The Ultimate Fighter 11 Cast Announced

Spike TV today announced the cast for “The Ultimate Fighter 11,” which debuts on March 31 at 10pm ET immediately following “UFC Fight Night 21: Florian vs. Gomi“. TUF 11 features a cast of 28 middleweights, coached by former light heavyweight champions Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, who will compete to become the next “Ultimate Fighter”.

Here’s a video introduction of the fighters, and below is the complete cast for The Ultimate Fighter 11 from Spike:

RICH ATTONITO

  • Hometown: Deerfield Beach, Fla.
  • Affiliation: American Top Team
  • Record: 7-3
  • Age: 32

A 2001 graduate of Hofstra University, Rich Attonito wrestled several different weight classes as a member of the Pride wrestling team, including the 167- and 197-pound divisions. Attonito has been training with American Top Team since he moved to Florida in 2006. He is the strength and conditioning coach for UFC veteran Luigi Fioravanti.

SETH BACZYNSKI

  • Hometown: Canyon, Ariz.
  • Affiliation: Apex MMA
  • Record: 11-5
  • Age: 28

Baczynski is a training partner to TUF 8 champion Efrain Escudero and TUF 9 alum Santino DeFranco. He is a full-time water inspector for Liberty Water.

CHARLES BLANCHARD

  • Hometown: Coconut Creek, Fla.
  • Affiliation: American Top Team
  • Record: 7-2
  • Age: 24

A two-time all-state wrester in high school, Blanchard is a single father. He is a jiu-jitsu brown belt as well as a published poet.

JOSH BRYANT

  • Hometown: Tulsa, Okla.
  • Affiliation: Absolute Combat Alliance
  • Record: 10-0
  • Age: 29

A member of the Absolute Combat Alliance camp in Tulsa, Okla., Josh is the manager of Mazzio’s Italian Eatery in Oklahoma.

CHRIS CAMOZZI

  • Hometown: Denver
  • Affiliation: Gumm MMA
  • Record: 11-3
  • Age: 22

Camozzi is a freestyle fighter who works as a bouncer in his spare time. Two of his three losses are to TUF alums Jesse Forbes (Season 3) and Jesse Taylor (Season 7).

BRENT COOPER

  • Hometown: Long Beach, Calif.
  • Affiliation: Team Oyama
  • Record: 5-1
  • Age: 31

Of Sioux Indian descent, Cooper is a pipe liner by day for Shell Oil, and a devastating striker by night, with four of his five wins coming via TKO.

JACEN FLYNN

  • Hometown: Meridian, Idaho
  • Affiliation: None
  • Record: 8-2
  • Age: 31

Jacen Flynn own wins over UFC veterans Denis Kang and Dean Lister. He is a social worker.

JAMES HAMMORTREE

  • Hometown: Ocala, Fla.
  • Affiliation: USA Martial Arts
  • Record: 4-0
  • Age: 23

Following one season at Weber International, where he starred on the football team as a linebacker and on special teams, Hammortree left the program in order to become a full-time fighter. He is a one-time high school wrestler and turned professional in 2009.

JOSEPH HENLE

  • Hometown: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
  • Affiliation: Big John McCarthy’s MMA
  • Record: 3-0
  • Age: 26

Joseph Henle splits time training at Big John McCarthy’s MMA and working as a substitute teacher and wrestling coach. Henle earned his MBA in financial planning from California Lutheran University in ’06. He speaks fluent Japanese.

CHARLEY LYNCH

  • Hometown: Mound, Minn.
  • Affiliation: Northway MMA
  • Record: 6-0
  • Age: 25

The self-proclaimed baddest man in Minnesota, Charley Lynch owns a 6-0 professional record with zero of his bouts going to decision.

KRIS MCCRAY

  • Hometown: Dumfries, Va.
  • Affiliation: Chute Boxe
  • Record: 5-0
  • Age: 28

The son of a military father, Kris McCray was raised in Germany, where he excelled on the soccer pitch. In 1999, McCray moved permanently to the United States, where he has served parts of 8 years (6 active, 2 inactive) as a member of the Army Reserve. He has an Associates degree in Social Studies from Northern Virginia Community College.

COURT MCGEE

  • Hometown: Orem, Utah
  • Affiliation: Throwdown Elite Fight Team
  • Record: 9-1
  • Age: 24

A Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist, Court McGee beat Season 9 runner-up DaMarques Johnson in 2007 by submission. He’s also 2-0 as a pro boxer.

