Rampage Jackson & Other Terrible Coaches On The Ultimate Fighter

The Ultimate Fighter was at one point the most valuable promotional tool the UFC had. Pitting two large figures against one another as coaches, there were some incredible moments that have come out of the show's 16-year run. While the show has faltered in popularity, it's still one of the most important pieces of media in the UFC's history.

RELATED: 10 UFC Fighters With The Most Significant Strikes Landed In A Single FightThat being said, while the show has had a lot of good, there's been a lot of bad. Especially in the way of coaching, as fighters like Quinton "Rampage" Jackson may be good in the cage, but they're not great out of it. In fact, he is one of the worst coaches in the show's history.

10 Brian Ortega

On the most recent edition of The Ultimate Fighter, fans were treated to Brian Ortega and Alexander Volkanovski coaching against one another. While Volkanovski was a great coach who was detailed in his instructions, and always helpful with his fighters, the same can't be said for Ortega.

Brian Ortega was accused by fellow coach Alexander Volkanovski of always showing up late, and not actually helping his team when cameras weren't around. It didn't help matters when not a single one of Ortega's fighters made the finals in either bracket, showing his lack of coaching ability.

9 Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar getting a coaching position despite only having seven fights to his name was an interesting one, to say the least. Lesnar lacked a lot of technical ability coaching on the show, and also used a lot of strange superlatives that confused his team such as his "Chicken Salad" expression, which became a meme.

Lesnar tried his best, but it was clear he lacked a lot of technical advice, especially compared to his opposing coach in Junior Dos Santos.

8 Josh Koscheck

Josh Koscheck had all the capacity to be a great coach. He was a phenomenal wrestler and had a great mind for MMA. But unfortunately for his team, Koscheck was more focused on being a troll to his adversary Georges St-Pierre than helping his team.

Koscheck was busy spending most of the season trying to roast St-Pierre, which led his team to fail. Three of the final four fighters were Team St-Pierre, and the season was won by Team St-Pierre's Jonathan Brookins.

7 Jon Jones

Despite being one of the greatest fighters of all time, Jon Jones wasn't a great coach during the 17th season of the Ultimate Fighter. Jones' lack of ability was in massive contrast against his fellow coach Chael Sonnen, who was one of the greatest coaches ever on the program.

Jones tried but wasn't a great motivator for his team. Jones seemed unfocused during the season and didn't seem to care when no one from his team made the finals of the middleweight tournament.

6 Eddie Alvarez

Eddie Alvarez was coaching opposite Justin Gaethje for the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter. While Gaethje wasn't a coaching savant, he still was better than Alvarez by seemingly just knowing his fighter's names. Something that Alvarez forgot on multiple occasions.

Alvarez regularly confused fighters Lauren Murphy and Barb Honchack, which led to Murphy leaving the team after Alvarez went on a tirade on Murphy while completely mistaking her with the aforementioned Honchack. It's lso worth noting that none of his fighters made the finals, as both Team Gaethje fighters fought for the tournament championship.

5 Ken Shamrock

Ken Shamrock's stint on the third season of The Ultimate Fighter was a fun one. The main reason is his massive rivalry with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz, which stole the spotlight over the course of the season.

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However, Shamrock wasn't a great coach mainly due to his rivalry with Ortiz. He was so focused on arguing with Ortiz, and it also didn't help that Shamrock was rarely there for his team. In the end, the finals were both won by Team Ortiz fighters.

4 Matt Hughes

Matt Hughes was on the show twice as a coach, and while his first go-around on the second season was fine, his next appearance on sixth season was incredibly lackluster. Hughes seemed sick of the whole ordeal by the time the season was over, and it didn't help matters that he looked bad in comparison to his fellow coach Matt Serra.

Granted, Serra is an actual coach nowadays, so he's got more natural ability, but Hughes was still a terrible coach. Somehow, both of the fighters in the finals were from Team Hughes, but that was more due to the lack of talent on the season than a positive influence from Matt Hughes' coaching.

3 BJ Penn

If one is looking for proof that fighting ability doesn't translate to coaching ability, look no further than BJ Penn. Penn had two stints on the show, and his team failed badly both times. While Penn did give nice little tidbits of coaching from time to time, he also made fun of his own team regularly and didn't seem that interested in coaching.

In both seasons that Penn coached, not a single fighter made it to the finals from his team. Yes, across three tournaments, not a single fighter Penn coached could make it to the end, let alone win.

2 Wanderlei Silva

Similar to Jon Jones, Wanderlei Silva was coaching against one of the best in Chael Sonnen. However, unlike Jones, you didn't have to contrast the two men to tell that Silva was a bad coach. No, instead he looked terrible all by himself on the third Brazilian Ultimate Fighter season.

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Silva did little in the way of coaching and was even called out by Dana White for being a terrible mentor halfway through the season. It didn't help matters that he was so focused on Chael Sonnen that he did little in the way of training, even brawling with Sonnen halfway through the season.

1 Rampage Jackson

Rampage Jackson's first stint on The Ultimate Fighter was okay. Yes, he was a terrible coach, and his team didn't win anything, but he was still a fun guy, and he actually cared. Season 10 Rampage Jackson on the other hand was like a completely different person.

Rampage seemed emotionally checked out by the third episode, not caring whether his team won or lost. He spent most of his time bullying Team Evans' member Darill Schoonover, and his team didn't have a single fighter get past the quarterfinals.