Former light heavyweight champions and bitter rivals Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz have announced their assistant coaches for the upcoming eleventh season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF).

"The Iceman" and "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" return to the TUF franchise to coach a 28-man roster of hungry middleweights vying for a "six-figure contract" on the Spike TV reality series, set to debut on March 31.

Liddell has called upon jiu-jitsu studs Jake Shields and Scott Epstein, former boxer and gold medalist Howard Davis Jr. and of course, longtime friend and trainer John Hackleman. Countering them will be the Ortiz gang consisting of WEC lightweight "Razor" Rob McCullough, Muay Thai master Saul Soliz and jiu-jitsu black belt Cleber Luciano. In addition, Ortiz will bring in a public relations specialist to help coach the fighters on branding and marketing.

The middleweight cast should provide a refreshing change from the cardio-challenged heavyweights that "fought" on Season 10, while the new format may help add some life to the Liddell-Ortiz feud, which has already run its course on two separate occasions a few years back.

Liddell and Ortiz have met twice under the Zuffa banner, with the icy one claiming a TKO stoppage in both encounters. While most of the heat that surrounded their feud has long since dissipated, expect a new rivalry to emerge after squaring off in Season 11 of TUF.

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 11 Finale will air at 10 p.m. ET immediately following Spike TV's broadcast of UFC Fight Night 21 on June 21.