Michael Bisping Names Jason 'Mayhem' Miller His Most Annoying TUF Rival
Michael Bisping said Jason 'Mayhem' Miller was the most annoying rival coach he faced on The Ultimate Fighter. The former UFC champion reached that view after three coaching runs on the series, including seasons against Dan Henderson and Daniel Cormier. He also said he could not wait to fight Miller after spending that much time around him.
Bisping on Miller, Henderson, Cormier
“DC's awesome. He's the man, but he's also the man. He picks his times. He wants it like this. He wants it like that. But come on, without a shadow of a doubt, Jason 'Mayhem' Miller, right? Being around him for that long, I couldn't wait to fight him. But wish him all the best. That was a long time ago.” Bisping drew a clear line between the three rival coaches he faced across The Ultimate Fighter and placed Miller at the top of the list.
He gave Henderson the gentlest review of the group. “Dan Henderson wasn't annoying at all,” Bisping said, adding, “He's a very level-headed guy, so he wasn't annoying at all.” That fit the result that followed their coaching season: Bisping lost by knockout to Henderson after The Ultimate Fighter.
The Ultimate Fighter roster pressure
Bisping’s read on the show went beyond the coaches. “I'll say this: the talent, and I'm not just saying this as a PR guy or a company guy like every nobhead online says, the talent is so good,” he said. “It's crazy.” He pointed to one recruit as “a four-time jiu-jitsu world champion” and said, “These guys came in, and they've been doing MMA since they were like six, seven years old.”
That talent level framed why his coaching runs kept producing real stakes. Bisping entered the UFC by winning season three of The Ultimate Fighter, coached Team United Kingdom on season nine in 2009 against Henderson, then coached opposite Miller in 2011. He later beat Miller by TKO after their season, while his third coaching run came 15 years later with Daniel Cormier, who he described as a friend in a very different setup.
Bisping and Daniel Cormier
“Yeah, it was great, man. Me and DC we had some fun, you know. I lost my hair through stress, maybe. I got it back, though. Don't worry.” That lighter tone matched Bisping’s description of Cormier as a friend and the two being retired and in different weight classes during their coaching season. For readers tracking the rivalry timeline, the sharper edge belongs to Miller, not the later pairing with Cormier.
