Mir, Nogueira set to coach 'The Ultimate Fighter' 8

The current interim UFC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir will coach next season's "The Ultimate Fighter" on Spike TV.

Nogueira will defend his interim title against Mir in a pay-per-view event at the end of the year.

"The Ultimate Fighter 8," which showcases light heavyweights and lightweights, will begin taping on May 18 for six weeks. The season premiere is scheduled for Wednesday, September 17 at 10:00pm ET.

Upon learning this I realized that the once meager heavyweight division is basically history now. Hey, it's not that Mir and Big Nog aren't great fighters but is this really a heavyweight championship fight? That's the best they could come up with?

Unfortunately yes, this is the best they can come up with. There is absolutely no one in the UFC worth anything in the heavyweight division. There's nothing to look forward to at all except for maybe Brock Lesnar but only because of his prior reputation. Losing Randy Couture and Tim Sylvia were worse than they appeared at the time. Even if they did land Fedor Emelianenko there wouldn't be anyone to fight him. But why is it that as soon as someone loses in their championship fight, they get abolished from the organization? Look at how many awesome heavyweights are out there. Guys like Jeff Monson, Kevin Randleman, Josh Barnett would be able to stir things up in the division. Even a lousy Mirko Cro Cop is better than an awesome Antoni Hardonk.

The UFC only has 2 worthy divisions at the moment with the 155 lb and 170 lb weight classes with the 205 lb weight class somewhat bearable.

Anderson Silva owns the middleweight division and Rich Franklin is his pawn that can beat everyone else except Silva. The lightheavyweight division has potential but guys aren't fighting more than twice a year which is a snoozefest. Plus the loss of Tito Ortiz, even though he hasn't been dominant, will affect the division because he always was a huge draw.

The UFC is trimming their roster but they're not cutting the worst fighters. They're cutting the fighters who won't do what the establishment wants them to do.

Dana White preaches that the UFC has the best fighters in the world and he's so far off the mark it's ridiculous. He's cutting or losing good talent which is supposed to be the marketability of the sport of MMA but he'd rather promote the UFC, The Ultimate Fighter, and himself. We know he's smart but we've been talking about how he might be the undoing for the UFC. This is a sign that the apocolypse might be upon us.