The UFC has announced that rival bantamweight fighters Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber will be coaching the next season of The Ultimate Fighter. According to UFC.com, the season will begin on March 9 with a 2 hour premiere. The promotion made the announcement today, on the heels of the finale of season 13 on December 3.

The Ultimate Fighter® LIVE debuts on Friday, March 9 as part of a two-hour season premiere beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The show will then air for one hour at 10 p.m. ET/PT every Friday for 13 weeks on FX. UFC® bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and "The California Kid" Urijah Faber will serve as coaches on the upcoming season, with lightweight and welterweight contestants competing for two, six-figure UFC contracts.

"We’re producing ground-breaking television with The Ultimate Fighter LIVE and we can’t wait to kick this season off with FX in March," UFC President Dana White said. "It’s going to be can’t-miss TV. Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber are two incredible personalities who also happen to be two of the best fighters in the world. They genuinely dislike each other and I expect this to make for the best season yet."

The upcoming season will also feature the first major overhaul to the show's format, which for some had become decidedly stale:

"We believe that Dana and Lorenzo (Fertitta), along with Executive Producer Craig Piligian, have come up with exciting new changes to the format of The Ultimate Fighter that will expand and grow the series," said Chuck Saftler, Executive Vice President, FX Networks. "The fact that the fights at the end of each episode will now be televised live is certain to create a sense of urgency for UFC fans. Furthermore, the move of TUF to Friday nights will provide a great ratings boost to the network."

Without a doubt, the revamped format is a much-needed change, and will hopefully make the show exciting and something to look forward to every week. Time will tell.

Boys and their penises. You can always count on a boy loving his penis more than anything else in the world. Stephen Bass is no exception. Apparently, he likes to show it. These NSFW pictures here are allegedly or Mr. Bass and his penis. I say allegedly because in any picture where you see his dong, you don't actually see his face. There's even a picture where it's his dong that's hiding his face. It's very artistic. What I can tell you is that the torso with penis has the same birthmark as all of the 8,000 (slight exaggeration) shirtless pictures of him on his Facebook page do.

Are we experiencing a new trend here? First we all get to share in the horror of naked Tito Ortiz and now we have naked Stephen Bass. Oh boys, keep them coming. This stuff makes my day. Hey, you could even have a show and call it The Ultimate Naked Fighter. Who's got some money? Let's do it.

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So, do you think this is him?

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Here we are at the end of this all and as usual, I'm kind of over it. Why am I such a fickle broad? I've even dug this season. But when it comes down to it, I'm desperate at this point to see Jason Miller kick Michael Bisping's booty. Every episode left to watch is one more week that I have to wait to see the fight. But it's only a few more days now. Huzzah! And with PillowFists McTeamTime at -200, I'm hoping I can make some money off of a swift and bloody Mayhem victory. Alright, my friends, let's get this over with shall we?

We start with some teammate fighting teammate drama. Except that it feels really manufactured since Johnny Bedford and John Dodson obviously have no great love for each other. Johnny Bedford has a "Jon Fitch in Training" look that I find off putting. I'm trying not to let it skew my opinion because I do want Bedford to win. John Dodson sucked for giving up info on his teammates and his smile makes me want to punch him in the face. I'm just a ray of sunshine, aren't I?

Johnny Bedford vs. John Dodson

Round One. They're punching and kicking and stuff. Some are landing, some aren't. Bedford's cup is frighteningly large. Does he really need one that big or is he just trying to psych out his opponent and make the ladies crazy? It sure makes a girl wonder. He does seem a little too angry to be the kind of guy who has a monster schlong. Aren't they usually laid-back and all smiles? I'd think so. There's blood. I think it's Bedford's. I got distracted thinking about penises. Yep, Bedford's bleeding from him nose. John "I've only been taken down once and will never be taken down again" Dodson is taken down. You kind of had to see that happening, didn't you?

Round Two. Bedford's cup it still huge and they're still punching and kicking each other. And with that, Dodson knocks out Bedford. And then he proceeds to punch an obviously unconscious Bedford about 5 more times in the head. As a finale, Dodson does a backflip and comes close to kicking Herb Dean in the head. Good times.

It's time for Brian Caraway and Diego Brandao. We have some last night in the house antics. Mayham rides a bike through the house in his manties. They all drink lots of beer. Except Diego. He gets pissed off. I think he's just an angry dude. It seems that Diego thinks he has a leg up with God because he's poor. I guess I could have misunderstood him but they do have subtitles. DIego might be poor, but Brian Caraway has to deal with all the twitter beefs his girlfriend gets in. I'd call that even.

