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¡®Mayhem¡¯ gets his moment in the sun Jason ¡°Mayhem¡± Miller was surprised by the reaction he received when he walked into the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Nov. 12 during a prelim fight ahead of the UFC¡¯s Fox debut. ¡°I got a roaring ovation, which really shocked me,¡± said Miller, who coached the recently concluded season of ¡°The Ultimate Fighter¡± reality show. ¡°So I have to thank ¡®The Ultimate Fighter¡¯ show for putting me on that platform as far as UFC fans knowing who I am.¡± A little later in the night, during a hot fight between Dustin Poirier and Pablo Garza, loud boos cascaded through the building. More From Dave Meltzer Bellator won't bend on Chandler-Alvarez rematch Nov 30, 2011 UFC launches most ambitious travel plans yet Nov 23, 2011 If the reaction in Anaheim was any indication, there should be strong interest when Miller (24-7) faces Bisping (24-3) in a battle of ¡°The Ultimate Fighter¡± coaches on Saturday night¡¯s finale from The Pearl at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. After a nearly seven-year run that put the UFC on the map, the organization¡¯s final full fight card on Spike TV will feature the five-round bout as the main event. Miller has generated a variety of reactions from others in his colorful career. Because of his outrageous personality, which landed him the hosting role on MTV¡¯s ¡°Bully Beatdown¡± for three seasons and led to the ¡°TUF¡± coaching gig, some fans like him and some don¡¯t. But Saturday night, in his first UFC fight since spring 2005, Miller has the chance to make himself an instant favorite if he can wipe the often-cocky smile off Bisping¡¯s face. ¡°You always need a good guy/bad guy dynamic, but this time, I get to be the good guy,¡± Miller said. ¡°So in that one way, I appreciate him being a loudmouth [expletive].¡± Miller said he¡¯s watched Bisping for years, because they were in the same weight class, and fighting him was always in the back of his mind. ¡°I had no personal feelings for him at the start of the show, but I had personal feelings about him as a fighter,¡± Miller said. ¡°I knew from watching his fights than I could beat him. I¡¯ve watched his fights for a long time. He¡¯s gotten a lot of recognition for doing a job that I can do better. But in the show, he earned his way into the [expletive] Hall of Fame. ¡°The first week or two, he showed little hints of his arrogance and his selfishness, but as the weeks rolled on, he showed how immature and selfish he was. He¡¯s not a good person. All that backlash of hate against him is well deserved.¡± Bisping was constantly needling Miller throughout the taping, even when Miller¡¯s fighters got on an early winning streak. There were constant pranks, both good- and bad-natured. ¡° ¡®Bully Beatdown¡¯ taught me one lesson about reality television ¨C if you give it to them, they can use it,¡± Miller said. ¡°Bisping¡¯s been complaining about the editing of the show making him look like a jerk. No, you were a jerk and they showed it. You did it. They put it on TV. It¡¯s easier when you¡¯re not a complete tool to not mess up on TV.¡± As of now, Rebney hopes for a Prindle vs. Santos rematch on next season¡¯s first show, and then to have heavyweight champion Cole Konrad defend against that bout¡¯s winner toward the end of the season. Next season¡¯s dates and locations are TBD, as Rebney is currently in New York in meetings with Viacom, the promotion¡¯s majority owner. He hopes to have spring and even summer dates announced within the next few weeks. There were some bright spots in the fall, most notably the Alvarez vs. Chandler fight which did 269,000 pay-per-view buys even though the main event went head-to-head with UFC 139 prelims on Spike and the show was moved two hours early to avoid going against the UFC. But overall, ratings for the current season, not including the season finale on Nov. 26, were down 13 percent from the spring, from an average 204,000 viewers to 178,000. The ratings decline is due, as much as anything, to the plethora of UFC programming on Saturday nights the past three months. Bellator often either ran head-to-head with the UFC or to avoid direct competition moved two hours earlier. But those shows in the new time slot often fared poorly in the ratings. ¡°Honestly, you can¡¯t be moving your time slot and maximize your viewership,¡± Rebney said. ¡°There are too many entertainment options. It¡¯s not like growing up when you had only a few TV channels. You have 500 options if you have digital cable or satellite. If you move from one time slot to another, you hurt the consumers¡¯ ability to find your programming. When you¡¯ve got some NFL games, college football games or UFC, that competition will draw viewers away. We all draw from similar demos on a Saturday night.¡± Other popular stories on Yahoo! Sports:dunk sb