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The Ultimate Fighter

★ 7.8 3K votes 2005–present 34 seasons · 429 episodes Returning Series ESPN
Starring
Mike Rowe
Starring
Mike Rowe
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About

The next generation of UFC stars are produced in an intense elimination tournament that separates the contenders from the pretenders.

All Seasons

The Ultimate Fighter2005
7.350913
The Ultimate Fighter 22005
6.4343132h 5m
The Ultimate Fighter 32006
7.126213
The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback2006
6.9227133h
The Ultimate Fighter 52007
6.7212138h 15m
Team Hughes vs. Team Serra2007
7.0169131h 24m
Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest2008
7.0161131h 26m
Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir2008
6.5186132h 35m
The eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter features Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Minotauro Nogeira and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir as coaches to 16 fighters competing for the chance to show they belong in the Octagon.
United States vs. United Kingdom2009
7.81671343m
For the first time ever, The Ultimate Fighter will be country vs. country as the United States takes on the United Kingdom. Dana White travels to England to watch 16 of Great Britain's toughest welterweights and lightweights fight their way onto coach Michael Bisping's UK Team.
Heavyweights2009
7.22181243m
Literally the biggest season ever! The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights will showcase 16 of the best unsigned heavyweight MMA fighters in the world. Featuring former UFC light heavyweight champions Rashad Evans and Quinton Jackson as coaches. Follow the cast of notable athletes with impressive pedigrees including four former NFL players, UFC veterans, a former IFL heavyweight champ, and a highly-publicized former EliteXC fighter who gained prominence through his non-sanctioned bouts on YouTube.
Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz2010
7.6112131h 23m
Legendary UFC rivals and former TUF coaches Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz return to carry on their feud as 28 Middleweights arrive at the new expanded training center and fight their way into the house in a brutal and sometimes bloody elimination tournament. Legendary UFC rivals and former TUF coaches Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz return to carry on their feud as 28 Middleweights arrive at the new expanded training center and fight their way into the house in a brutal and sometimes bloody...
Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck2010
7.8150131h
In the contest to find the next Ultimate Fighter, UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre leads his team of fighters into battle against Josh Koscheck and his squad of mixed martial artists. Only one man from one team can emerge victorious.
Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos2011
7.21431143m
From San Diego, CA to New Orleans, LA, to Dusseldorf, Germany, the 14 fighters have all gathered in Las Vegas with one goal – to become the next “The Ultimate Fighter.” During the ten episode run of the show, under the tutelage of coaches Lesnar and dos Santos, the competitors endure a grueling regimen of jiu-jitsu, judo, Muay Thai, karate, boxing and wrestling. The intense competition among the fighters continues after they leave the gym – at the Ultimate Fighter House. These warriors must live together, knowing that any day they might be forced to fight each other in the famed UFC Octagon.
Team Bisping vs. Team Miller2011
8.4139116h 49m
For the first time in the history of The Ultimate Fighter reality series, the ultra-exciting featherweight and bantamweight divisions will take center stage as 32 prospects, led by coaches Michael Bisping and Jason Miller, fight it out for a UFC contract.
Live2012
7.41361341m
Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson2012
7.3123138h 52m
Thirty-two of the most talented unsigned mixed martial artists in the world fight for 16 coveted spots in the TUF® house to live and train under coaches Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson to become the next Ultimate Fighter.
Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen2013
7.7100126h 7m
Coaches Chael Sonnen and UFC light heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones guide 14 promising middleweights through a brutal competition of skill and determination. At stake is a custom-built Harley Davidson motorcycle, a six-figure UFC contract, and the right to be called "The Ultimate Fighter."
Team Rousey vs. Team Tate2013
6.8230148h 34m
Women will compete on The Ultimate Fighter for the first time, as eight female and male bantamweights battle for 2 six-figure UFC contracts. UFC Champion Ronda Rousey coaches against rival, Miesha Tate, in one of the most bitter coaching match ups ever.
Team Edgar vs. Team Penn2014
6.8161139h 27m
16 middleweights and 16 light heavyweights battle it out in a day of elimination fights, hoping for a coveted spot in The Ultimate Fighter house. Once in, coaches and former world champions BJ Penn and Frankie Edgar pick their squads. Only one man from each weight class will walk away with a new Harley-Davidson motorcycle, a six-figure UFC contract, and the title of The Ultimate Fighter.
A Champion Will Be Crowned2014
6.6191129h 15m