CLAYTON MCKINNEY

  • Hometown: Orlando, Fla.
  • Affiliation: Jungle MMA
  • Record: 4-2
  • Age: 27

A teammate of Season 8 alum Tom Lawlor at Jungle MMA, McKinney is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt. He supplements his training by working security at a local bar.

KYLE NOKE

  • Hometown: Albuquerque, N.M.
  • Affiliation: Jackson’s MMA
  • Record: 16-4-1
  • Age: 29

Noke, from Mooloolaba, Australia, is the former bodyguard of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin. Noke defeated Season 6 alum George Sotiropoulos in June 2005 and current cast mate Kyacey Uscola in September.

VICTOR O’DONNELL

  • Hometown: Milford, Ohio
  • Affiliation: Vision MMA
  • Record: 8-1
  • Age: 27

O’Donnell suffered his first professional loss in September against cast mate Costantinos Philippou. Before that, he had won eight in a row, seven of which were by submission.

NORMAN PARAISY

  • Hometown: Coconut Creek, Fla.
  • Affiliation: American Top Team
  • Record: 5-1
  • Age: 23

Norman Paraisy was born and raised Paris. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu artist left France in order to pursue MMA in the U.S. and is now a member of the American Top Team.

COSTANTINOS PHILIPPOU

  • Hometown: Merrick, N.Y.
  • Affiliation: Serra-Longo MMA
  • Record: 5-1
  • Age: 30

Costantinos Philippou is a former boxer with three professional and over 80 amateur fights on his record. He was born and raised in Greece.

GREG REBELLO

  • Hometown: Buzzards Bay, Mass.
  • Affiliation: Sityodtong USA
  • Record: 9-2
  • Age: 27

Rebello under the watchful eye of highly regarded coach Mark DellaGrotte. Currently in peak physical condition, Rebello at one time weighed in over 300 pounds before dedicating himself to fitness at 18.

NICK RING

  • Hometown: Calgary, Canada
  • Affiliation: B.D.P. Martial Arts
  • Record: 10-0
  • Age: 30

Ring returned to MMA in May following a three-year stint away from the sport after suffering a devastating knee injury. In that time, Ring boxed professionally and was 4-1 with three knockouts.

JORDAN SMITH

  • Hometown: Clearfield, Utah
  • Affiliation: Throwdown Elite Fight Team
  • Record: 10-0
  • Age: 24

A seventh grade teacher, Jordan Smith is a former professional boxer who trains with cast mate Court McGee at Throwdown Elite Fight Team.

BEN STARK

  • Hometown: Tamarac, Fla.
  • Affiliation: American Top Team
  • Record: 3-1
  • Age: 27

Born and raised a practitioner of the Orthodox Jewish religion until the age of 6, Ben Stark began training with American Top Team in Florida as a sophomore in college. When not at the gym, Stark likes to breed snakes.

LYLE STEFFENS

  • Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
  • Affiliation: Apex MMA
  • Record: 5-2
  • Age: 26

Steffens is a firefighter and an EMT and trains with cast member Seth Baczynski.

BRAD TAVARES

  • Hometown: Las Vegas
  • Affiliation: Tapout Training Center
  • Record: 4-0
  • Age: 21

Tavares is the youngest of this season’s cast members. Originally from Hilo, Hawaii, Tavares recently relocated to Las Vegas and trains full-time with Tapout.

WARREN THOMPSON

  • Hometown: Marietta, Ga.
  • Affiliations: Team Khunpon/Roberto Traven BJJ
  • Record: 5-0
  • Age: 23

Thompson, known as “The Kool-Aid Man,” is a Muay Thai fighter and a volunteer firefighter.

KYACEY USCOLA

  • Hometown: Sacramento, Calif.
  • Affiliation: Team Alpha Male
  • Record: 18-15
  • Age: 28

Kyacey Uscola joins the cast with 33 professional MMA fights on his record. He trains with WEC star Urijah Faber.

CLEBURN WALKER

  • Hometown: Keller, Texas
  • Affiliation: Team Lutter
  • Record: 9-3
  • Age: 26

Cleburn Walker is a full-time fighter and an instructor at Team Lutter. He suffered a recent loss via submission to TUF Season 3 alum Jesse Forbes in June.

WOODY WEATHERBY

  • Hometown: Hudson, N.H.
  • Affiliations: Renzo Gracie Academy/Micky Ward’s Boxing Gym & Xtreme MMA
  • Record: 7-3
  • Age: 27

A former Navy officer, Weatherby currently works full-time as a corrections officer for the Hillsborough County jail in Manchester, N.H.

