Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen are set to coach TUF 33 and they want their assistant coaches to fight at season’s end.
Usually, the coaches of The Ultimate Fighter fight at the season’s end. However, Sonnen and Cormier are both retired and have no plans to fight again. With that, there won’t be a fight at season’s end, but Cormier has Michael Chiesa on his coaching staff, while Sonnen has Covington so they want them to fight instead.
“Here’s the deal, we aren’t fighting. I told Dana yesterday, I don’t want to fight anybody because he was making fun of us. He goes did the GFL call you guys? They didn’t call me because they know I don’t want to fight. And, Chael probably turned them down,” Daniel Cormier said at TUF 33 media day. “We are good. I have no desire to fight anyone. Chael and I did come up with an idea, though. I don’t know if you guys would be into this. Chael and I are talking, I have Michael Chiesa on my coaching staff, Chael has Colby Covington. Why don’t they just fight and we just coach them? That is about as close as we would both get to going back in the Octagon. Why don’t those dudes fight each other?”
Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen expect Michael Chiesa and Colby Covington to go at it on the show, which would only add to the anticipation of the fight. So, it is a good idea from the coaches, especially given the fact Chiesa has called out Covington in the past.