Diego Brandao vs. Brian Caraway

Round One. Both guys come out pretty hard to win this fight. They're both defending themselves pretty well so nothing major has stuck. Diego knocks down Caraway towards the end of the round and starts punching. Caraway isn't really recovering. Caraway is loopy but Rosenthal hasn't stopped the fight yet. And with that Rosenthal ends the fight. Diego wins by TKO. Son of a bitch.

This is the first season of TUF in a long time that hasn't bored me silly, but I still find myself ready to see how this thing ends.  I'm a fickle broad, what can I say?  We start with Dustin Pague giving a bag of goodies to a homeless guy, and it gives me the warm fuzzies.  There really are a lot of nice guys on this season to combat the douchebaggery that seems to e around.  Cough..Akira...cough.  Dustin is getting ready to fight TJ, so he can use as much good karma as possible.  TJ rubs me the wrong way, so I would definitely like to see Dustin win here.  TJ looks like he belongs in a boy band, not MMA.

House hijinks!  The coaches of Team Miller come for a bbq, and the guys dare Dustin to eat a live cockroach.  Miller goes of to find a cockroach, and they find not only a cockroach but a beetle too.  To cheers of go, go go Dustin eats the bugs.  A few cheers and Dustin is game.  Boys are so easy to manipulate.  

Coaches challenge!!  It's air hockey time, and Bisping isn't thrilled.  Bisping plays with his kids, and Miller hasn't played since 4th grade.  Should be a hoot!  As per usual, coach that wins gets $10,000 and $1,500 for each guy on his team.  Bisping scores the first point, which is amazing because there were multiple times that it looked like he was going to get the puck into his own goal.  Bisping killed the first game 7-1, and Miller is not looking good.  In the second game, Miller gets 4 goals, but those are all goals that Bisping gets against himself.  Bisping starts talking major crap, and it all goes downhill.  But Bisping focuses and wins game 4 to win the challenge.  Bisping is the sorest winner ever.  However karma comes into play again and Bisping eats shit jumping off of the table.

TIki loves him some TJ, who he says is one of the best wrestlers this season.  The coaches are telling TJ to put Dustin on his back and ground and pound to win the fight.  I hope Dustin has been working on his takedown defense.

Fight time!  1st round - TJ gets Dustin down in the first minute and does that lay and pray ground and pound that the coaches suggested.  TJ gets a few elbows in, but he really isn't very aggressive.  Miller is trying to help Dustin get to his feet, but either he's not listening or he doesn't know what to do.  Every time Miller yells out instruction, Bisping counters with instruction of his own to counter Miller.  Dustin gets up at the end of the round but unfortunately isn't able to get anything done before the end of the round.  2nd round - Dustin is aggressive to start the fight, but TJ takes him down almost right away.  Dustin is trying very hard to get out from under, but TJ is very happy to just lay on top of Dustin without getting anything done.  TJ starts to work a little and gets some knees to the ribs and some elbows to the head.  Dustin opens up a cut on TJ's cheek with an elbow, but the round ends with TJ still on top.  3rd round - I really cant type it again.  It's a repeat of the first two rounds, but this time with more blood.  Dustin is bleeding from his left eyelid.  TJ gets the unanimous decision win.  

It's getting close to the end and I have to say, I can't wait to watch Jason Miller kick the crap out of Pillowfists McTeamTime.  If there was anyone in need of an ass kicking, Michael Bisping is that person.  

We start tonight's episode with Akira Corassani giving himself a mohawk.  Akira calls Bryan Caraway a chick for taking 25 minutes to do his hair, then proceeds to run giggling up the stairs after shaving off a strip of Bryan's hair.  Bryan is not amused at all.

Mayhem rides a bike in to practice because he's heard that Tiki is planning on doing something major to his car.  Bisping and Tiki distract Team Mayhem before chaos ensues.  They proceed to set off fire extinguishers in Team Miller's room and they've hired a mariachi band to play.  Bisping and Tiki laugh like they've done the most clever thing in the world.  It really isn't because now Bisping's team can't train in the gym.  You know what else isn't clever?  Tiki Ghosn's bleached stripes in his goatee.  Not clever at all.  

Akira has plans for his training but Bisping doesn't agree.  It seems that Akira doesn't feel that someone who fights on the ground is worthy.  You'd think with that attitude he'd be a boxer but he must have decided to slum it with these MMA fighters.  On a positive note, Marcus Brimage rubs a dirty jock strap in Bisping's face who then proceeds to rub it in Akira's face because Marcus has run off.  Happy feelings.  Bisping and Tiki show up at the house for the sole purpose of attacking Marcus with silly string.  Man, I'm in the wrong business.  What a life these guys lead.  Jealous feelings.

Dennis Bermudez vs. Akira Corassani

Oh please let Dennis Bermudez win this fight.  Akira is a bully and I don't like him at all.  All I know is that this fight is going to be quick cause we've only got a few minutes left in this episode.

