Michael Chiesa and WWE superstar feature on Daniel Cormier’s coaching team for The Ultimate Fighter

A few interesting faces have made an appearance on Daniel Cormier’s coaching team for the new season of The Ultimate Fighter.

For the new season of The Ultimate Fighter, the UFC has decided to do something different. Instead of putting two fighters as coaches, with the intention being that they’ll square off at the end of the season, they’ve gone for Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen. As we know, both of these men have long since retired from mixed martial arts.

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Now, they spend the majority of their time doing analysis or commentary. For this show, however, Cormier and Sonnen will be entertaining the masses once again – whilst also trying to coach their respective teams to victory.

For Cormier, he’ll be enlisting some intriguing names as part of his coaching team, as revealed by Michael Chiesa in the following picture.

It’s an honor to be a part of the Team Cormier coaching staff for this season of TUF. We’ve got quite a crew over here!@dc_mma @CrazyBobCook @TiagoBeowulf @JuliusCreedWWE @bigwoodmma #TUF33 #TeamCormier pic.twitter.com/FBCTzNyeaa

— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) February 11, 2025

Chiesa and WWE star make appearances on Cormier’s TUF team

“It’s an honor to be a part of the Team Cormier coaching staff for this season of TUF. We’ve got quite a crew over here! @dc_mma @CrazyBobCook @TiagoBeowulf @JuliusCreedWWE @bigwoodmma #TUF33 #TeamCormier”

Chiesa certainly feels like a safe pair of hands. Perhaps the more interesting choice, though, is WWE superstar Julius Creed. The 30-year-old, known by amateur wrestling fans by his real name of Jacob Kasper, was a two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) All-American and a three-time NCAA Academic All-American at Duke University. In 2017, he helped Daniel Cormier train for his UFC 214 rematch against Jon Jones – and the two have clearly stayed in touch.

What do you make of these picks from Daniel Cormier? Let us know, BJPENN Nation!