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Dollar vs. Dent at TUF 9 Finale; Spike and UFC Extend TUF Contract
Jun 15, 2009 - 9:19 am ET | 9 Comments
Dollar vs. Dent at TUF 9 Finale; Spike and UFC Extend TUF Contract

Team US lightweight semifinalists Cameron Dollar and Jason Dent will square off at Saturday's The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale in Las Vegas. Also, UFC President Dana White announced on Saturday that the UFC recently extended its deal with Spike TV for The Ultimate Fighter through 14 seasons.

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250 Fighters Tryout for The Ultimate Fighter 10
Apr 7, 2009 - 10:43 am ET | 18 Comments
250 Fighters Tryout for The Ultimate Fighter 10

250 fighters tried out for The Ultimate Fighter 10 on Monday in Seattle in hopes of landing one of the slots on the upcoming season of the UFC reality series, which will begin taping this summer for a fall debut.

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The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 9 Recap
Nov 13, 2008 - 12:34 pm ET | 31 Comments
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 9 Recap

With just two fights remaining in the quarterfinals, one in each weight class, the final matchups are set and this week light heavyweights Krzysztof Soszynski and Kyle Kingsbury clash for the remaining spot in the semis.
Earlier in the season Soszynski injured his hand in training, and though the hand isn’t yet fully recovered the 205-pounder [...]

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The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 8 Recap
Nov 6, 2008 - 12:35 pm ET | 28 Comments
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 8 Recap

WARNING: SPOILERS INCLUDED
The 155-pound tournament resumes this week as two of the remaining four lightweights clash to secure a spot in the semis.
Team Nogueira has been pilaging Tom Lawlor’s fruit trays while Team Mir has been eating Phillipe Nover’s sushi. Each squad devises a plan to punish the other with Team Mir peeing in the [...]

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Dana White Criticizes US vs. UK Ultimate Fighter Format
Nov 4, 2008 - 10:52 am ET | 34 Comments
Dana White Criticizes US vs. UK Ultimate Fighter Format

In a recent interview with The Sun, UFC President Dana White offered sharp criticism of the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter, which is slated to feature a United States vs. United Kingdom format.
“I said from day one I hate the UK v USA idea. It’s dumb, I don’t like it — it’s not USA [...]

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The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 7 Recap
Oct 30, 2008 - 12:34 am ET | 26 Comments
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 7 Recap

WARNING: SPOILERS INCLUDED
This week’s installment of “The Ultimate Fighter 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” starts off with discussion on Junie Browning’s underwhelming win on last weeks episode over Roli Delgado. Though Browning walked away with a controversial split decision victory much of the praise is for Delgado’s surprising showing while Browning is criticized for [...]

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Rich Franklin: Will Coach For Money
Oct 29, 2008 - 10:08 am ET | 27 Comments
Rich Franklin: Will Coach For Money

Speaking to MMATraining.com , former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin dispelled rumors that he had been tapped as a possible coach for season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter: US vs. UK. Franklin made it pretty clear that he had no desire to serve as a TUF coach yet again, but would always [...]

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Dana White Offers Kimbo Slice Spot on The Ultimate Fighter
Oct 28, 2008 - 9:50 am ET | 80 Comments

During the post-UFC 90 press conference UFC President Dana White offered Kimbo Slice a spot on an upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter reality series, but cast doubt that Slice, who recently suffered the first loss of his career to TUF veteran Seth Petruzelli, would emerge victorious from the heavyweight tournament.
“He can be on The [...]

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The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 6 Recap
Oct 22, 2008 - 11:04 pm ET | 56 Comments
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 6 Recap

Last week on “The Ultimate Fighter 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” Team MIr captured control in the second light heavyweight preliminary fight as 205-pounder Elliot Marshall submitted Team Nogueira’s Shane Primm via rear naked choke.
This week Junie Browning will look to back up his talk, squaring off with a fellow lightweight Roli Delgado for [...]

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The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 5 Recap
Oct 16, 2008 - 11:06 am ET | 35 Comments
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 5 Recap

CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED
We immediately pick up where we left off last week as Junie Browning jumps over the fence and into the octagon to confront Efrain Escudero following his victory over Shane Nelson. Antonio Rodrigo Noeguira is able to wrangle him up before things can escalate and the situation cools down, though Team Nogueira takes [...]

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The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 4 Recap
Oct 8, 2008 - 11:00 pm ET | 31 Comments

CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED
Last week on The Ultimate Fighter 8 “Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir” Ryan Bader became the first light heavyweight to advance to the 205-pound tournament semifinals, defeating Tom Lawlor via first-round knockout.
We open up this week’s episode with the fighters sitting around the house watching UFC 84, which featured UFC lightweight champion BJ [...]

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The Ultimate Fighter 9 “US vs. UK” To Feature Welterweights and Middleweights
Sep 18, 2008 - 3:35 pm ET | 62 Comments

During last night’s Spike TV broadcast of UFC Fight Night 15 UFC announcer Mike Goldberg revealed that the UFC has begun its search for fighters for the ninth installment of The Ultimate Fighter reality series.
The Ultimate Fighter 9 will feature welterweights (170 pounds) and middleweights (185 pounds) in a United States versus United Kingdom format.
Auditions [...]

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TUF 1 Marathon, Reunion Special To Air On Spike TV On Saturday, September 13th
Sep 10, 2008 - 7:00 am ET | 20 Comments

Spike TV and the UFC have reunited top members of the original cast of “The Ultimate Fighter” for a marathon of the inaugural season of the UFC reality series.
A series of clips featuring TUF 1 cast members UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin, Chris Leben, Stephan Bonnar, Josh Koscheck, Nate Quarry, Kenny Florian, Diego Sanchez, [...]

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Report: Wanderlei Silva’s Opponenet To Be Revealed Tonight
Oct 23, 2007 - 3:04 pm ET | 12 Comments

Wanderlei Silva’s opponent for his upcoming UFC bout will be announced tonight on Spike TV by UFC President Dana White according to a report by Pramit Mohapatra of The Baltimore Sun:
UFC has just notified me that president Dana White will be making an appearance tonight on Spike TV’s Scream 2007 show to announce Wanderlei Silva’s [...]

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Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight TUF Seasons Coming “Soon”
Jun 27, 2007 - 1:00 pm ET | 1 Comment

During yesterday’s appearance on ESPNEWS’ The Hotlist UFC President Dana White was asked during a viewer main session whether the UFC planned on doing another light heavyweight season on The Ultimate Fighter. White confirmed that the UFC planned on doing both light heavyweight and heavyweight seasons of the reality series “soon”.
White mispoke in saying that [...]

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