Round One.  Akira seems to hurt Bermudez within the first minute with a punch.  Bermudez recovers but I'm nervous.  Bermudez has tried to take down Akira a few times with no luck.  They're standing around and just punching each other a lot.  Akira is getting in some nasty shots.  This is not going how I wanted it to.  Bermudez finally slams down Akira and tries to choke him out.  DO IT!  Woot!  Akira taps out.  Oh thank you, Jebus!  Bermudez via Submission.  

Thank God Dennis was able to recover from Akira's nasty punches.  Whew.  Akira is really out of it after the fight.  Next week, the coaches challenge!  And it's air hockey!

One month until Michael Bisping and Jason Miller fight, and seeing as how my like for Bisping has left me, it no longer pains me to say that Miller is going to have his way with him.  It always makes me chuckle on this show when Bisping says he's going to knock someone out, as we all know that that is not one of Pillowfist McTeatime's specialities.  

Roland Delorme's foot looks like absolute dookie.  He's got an absolutely vile case of staph on his foot.  It's gotta be swollen to 2 times its normal size.  Man does it look bad.  He's supposed to fight in a couple of days, and I just can't imagine how that's going to be possible.

Rafael Cordeiro shows up to help coach Team Miller.  Only a few of the guys geek out at seeing him, and I really, really hope that these boys know who he is.  Bisping's special guest is not so exciting.  He brings in Tito Ortiz.  Team Miller 1, Team Bisping 0.  Sadly, unlike with Cordeiro, they all seem to know who Tito is.  Sigh.  

Back at the house, Team Bisping is bitching about TJ asking for the easier fight.  TJ apparently said he should have the easier fight cause he's the best 35er on Team Miller.  Marcus, Akira, and Diego seem the most put out, and Akira and Diego say they're going to teach TJ a lesson.  Based on Akira's past  weak pranks, I'm guessing he's going to crap in his shoes or something along those lines.  Instead they decided to go really hard on him in training.  Diego gets him with some arm bars and knee bars, and Akira wasn't pulling is punches when they were sparring. TJ gets pissed. So then when Marcus was sparring with TJ, Marcus decides he's going to hard and they start really going at each other.  Bisping, who doesn't know a thing about his team, didn't realize there was another reason that they might be going at each other.  

Roland gets cleared by the doctor to fight, which seems pretty insane, considering it looked like he has elephantitis.  Roland says it still hurts a little and he's feeling slightly sluggish, but probably doesn't bode well for his chances in the fight.  That being said, I'd love to see him take TJ out.  The coaches on Team Bisping are pretty psyched about TJ.  They say he's the full MMA package.  Miller prank time!!  Miller decides to get back at Tiki Ghosn for having his car towed by having highway barricades placed all the way around his car.  

It's fight day and Roland is dreaming about the $25,000 fight bonus.  Apparently he sold his restaurant to come join the TUF cast.  Seems rather risky, no?  I'd say he could've kept the restaurant open, just in case.  

Fight time!!  Round 1 - a few kicks are traded, but TJ gets Roland down fairly quickly.  TJ's wrestling background is coming in full force, as he's lying on Roland buy not getting anything done.  Roland gets up and they trade a few punches, but TJ again takes him down pretty quickly.  TJ remembers to throw a few punches, but then he also just sits on top for a bit, keeping Roland's arms and legs immobile but not doing any damage.  At one point Roland throws up his hands, as if to say to Steve Mazzagatti,  "Can you help me here?"  Round 2 - TJ gets a great punch in and knocks Roland down.  Roland manages to hang in there despite some more punches.  Then TJ stops throwing punches and tangles Roland up again.  This time, however, he actually throws some elbows.  So far, TJ looks a lot better this round with some ground and pound.  He takes Roland's back, and Roland taps with the rear naked choke.

Time to pick the semifinals.  Miller has 5, Bisping has 3.  TJ wants to fight Dustin.  Dodson wants to fight TJ.  Pretty much all of Team Miller wants to fight Dodson, on account of him selling out his entire team during the preliminary matches.  

Semifinal Match-ups:

TJ Dillashaw vs. Dustin Pague
John Dodson vs. Johnny Bedford

Akira Corassani vs. Dennis Bermudez
Diego Brandao vs. Bryan Caraway

I think it may be official.  Donna and I are really starting to dislike Bisping.  It was a nice run while it lasted, but he's really laying on the douche thick lately isn't he?  We're going to wait awhile to make our final judgement but it's not looking good for Bisping.  If we jump ship, he'll lose 50% of his American fans.  Not good.

