the upcoming season of The Final Fighter.
On Saturday, Cormier and Sonnen introduced in the course of the UFC 311 broadcast that they may function coaches on TUF 33, which is about to air later this yr. This would be the second time Cormier has coached a season of TUF and the third time for Sonnen, who additionally captained a crew on TUF: Brazil 3 reverse Wanderlei Silva.
TUF 33 is predicted to characteristic welterweights and flyweights competing in a event for a UFC contract.
The UFC Corridor of Famers (Cormier was inducted to the Fashionable Wing in 2022, whereas Sonnen was inducted alongside Anderson Silva to the Combat Wing in 2024 for his or her basic battle at UFC 117) are not any strangers to working with each other, as they at the moment work collectively on the Good Man/Dangerous Man podcast on ESPN.
Earlier than transitioning into broadcasting, Cormier and Sonnen each authored unforgettable preventing careers. Cormier reigned as a two-division champion in his prime having captured each the UFC heavyweight and light-weight heavyweight titles, whereas additionally being a part of a years-long rivalry with all-time nice Jon Jones.
Sonnen by no means claimed UFC gold, however challenged for it on three events, shedding twice to Silva and as soon as to Jones after he coached reverse Jones on Season 17 of TUF.
