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The Ultimate Fighter

(2005)

Seasons

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Specials (2010)

with 60 episodes premiered on June 16, 2010

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Season 1 (2005)

with 16 episodes premiered on January 17, 2005

The debut season of The Ultimate Fighter premiered on January 17, 2005. Sixteen mixed martial arts fighters were invited to participate in the show where they would reside together and train in two s…

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Season 2 (2005)

with 14 episodes premiered on August 22, 2005

The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The season featured a heavyweight and a welterweight division, with 9 fighters i…

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Season 3 (2006)

with 14 episodes premiered on April 6, 2006

The Ultimate Fighter 3 was the third season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It premiered on April 6, 2006, immediately after the conclusion of Ultimate Fight…

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Season 4 (2006)

with 14 episodes premiered on August 17, 2006

The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback is the fourth season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It premiered on August 17, 2006, immediately after the conclusion o…

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Season 5 (2007)

with 14 episodes premiered on April 5, 2007

The Ultimate Fighter 5 was the fifth season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. As with the show's usual format, sixteen prospective mixed m…

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Season 6 (2007)

with 14 episodes premiered on September 19, 2007

The Ultimate Fighter 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra is the sixth season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter, and premiered on September 19, 20…

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Season 7 (2008)

with 14 episodes premiered on April 2, 2008

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest was the seventh season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter, and premiered on April 2, 200…

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Season 8 (2008)

with 14 episodes premiered on September 17, 2008

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 …

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Season 9 (2009)

with 14 episodes premiered on April 1, 2009

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 welte…

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Season 10 (2009)

with 14 episodes premiered on September 16, 2009

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 Ras…

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Season 11 (2010)

with 13 episodes premiered on March 31, 2010

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 hous…

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Season 12 (2010)

with 13 episodes premiered on September 14, 2010

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…

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Season 13 (2011)

with 11 episodes premiered on March 30, 2011

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 …

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Season 14 (2011)

with 12 episodes premiered on September 21, 2011

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 Bi…

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Season 15 (2012)

with 13 episodes premiered on March 9, 2012

The Ultimate Fighter: Live was the fifteenth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. This season marked the show's debut on the FX n…

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Season 16 (2012)

with 13 episodes premiered on September 14, 2012

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…

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Season 17 (2013)

with 13 episodes premiered on January 22, 2013

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 D…

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Season 18 (2013)

with 14 episodes premiered on September 4, 2013

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 Ta…

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Season 19 (2014)

with 13 episodes premiered on April 16, 2014

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 a…

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Season 20 (2014)

with 13 episodes premiered on September 10, 2014

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…

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Season 21 (2015)

with 12 episodes premiered on April 22, 2015

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.

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Season 22 (2015)

with 14 episodes premiered on September 9, 2015

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 f…

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Season 23 (2016)

with 14 episodes premiered on April 20, 2016

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…

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Season 24 (2016)

with 15 episodes premiered on August 30, 2016

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 …

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Season 25 (2017)

with 15 episodes premiered on April 19, 2017

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… $…

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Season 26 (2017)

with 12 episodes premiered on August 30, 2017

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 crown…

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Season 27 (2018)

with 15 episodes premiered on April 18, 2018

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 …

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Season 28 (2018)

with 15 episodes premiered on August 29, 2018

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Season 29 (2021)

with 12 episodes premiered on June 1, 2021

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Season 30 (2022)

with 12 episodes premiered on May 3, 2022

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 champ…

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Season 31 (2023)

with 12 episodes premiered on May 30, 2023

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 Michae…

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Season 32 (2024)

with 12 episodes premiered on June 4, 2024