Let's see how we do this week.  Last week featured major feats of testosterone douchery.  I'm hoping that we'll be spared this week, but I'm not too sure.  They start right off talking about the tap that wasn't by Akira.  I mean, it sucks that Herb Dean didn't catch the tap (and he did tap) but Nease was kind of a dick anyway so I'm not too devastated.  I dislike the both equally.    There's a little coaches squabble after the fight.  Apparently, Bisping has forgotten that this is his team's first win.

They spend some time showing the training with Siler and Brandao.  I'm totally rooting for Siler on this one.  I love that he beat the guy who was expected to win the whole show to get into the house.  Plus, Brandao's fits of rage really turn me off.

Siler vs. Brandao

Round One.  Brandao starts the round by trying a flying knee.  It fails.  He looks lame.  He's angry and proceeds to knock out Siler.  Oh well.  Bisping proceeds to show himself as a class act but talking shit in the cage.  Douche.  He makes it even better by following them to their changing rooms while mocking them.  Hmmm.  Class act.

Roland Delorme shows up to the gym with a ridiculously swollen right foot.  Miller decides to keep it quiet until they know what's going on.

Bisping finally gets to pick the fights.  He proceeds to lecture them all about how some bullshit.  I get it that he gets further in the UFC by having people hate him because that's all he really has going for him, but come on.  Dodson, who Bisping says is practically a member of Team Bisping, will be fighting John Albert.  Next, TJ will be fighting Roland.  I have to be honest, I didn't even know who TJ was when they showed him on the camera.  Way to not make an impact, buddy.  Oh my goodness, Michael Bisping has put me in a rage.  Dammit!

Dodson vs. Albert

Round One.  They're punching each other.  Yada, yada, yada.  They're kicking each other.  Yada, yada, yada.  Albert gets gassed with two minutes left.  Yada, yada, yada.  Now they both look gassed.  Round's over.

Round Two.  I've completely stopped paying attention.  I'd call this one of the more boring fights of this season.  They're both gassed like heavyweights.  Disappointing.  I'm doing some Christmas shopping online now.  Dodson wins by decision.  Whatevs.

 

We head into this episode with Team Mayhem having a 4-0 lead over Team Bisping even with a mole infiltrating their ranks. We all know the mole to be none other than one John Dodson, but Coach Jason Miller has not sleuthed this out completely yet (although Jason Miller does seem to know there is a spy and he just don't care).

This episode starts with the song and the photos, as always, and aren't these guys just adorable? So sweet. Anyway, the show really starts at the very end of the Pague-Gaudinot fight from last week.  At the entrance to the locker room of Team Mayhem, psycho Diego Brandao of Team "Poor Sports" starts talking crap to sweet Steven Siler of Team "We are the Champions". He says something barely intelligible but thankfully subtitled about taking off Siler's head. He is restrained by his chuckling fine example of a head coach, Count Michael Bisping, and some other fightestants. Bisping advises Diego to not really kill Siler right then and there because he might break his hand and be out of the competition. Mayhem is all, "What was that cray-cray nonsense?", and then laughs at the silliness because he knows his team has hand. Bisping interviews that Diego is all emotional and unstable and really wants to fight. I really hope he doesn't get picked until the last fight.

Then, we are back at the house and Mayhem makes a visit. He brought Dustin Neace a cowboy hat with a "B" on it, like Josh Ferguson has. Ferguson interviews that this makes Neace a swaggerjacker. Apparently, Neace is having some fun with Ferguson and Ferguson seems fairly good-sported about it, but he'll probably freak out or something.

FINALLY, Mayhem brings up the fact that there is a mole in the house and learns that it is likely Dodson. He is not impressed but rather than confronting Dodson, he says he wants to use it to his advantage. He also says that since Diego wants to fight right away, he's going to mess with him and make him wait another week. Ha! I knew it! This means that Neace and Akira Corassani will fight first, which could be advantageous because of the element of surprise, obviously, but also because Akira has a lot of weight to drop and will be thinking he has an extra week to do it, when he actually doesn't. And it will piss of Diego. Siler and Neace are both in on the scheme and are down for some shenanigans. As they do some interim weigh-ins, you can see John Dodson paying close attention.

At the Team "Defeated" training session, Defeated Head Coach Michael Bisping brags to the camera about his little informant, Johnny Dodson. He LOVES the guy. Of course, someone knows the entire plan for Siler to fight Diego this week because Siler thinks Diego is the toughest dude and he wants an extra week between his fight and the semi-finals. One of the guys on Team "Lose-A-Lot" knows all sorts of details about it, courtesy of John Dodson, who would never lie because he's straight solid like that. Bisping also says he's super excited to see psycho Diego fight and Diego himself says he's 150% ready to kill some dudes.

COMMERCIAL ALERT: We still see a UFC 137 commercial with Condit and St. Pierre. Sad.

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