Even worse, Tito would be pulled from the coaches’ fight due to a recurring neck injury, and replaced by go-to replacement coach Rich Franklin. With a .375 prelim fight record, it seemed like Matt Hughes would find it hard to get his fighters to the finals, yet he has had two fighters win in the finals, with his only loss coming from Team Franklin member Rashad Evans beating Brad Imes in the Heavyweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter season 2. Nelson would then win the coaches’ fight against replacement fighter Matt Mitrione, knocking him out in the first round. Over the seasons of the Ultimate Fighter we've seen plenty of coaches, good and bad - but these 4 coaches were definitely the best. Then in the third season of TUF Brazil, he would almost shut out Wanderlei Silva from the finals with three of his fighters making it and Warlley Alves winning the Middleweight tournament. Team Edgar would dominate the season, completely shutting Team Penn out of both tournament finals. Team Velasquez would win both tournaments giving Velasquez a perfect record for tournament winners, although he would eventually drop out of the coaches’ fight due to an injury and causing Werdum to face off against Mark Hunt for the Interim Heavyweight Title. In his second coaching effort he would struggle against longtime rival Chuck Liddell, himself almost having his team shut out of the finals. With one of his fighters winning in each of the seasons that he has coached, Wanderlei has a .500 record in regards to fighters winning the tournament. Despite having one of the most lackadaisical philosophies to coaching his fighters, Roy Nelson seemed to have it right when it came to how to win the TUF tournament.

He would then face off against Jason “Mayhem” Miller in the 15th season of the show, winning the Flyweight tournament with Diego Brandao. Tournament Winner: 2 – 2 (Rony Jason in Brazil 1 and Antonio Carlos Junior in Brazil 3), Coach Fight Record: 0 – 1* (lost to Rich Franklin who replaced an injured Vitor Belfort at UFC 147, Wanderlei Silva did not compete in fight against Chael Sonnen after Silva was pulled due to not obtaining a fight license and refusing to take a random drug test). Though he would still get the top spot regardless as his win/loss record was slightly better than Noguiera’s . St. Pierre would then go on to demolish rival coach Josh Koscheck in their title fight at UFC 124, winning by unanimous decision and breaking Koscheck’s orbital bone in the process. I have been a fan of pro wrestling since I was a child and a fan of MMA for the better part of a decade. This also has the equal negative effect for coaches who worked multiple seasons and never won.

The results spoke for themselves as the coaches listed were never able to have a fighter on their team win the tournament or beat their rival coach in the coaches’ fight at the end of the season, for the most part. The World's Most Entertaining Car Website, 10 Times A Wrestler Was Legitimately Knocked Out In The Ring, The 10 Longest Reigning NXT Tag Team Champions, Ranked By Length, Edge's 5 Best & 5 Worst World Championship Matches, Ranked, 10 Things Fans Should Know About The First Nature Boy & WWE Champion, Buddy Rogers, 10 Wrestlers Who Got Sidelined (Right After Winning A Championship), WrestleMania vs. Wrestle Kingdom: 5 Reasons Each Event Is The Best, AEW: 5 Wrestlers Tony Khan Loves (& 5 He Has Heat With), 5 Things Hulk Hogan Does Better Than Stone Cold (& 5 Steve Austin Is Best At), 10 Wrestlers With The Most WrestleMania Matches (And Their Win-Loss Records), 10 WCW Wrestlers Who Fell One Title Short Of A Triple Crown, 5 Ways The Raw Women's Title Is The Most Prestigious (& 5 Ways It's The Smackdown Women's Title), Seth Rollins: 5 Longest (& 5 Shortest) Championship Reigns In WWE, 10 Backstage Stories About Diamond Dallas Page We Can't Believe, 10 Backstage Stories About Booker T That We Can't Believe, 5 Reasons Christian Was Better In WWE (& 5 Reasons He Was Better In TNA), The 5 Best NXT Stars To Debut At A TakeOver (& The 5 Best To Debut On TV), Bret Hart & 9 Other Wrestlers Who Said No To Vince, Paige: Her Last 10 Matches, Ranked From Worst To Best. ... A mishap at the gym lands a fighter in the dentist chair. Tournament Winner: 2 – 1 (Joe Stevenson in Season 2 and Mac Danzig in Season 6), Coach Fight Record: 1 – 0 (beat Matt Serra at UFC 98). It would only get worse for Penn as Edgar would absolutely demolish him in the coaches’ fight, winning in the third round by TKO and causing the former Welterweight and Lightweight Champion to announce his retirement once again.