“The Ultimate Fighter 8″ Cast Announced
The complete, 32-fighter cast of lightweights and light heavyweights for the upcoming season of the UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series, “The Ultimate Fighter 8: Team Nogueria vs. Team Mir”, was today announced by Spike TV.
The upcoming season of “The Ultimate Fighter” features both a sixteen fighter, 155-pound tournament and a sixteen fighter, 205-pound tournament.
Two new “Ultimate Fighter” champions will be crowned when the eighth season concludes with a live finale on December 13th at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas. The event will air live on Spike TV and will also feature other fighters from the current and past seasons of the reality series and UFC veterans.
“The Ultimate Fighter 8″ debuts on September 17th on Spike TV immediately following UFC Fight Night 15.
The complete “The Ultimate Fighter 8″ cast is after the jump…
LIGHTWEIGHTS (155-POUNDS)
Jose Aguilar
- Age: 25
- MMA Record: 17-3-0
- Trains With: Grapplers Edge
- Location: Las Cruces, NM
Fernando Bernstein
- Age: 25
- MMA Record: 2-0-0
- Location: San Clemente, CA
Junie Allen Browning
- Age: 22
- MMA Record: 2-0-0
- Trains With: Four Seasons Martial Arts
- Location: Lexington, KY
Rolando Delgado
- Age: 26
- MMA Record: 7-3-1
- Trains With: Westside Fight Team
- Location: North Little Rock, AR
Joseph Duarte
- Age: 24
- MMA Record: 3-0
- Trains With: Unleashed Training Facility / Alliance MMA
- Location: San Diego, CA
Efrain Escudero
- Age: 22
- MMA Record: 10-0-0
- Trains With: Southwest Martial Arts
- Location: Tempe, AZ
Brandon Garner
- Age: 26
- MMA Record: 4-1-0
- Trains With: Team ROC
- Location: Raleigh, NC
David Kaplan
- Age: 28
- MMA Record: 3-1-0
- Trains With: Lloyd Irvin Team
- Location: Camp Springs, MD
Eric Magee
- Age: 23
- MMA Record: 3-1-0
- Trains With: South Shore Sport
- Location: Rockland, MA
Brian McLaughlin
- Age: 23
- MMA Record: 5-0-0
- Trains With: Team Gracie Tampa
- Location: Tampa, FL
Wesley Murch
- Age: 25
- MMA Record: 4-2-0
- Trains With: Trojan Gym
- Location: Bristol, UK
Shane Nelson
- Age: 24
- MMA Record: 11-3-0
- Trains With: BJ Penn’s MMA
- Location: Hilo, HI
Phillipe Nover
- Age: 24
- MMA Record: 5-0-1
- Trains With: Team Renzo Gracie
- Location: Brooklyn, NY
Ido Pariente
- Age: 30
- MMA Record: 13-4-0
- Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
John Polakowski
- Age: 26
- MMA Record: 3-1-0
- Trains With: The Pit
- Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
George Roop
- Age: 26
- MMA Record: 7-3-0
- Trains With: Ultima MMA
- Location: Tucson, AZ
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS (205-POUNDS)
Ryan Bader
- Age: 24
- MMA Record: 7-0-0
- Trains With: Arizona Combat Sports
- Location: Chandler, AZ
Antwain Britt
- Age: 29
- MMA Record: 4-0-0
- Trains With: Bombsquad MMA
- Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Jules Bruchez
- Age: 30
- MMA Record: 3-2-0
- Trains With: Ronan Dojo
- Location: Lafayette, LA
Charles Diaz
- Age: 25
- MMA Record: 3-0-0
- Trains With: SD Fight Club
- Location: San Diego, CA
Lance Evans
- Age: 30
- MMA Record: 4-2-0
- Trains With: TKO MMA
- Location: Niagara Falls, NY
Karen Grigoryan
- Age: 26
- MMA Record: 5-0-0
- Trains With: RusFighters Sport Club
- Location: Russia
Jason Guida
- Age: 30
- MMA Record: 26-13-0
- Trains With: Hellhouse Gym
- Location: Chicago, IL
Ryan Jimmo
- Age: 26
- MMA Record: 6-1-0
- Trains With: Titans MMA
- Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Kyle Kingsbury
- Age: 26
- MMA Record: 7-1-1
- Trains With: American Kickboxing Academy
- Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Tom Lawlor
- Age: 24
- Trains With: American Top Team
- Location: Oviedo, FL
Ryan Lopez
- Age: 25
- MMA Record: 5-3-0
- Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Vinicius Magalhaes
- Age: 23
