The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 18) is the eighteenth U.S.-based installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter.
The series was officially announced by the UFC in March 2013 with the revelation that for the first time women will serve as coaches and the contestants will be both male and female. Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey was selected to coach against the winner of the Miesha Tate and Cat Zingano bout on the The Ultimate Fighter 17 finale in April 2013. Zingano won the fight, but a few weeks prior to filming was removed from the coaching position due to an injury and replaced by Tate.
This season, is the first to air on Fox Sports 1 and debuted on September 4, 2013, and also the first time that it had been seen on BT Sport in the UK debuting on September 5, 2013 at 11PM also.
Cast
Coaches
Fighters
- Female fighters: Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke, Peggy Morgan, Jessica Rakoczy
- Male Fighters: Chris Beal, Davey Grant, Anthony Gutierrez, Michael Wootten
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 19) is the nineteenth U.S.-based installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter.
The coaches and participating weight classes were officially announced by the UFC in September 2013. Featured on this season was a mix of middleweight and light heavyweight competitors.
Cast
Coaches
Fighters
- Middleweights: Hector Urbina, Ian Stephens, Eddie Gordon and Dhiego Lima.
- Light Heavyweights: Todd Monaghan, Patrick Walsh, Matt Van Buren and Corey Anderson.
- Middleweights: Cathal Pendred, Roger Zapata, Tim Williams and Mike King.
- Light Heavyweights: Daniel Spohn, Chris Fields, Anton Berzin and Josh Clark.
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir is the eighth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter, which went into production in late May 2008 and premiered on September 17, 2008 on Spike TV. This season features Light Heavyweight fighters (186–205 lb) and Lightweight fighters (146–155 lb).
UFC interim Heavyweight champion Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and the #1 Heavyweight contender and former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir served as coaches for the two teams. After the completion of the series, the two met for the UFC Interim Heavyweight title at UFC 92 in December.
Cast
Coaches
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, head coach
- Alex "Pitmonster" Alves, assistant coach
- Daniel Valverde, jiu jitsu coach
- Al Stankiewicz, striking coach
The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck
The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck is the twelfth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter.
The UFC and Spike TV held open tryouts on April 1, 2010, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The casting call went out for Lightweight and Light Heavyweight fighters. All fighters applying and trying out for the show needed to have at least three professional fights and be at least 21 years of age. Some of the fighters that showed up for the auditions included former TUF contestant Jason Guida and Pride veteran Charles Bennett.
It was confirmed at the UFC 113 Q&A that the winner of the Josh Koscheck and Paul Daley bout at UFC 113 would coach against Georges St-Pierre and also fight for the Welterweight Championship that St-Pierre currently holds. Koscheck eventually won the fight to coach opposite St-Pierre.
Originally this season was to have lightweights and light heavyweights, but it was confirmed that it will only have Lightweights.
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