For the first time ever, The Ultimate Fighter competition will determine a champion. In a groundbreaking new season, 16 of the top 115-pound female fighters in the world will be hand-picked to form a new women's strawweight division in the UFC. The fighters will live together in the house, train under coaches Gilbert Melendez and current lightweight champion Anthony Pettis, and battle it out in a tournament-style bracket. In the end only one woman will be crowned champion, and earn the first-ever UFC strawweight belt.
American Top Team vs. Blackzilians2015
5.8159138h 11m
In the twenty-first season of The Ultimate Fighter, two gyms battle it out in the octagon to settle the score in their bitter rivalry and decide, once and for all, which team reigns in South Florida.
Team McGregor vs. Team Faber2015
7.3238127h 48m
Conor McGregor, one of the most charismatic fighters in a generation, will be a coach on the new season of the seminal mixed martial arts competition show “The Ultimate Fighter”. McGregor is at the forefront of a new wave of talented European fighters determined to make their mark in the UFC. For the first time a team of Europeans, led by McGregor, will get a shot at becoming the Ultimate Fighter. Standing in their way are the American lightweights led by WEC and UFC legend Uriah Faber. What ensues is a truly global battle between the best up and coming lightweights in the world for a six figure contract with the UFC.
Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia2016
6.439139h 20m
For the first time ever light heavyweight men and strawweight women will compete on The Ultimate Fighter. But first they must face off in 16 elimination fights to get into the house. The coaches, UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and #1 contender Claudia Gadelha, watch the fights alongside UFC President Dana White. The two coaches pick their teams from the winners, and the first preliminary matchup is announced.
Tournament of Champions2016
7.2124137h 10m
Sixteen flyweight champions from around the world come to Las Vegas to compete for the ultimate prize: a title shot at current UFC champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson. They'll train under top UFC flyweight contenders Henry Cejudo and Joseph Benavidez. The winner earns a UFC contract, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and will fight Demetrious on the live finale.
Redemption2017
7.22101310h 42m
In a special 25th season, 14 welterweights from past seasons of The Ultimate Fighter return to Las Vegas for a second chance in the competition. At stake is the biggest prize in the show’s history… $250,000.
Team Alvarez vs Team Gaethje2017
6.4121136h 53m
The Ultimate Fighter will launch the new UFC women’s flyweight division, as 16 of the most talented 125-pounders in the world come to Las Vegas to compete in a tournament, with the winner being crowned the first UFC women’s flyweight champion.
Undefeated2018
6.634138h 22m
On this season of The Ultimate Fighter, every competitor is undefeated. Eight featherweights and eight lightweights from around the world will enter the competition, but who will remain unbeaten and win the UFC contracts? UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic take the helm as coaches.
Heavy Hitters2018
6.91051343m
Team Volkanovski vs Team Ortega2021
6.914712
Peña vs Nunes2022
6.915712
The Ultimate Fighter: Peña vs Nunes showcases a dynamic cast of 16 ascending athletes in the men’s heavyweight (265 lbs.) and women’s flyweight (125 lbs.) divisions. Coached by UFC Bantamweight champion, and winner of The Ultimate Fighter Season 18, Peña and UFC Featherweight champion Nunes, these UFC hopefuls have put everything else in their lives aside for the chance to pursue their dreams.
Team McGregor vs Team Chandler2023
7.136512
The 31st season of The Ultimate Fighter® could be the biggest in the show’s history, as former UFC® featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor and No. 5 ranked lightweight contender Michael Chandler go head-to-head as coaches. Following the series, the two coaches will prepare to square off at a date that will be determined in the near future. The Ultimate Fighter Season 31: Team McGregor vs. Team Chandler will feature a dynamic cast consisting of both returning veterans and up and coming prospects in the men’s bantamweight (135 lbs.) and lightweight (155 lbs.) divisions, who have put everything else in their lives aside for the chance to pursue their UFC dreams.
Team Grasso vs Team Shevchenko2024
6.614412
Team Cormier vs Team Sonnen2025
6.813812
Get Ready For The 20th Anniversary Season Of The Toughest Tournament In All Of Sports in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Cormier vs Team Sonnen - The Good Guy vs The Bad Guy.
Season 342026
7.31512

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Dana White Self - UFC President, Self, Self - Host
Mike Rowe Narrator, Self - Narrator
Herb Dean Self - Referee, Referee, Self
Brookliyn Wren Self - Octagon Girl
Daniel Cormier Self - Coach
Roxanne Modafferi Self - Contestant, Self, Self - Team Tate
Jeff Mullen Self - NSAC Executive Director, Self - Nevada Athletic Commission Executive Director, Self - Executive Director, Nevada State Athletic Commission
Forrest Griffin Self, Self - Season 1 Winner, Host
Julianna Peña Self - Coach, Self - Contestant, Self - Team Tate
Brad Katona Self - Contestant, Self

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