- MMA Record: 2-2-0
- Trains With: Team Quest
- Location: Temecula, CA
Eliot Marshall
- Age: 27
- MMA Record: 5-1-0
- Trains With: Eastern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Location: Boulder, CO
Sean O’Connell
- Age: 24
- MMA Record: 1-0-0
- Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Shane Primm
- Age: 23
- MMA Record: 1-0-0
- Trains With: Team Gracie Tampa
- Location: Tampa, FL
Krzysztof Soszynski
- Age: 30
- MMA Record: 16-8-1
- Trains With: Team Quest
- Location: Temecula, CA
Tags: Antwain Britt, Brandon Garner, Brian McLaughlin, Charles Diaz, David Kaplan, Efrain Escudero, Eliot Marshall, Eric Magee, Fernando Bernstein, George Roop, Ido Pariente, Jason Guida, Joe Duarte, John Polakowski, Jose Aguilar, Jules Bruchez, Junie Allen Browning, Karen Grigoryan, Krzysztof Soszynski, Kyle Kingsbury, Lance Evans, Phillipe Nover, Rolando Delgado, Ryan Bader, Ryan Jimmo, Ryan Lopez, Sean O’Connell, Shane Nelson, Shane Primm, Tom Lawlor, Vinicius Magalhaes, Wesley Murch
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Noguiera/A. Silva/Machida.
That team is just going to kill. Training from 3 extreme elite fighters… should be very entertaining.
I WONDER OF JASON GUIDA IS RELATED TO CLAY. DOES ANYONE KNOW A WEBSITE SO I CAN GO SEE WERE THESE GUYS ARE FROM
Jason is Clay’s brother.
jason is indeed related to clay. sherdog.com is a good place to start.
Well Dana has said there is a guy at 155 who is an animal and could be Anderson Silva like. So I’m looking forward to the show. Also nice to see Clays Bro in the LHW.
KRIS THANKS ALOT MAN… I APPRICIATE IT
ANOTHER NEW MEXICO GUY… NICE…
I am also very Happy to see a local boy fighting out of Hilo on the show.
is it just me or is jason guida a “little” more experienced than all these guys…
CLAY FIGHTS IN LW AND HIS BROTHER JASON FIGHTS IN LWH… THATS CRAZY THAT THERE IS THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE
Jason is not that great of a fighter.
As of now, without knowing anything, I will cheer for the hawaiian and the canadian.
I GOTTA GO FOR JOSE AGUILAR… HES FROM NM BUT SUBJECT TO CHANGE LOL
they shouldve gotten that guy from TAPOUT glover or wateva he koed a guy in 5 seconds i was hoping hed b on it
I believe that lance evans is a relative of rashad evans also…I’m from buffalo, and i know rashad is originally from niagara falls, and thats where it says this lance evans is from…
Go Team Mir !!!!!!!
Go Sean O’Connell! Represent the CO!!!
@Johnny D – Lance Evans is Rashad’s brother.
Wasn’t Soszyski in the IFL?
Soszynski I mean
TUF went international this time guy from Russia guy from Israel someone from Nova Scotia, and people say the UFC doesnt have world wide appeal??
seriously this year should be pretty interesting for a couple of episodes, things will have to translated yet as far as BJJ technique it should be very informative, if you havent trained in BJJ pretty sure Big Nog and Mir could teach u a thing or two, hell i train have for quite awhile and they could teach me probably alot more than a thing or two
Anyone with lots of time at work to look at the internet, look up Lance Evans on sherdog. I don’t believe he is the physical speciman that his brother is. Well, he looks fat. Like Tank Abbott fat.
so jason is clays brother lance is rashads brother lemmie guess charles diaz is nate and nick cousin too but i cant wait to see nogs team wit anderson silva as a coach
So yeah, Dana has turned the UFC into a household brand but JOE ROGAN should be hosting TUF, not that cueballed douchebag egomaniac.
I agree with esopterdactyl.
What kind of name is that anyway?
go Brandon!!!!
Team ROC!!! Have fun Brandon
COOL! i never knew that clay had a brother im pulling for him to win hope he good hardto tell alot of wins and loses
Ryan Jimmo is a tough dude
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