The casting call went out for Welterweight and Middleweight fighters, however, all fighters will be in the welterweight division. All fighters applying and trying out for the show must have at least three professional fights and be at least 21 years of age. This season will not feature an elimination round like the two seasons before it, however, the "wild card" selections introduced in Season 11 will still be featured.
The initial cast will also only be 14 rather than the usual 16, 28 or 32 in recent seasons. Team Tompkins MMA record: UFC Lesnar vs. On May 12, , Dana White announced that Brock Lesnar had to pull out of the fight due a second bout of diverticulitis. Shane Carwin replaced him. Have you watched The Ultimate Fighter?
The Ultimate Fighter. By Dan Phillips Updated: 10 May am. If the Ultimate Fighting Championship has indeed crossed over into the mainstream, then it undoubtedly owes a large part of that success to The Ultimate Fighter reality show. The UFC has been on a meteoric rise in popularity ever since Spike debuted the series back in , introducing the sport to countless new viewers, allowing audiences to connect fighters to personalities, and even creating some legitimate stars and champions in the likes of Forrest Griffin and Rashad Evans, among others.
For the show's tenth season, President Dana White has pulled out all the stops in order to inject new life and interest into the series. With Brock Lesner carving a scary path across the Heavyweight Division, White has turned to his most effective source of new talent to find the next great super-sized fighter.
For coaches, White has enlisted none other than former Season 2 winner Rashad Evans and his fellow former Light-Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson to train the eclectic cast, which includes an impressive roll call of former NFL players, collegiate wrestlers and MMA veterans. Oh, and Kimbo Slice. Unless you avoided anyone who mentioned MMA over the past two years or so, you've probably heard Slice's bizarre name before.
A former strip club bouncer and bodyguard, Slice became a YouTube sensation when clips of his brutal unsanctioned street fights in backyard barbeques hit the Internet. His cult popularity led to a contract with the upstart EliteXC organization, which quickly pushed him as their marquee fighter.
And here he is. Evans and Jackson are the two strongest and most amusing characters, and their clear dislike for one another leads to some of the debut's best moments.
White has long used the show's coaches to build up interest in an eventual bout, and the lead up to Evans and Jackson's grudge match is sure to offer great entertainment. The intense competition between the fighters will continue after they leave the gym - at the Ultimate Fighter House. These warriors will be forced to live with each other, knowing that any day they could be forced to fight each other in the UFC Octagon.
There will be two teams and in every episode each team will compete in a physical challenge to determine who will have to fight. They will combine old school training techniques with tests of brute strength.
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