UFC announced that the newly crowned women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Pena and the women’s featherweight champion Amanda Nunes will serve as coaches for The Ultimate Fighter 30. The decision received a fair share of backlash.

Later, when the list of TUF 30 fighters became public, UFC fans once again took to Twitter to criticize the roster. One name, i.e. Rob ‘Bobby Maximus’ MacDonald, bore the brunt of the criticism as he has been inactive since 2009.

“Why is UFC vet Rob MacDonald listed as Bobby Maximus?” a famous MMA journalist Marcel Dorff wrote in the comments of the post. 

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Another suggested that nobody will watch the show because of the veteran fighter. He wrote, “5-4 at 43 nobody is watching this.”

One fan also insulted the selected coaches Nunes and Pena while taking a dig at the show. He wrote, “Terrible coaches and terrible divisions gonna be a rough season.”

However, not all fans were disgusted by UFC’s choice. Some suggested that including ‘Maximus’ is a good selling point and might garner a lot of attention for the show.

The fan tweeted, “Let us be honest here. This is actually quite the selling point, and regardless of how you feel about the show, there is no denying that there’s a certain intrigue the comes from seeing a 43 year old UFC Vet enter the show 16 years after his last UFC bout.”

Rob MacDonald in the UFC

‘Maximus’ was an undefeated fighter before he made his UFC debut. He entered his fourth professional bout in the light heavyweight division and suffered his first setback as Jason Lambert submitted him.

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In his second fight, ‘Maximus’ defeated his opponent in the first round via submission and also won the ‘Submission Of the Night’ bonus.

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In his last UFC fight, ‘Maximus’ faced yet another devastating defeat in the first round. With a 1-2 record, he departed from the promotion in 2006 and had three more fights.

It will be interesting to see if Rob MacDonald ‘Bobby Maximus’ can prove his detractors wrong when he returns to fighting after 13 years. What are your thoughts on UFC including an inactive fighter in TUF 30? Let us know in the comments below.