JAMIE YAGER

  • Hometown: Los Angeles
  • Affiliation: Kings MMA
  • Record: 2-1
  • Age: 25

A standout varsity letterman in baseball and football, Yager was the 2001 Athlete of the Year at South Pasadena High School in California. He picked up training MMA as a hobby, and went straight from training to the professional ranks in February 2008 as part of BET’s “Iron Ring” show.

13 COMMENTS
  • a-dog says:

    That Charlie Lynch dude already gives me the heebie-jeebies.

  • Etherbunny says:

    Wow, a lot of people from ATT are on the roster for this season. I bet most of them will be facing team-mates to get into the house.

    • Kris Karkoski says:

      The bios definitely hint at a lot of the likely storylines, like rematches and teammate vs. teammate fights.

      • Etherbunny says:

        Yeah and rematches, completely looked over the rematches…my brain doesn’t work too well when it’s almost 5 on a Monday, or Friday…and sometimes Wednesdays and on the weekend too :)

  • Brent says:

    I cant believe Ben Stark was only 6 when he decided to stop practicing Judaism. He has to be a very educated person to make that decision at 6…

  • JoeSama Bin Rogan says:

    I’ve taken the liberty of coming up with new/improved nicknames for each of these fighters.

    RICH “the first of many scruffy beards in this video” ATTONITO

    SETH “Jason Macdonald banged my mom 28 years & nine months ago”BACZYNSKI

    CHARLES “Keep your ear to the ground” BLANCHARD

    JOSH “I usually don’t read a prompter when i’m signing for my sweet alternative rock band” BRYANT

    CHRIS “you think i hit hard? You should watch me blink” CAMOZZI

    BRENT “no my penis doesn’t have eyebrows. why do you ask?” COOPER

    JACEN “I eat UFC vets for breakfast” FLYNN

    JAMES “HAMMORTREE” HAMMORTREE (i honestly didn’t see his last name until after i came up with that sweet nickname)

    JOSEPH “with a little bit of shine i look like a ken doll” HENLE

    CHARLEY “get… that… camera… out…. of… my… face..” LYNCH

    COURT “Me and Kimbo all day baby, get that bread” MCGEE

    KRIS “buffer would pass out saying my name as it is” MCCRAY

    CLAYTON “aim your money shot at my soul patch” MCKINNEY

    KYLE “shrug your shoulders if you can’t understand what i’m saying” NOKE

    VICTOR “rich franklin told me shaping my eyebrows was cool” O’DONNELL

    NORMAN ” Fawck ewwwe EEmareecA” PARAISY

    COSTANTINOS “do my sick tat’s make my head look small?” PHILIPPOU

    GREG “All it took was beating jared up and eating at subway twice a day” REBELLO

    NICK “i’m sure my smirk says it all, but just so you know i’m much more clever than the dumbass that’s taking 45 minutes trying way to hard to come up with new nicknames for the entire tuf11 cast” RING

    JORDAN “Riding shotgun in Zach morris’ 93 camaro” SMITH

    BEN “proudly sponsered by hoelzer riech” STARK

    LYLE “Charisma is my middle name… and my nickname” STEFFENS

    BRAD “Las vegas, Hawaii is my hometown” TAVARES

    WARREN “when i’m not training i’m doing all of woody harrelson’s stunts” THOMPSON

    KYACEY “Mark hughes” USCOLA

    CLEBURN “me and t-lutt have the spider all figured out” WALKER

    WOODY “they call me the nightstick, you don’t want to know why” WEATHERBY

    JAMIE “this will be way easier than Iron Ring” YAGER

  • Will says:

    I am already puttin my money on Kyle Noke.

  • GarRule says:

    All right! A fellow Long Islander…from the Island of Greece! My money’s on Costantinos Philippou! Go Team Serra-Longo!!!

  • jcohl says:

    Well, I asked for a new crop of 185ers, and this is what Dana had trucked in.
    I guess we’ll see what we see, and maybe get a decent fighter out of this deal…

  • dbiz says:

    Jacen Flynn sounds dangerous if he holds wins over Lister and Kang.

    • Etherbunny says:

      My thoughts exactly dbiz, I just didn’t know why he wouldn’t have been picked up sooner with two wins over high calibur fighters such as Kang and Lister until a saw that those fights were 10+ years ago and were early in both Kang’s and Lister’s career.

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