Chael Sonnen and Daniel Cormier won’t be fighting at the conclusion of The Ultimate Fighter 33, but you can bet they badly want bragging rights in their coaching matchup.
The season premiere of TUF 33 aired Tuesday and featured the familiar formula of two established stars—UFC Hall of Famers Cormier and Sonnen this time around—leading teams of octagon hopefuls. Comprising the 16-man cast this year are eight welterweights and eight flyweights representing 10 countries in total.
After a short evaluation period, Cormier won the coin toss to make the first pick and he went with recent LFA flyweight champion Eduardo Henrique from Brazil. For his first welterweight pick, Cormier chose another Brazilian, Rodrigo Sezinando,…