UFC Junction.com

When the decision was made in November to go with Quinton Jackson and Forrest Griffin as coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter" reality show, leading to a UFC light heavyweight title match between the two on pay-per-view television, the idea seemed like pure box office gold.

With 13 weeks of the two at odds, their personalities exposed to more than two million viewers per week between the three different airings of the show, there seemed to be potential for one of the high water pay-per-view marks in the company's history.

But with Saturday's matchup at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas approaching, something, in hindsight, didn't quite click.