The Ultimate Fighter 5 started out with an OK 1.4 rating for its premiere then fell to 1.3 for episode 2, now MMAWeekly.com is reporting that last week’s episode fell further to a 1.2 rating. The bout on the show was hyped as one of the best TUF fights ever, a sentiment echoed by Dana [...]

- There are rumors floating that a U.K. version of The Ultimate Fighter is in the works. A quick search also reveals that versions for Mexico with the UFC and Japan for Pride may also be in the works. I like the shows but how sustainable is this model. Eventually the UFC will run out [...]

I have already mentioned both in my live coverage and UFC 70 results that Matt Serra and Matt Hughes would be coaching The Ultimate Fighter 6 but I think I should dedicate a post acclimating new fans to this rivalry as well as their histories in the UFC.
Matt Serra (6-4 UFC) is probably the most [...]

For times sake I’ve decided to refrain from writing my own recap from The Ultimate Fighter 5’s 3rd episode I’ve decided to link to some other recaps instead. You can catch a complete recap of the action on UFCMania.com and UFCJunkie.com.
On a related note the ratings for episode 2 have come in courtesy of MMAWeekly.com. [...]

***SPOILERS***
Continue reading this entry only if you want to know what happened on last night’s episode. If you are planning on watching the episode this post includes details on the episode including the results from the fight.

There is some UFC on TV tonight for those who don’t already know. The one worth watching will be the second episode of The Ultimate Fighter 5 which will air at 10:00 on Spike TV and another lightweight will be sent packing.
Also tonight the UFC will be airing a special entitled “Bad Blood: Dana vs. [...]

MMAWeekly.com has the stats on last weeks The Ultimate Fighter 5 premiere which did surprisingly low numbers:
The season premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 5, which aired on Spike TV on April 5th, drew an overall rating of 1.4. This puts the TUF 5 premiere in a tie with the premiere of the very first season [...]

Hard Lessons
SI.com has a featured article on their site about Nate Marquardt who will be facing Anderson Silva for the middleweight title on July 7th at UFC 72.
Wineland works overtime to climb MMA ladder
Houston Chronicle writer Steve Seivert has a blog post up about MMA fighters who have regular jobs as well as fighting [...]

I don’t want to run spoilers on the front page for those wandering eyes that don’t want to know so for those who want to see spoilers for the first episode just click the “Read the rest of this entry” link to check them out.

Today the UFC announced their season 6 tryouts for The Ultimate Fighter. The show played a large role in taking MMA to where it is today. Here’s the release from UFC.com:
UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter® season 6 welterweight fighter tryouts will be held at the Palms Hotel and Casino, Tuesday, April 10th beginning at 8am PT. [...]

The official Ultimate Fighter 5 website will go live tomorrow, March 16th. Today, Spike TV launched their show site for the upcoming installment of the popular reality series. Spike’s site features loads of photos of the new fighters as well as backrounds and MMA records. Although there is light content on the site so far [...]

Update: UFC 72 is now believed to be on June 16th in Belfast, Ireland.
In a recent Sherdog.com interview with Jorge Gurgel, The Ultimate Fighter 2 competitor talked about two upcoming UFC events. In the video Gurgel says he will either be making his return “on June 30th at UFC Ireland”. Gurgel continues saying “maybe that [...]

Just after I posted the complete cast on Friday night I learned that the names of the fighters came from a leaked photo accidentally published on a photographer’s website. I couldn’t find the photo at the time but Fightstalker.com snagged a copy. Here is the leaked photo:

Cast members from left to right: Gray Maynard, Matt [...]

MMA on Tap has a complete list of all 16 The Ultimate Fighter 5 competitors. Just days ago only 7 of the fighters were rumored yet a complete list has now surfaced. No sources are given for the list so take them with some apprehension but here are all 16 rumored fighters for the reality [...]

UFCJunkie.com has broken the news that Hector Ramirez (6-2-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has been scratched from UFC Fight Night 9 and has been replaced by Seth Petruzelli (6-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC). Petruzelli will be taking on Wilson Gouveia (7-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC). They report the scratch was due to an undisclosed injury.
Petruzelli competed on the [...]