Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson: Who will coach TUF9?
It was rumoured and then not rumoured, and now it’s official-ish that the winner of the upcoming Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson fight will be the second coach opposite Michael Bisping for the next season of “Ultimate Fighter.” Neither Franklin nor Henderson are said to be all that crazy aboot the idea, but Dana White has said, “so it is written, so it will come to pass.”
I’ll be honest, I’m under whelmed. The idea is that the two coaches would fight after the shows wraps, with the winner receiving a title shot against Anderson Silva. Here’s the rub: Henderson has already lost to Silva, and Franklin lost to him twice. Fans aren’t exactly clamoring for a rematch…especially considering Anderson beat the crap out of them the first three times.
The other thing is that both Franklin and Henderson recently went up to 205, and are even fighting at 205 at UFC 93. To drop down a weight class for a show they don’t want to be one and a fight no one really wants to see…it kinda doesn’t make a lick of sense.
