Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber will be TUF 15 coaches

Urijah faber (left) and Dominick Cruz (right) will be the TUF 15 coaches. Photo: Josh Hedges

The 14th edition of The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC's reality show, ended last Saturday (3), but the show's organizers are already planning the next season of the program. This Wednesday, the coaches for TUF 15 were announced, which is scheduled to premiere on March 9th in the United States.

The bantamweights Dominick Cruz e Urijah faber They will be the commanders of the reality teams, which changes the format and will be shown live on FX in the United States, and no longer on Spike TV. Euphoric, UFC president, Dana White, announced the coaches and the new exhibition format

“We are producing innovative television programs. The Ultimate Fighter 15 will be shown live on FX,” said Dana. “It will be unmissable! Dominick Cruz e Urijah faber They are two incredible personalities and also two of the best fighters in the world”, added the director.

At the end of the program, the coaches will face each other for the UFC bantamweight (up to 61 kg) belt and conclude the trilogy of an enormous rivalry between them. “These guys (Cruz and Faber) really don't like each other, and I hope this can make for the best season of The Ultimate Fighter yet,” White said.

The rivalry between Dominick Cruz, current UFC bantamweight champion, and Urijah faber it is old. In their first fight, held in 2007, at WEC 26, Faber submitted Dominick with a guillotine choke in the first round. In the rematch between the athletes, which took place at UFC 132, held last July, Cruz controlled the fight against Urijah and won the fight via unanimous decision by the judges, in a duel valid for the champion's first title defense.