MMA Videos, The Ultimate Fighter - August 17, 2010 - 0 Comments

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 12 video trailer for ‘Team GSP vs Team Koscheck’

The Ultimate Fighter 12: Team GSP VS Team Koscheck will premiere on Spike TV on September 15, 2010. UFC Welterweight Championship Georges St. “Rush” Pierre will coach opposite number one contender Josh “Kos” Koscheck.

Check out the first TUF 12 video trailer:

Fourteen of these fighters will make it into the TUF house. Season 12 of “The Ultimate Fighter” has an interesting collection of lightweights. Video for the complete cast of 28 lightweight fighters after the jump.
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MMA Videos, The Ultimate Fighter - February 19, 2010 - 0 Comments

The Ultimate Fighter 11 Teaser (video)

Check out The Ultimate Fighter 11 (TUF 11) Teaser video released by Spike TV. TUF 11 will feature middleweight fighters and UFC legends Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and Tito “The Huntington Beach Badboy” Ortiz will serve as their coaches.

The new season premieres Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 10:00pm ET/PT.

Here is the first teaser video for The Ultimate Fighter 11:

News, The Ultimate Fighter - December 14, 2009 - 0 Comments

Dana White Wants Chuck Liddell to Retire After TUF 11

In case you were asleep all last week, Chuck Liddell will be coaching the 11th season of The Ultimate Fighter alongside Tito Ortiz. But that doesn’t mean Dana White is happy about it.White would prefer if Liddell retired after his fight against Ortiz once the show is over.

“It’s not what I wanted. But like I said, I’m not his father. I’m not his dad. We’ll see what happens after the Tito fight. I would like to see him hang it up after the Tito fight… That’s my plan: He does one fight and then he retires – win, lose or draw.”

Liddell was a coach on the 1st season of The Ultimate Fighter, training light heavyweight Forrest Griffin, who went on to become the UFC light heavyweight champion. Liddell also coached Kenny Florian, Josh Koscheck and Diego Sanchez.

News, The Ultimate Fighter - December 11, 2009 - 0 Comments

Jon Jones Talks Disqualification and Mazzagatti

Jon Jones talked to Sports Illustrated and said that he wants the loss taken off his record from his fight against Matt Hamill at the Ultimate Fighter 10 season finale.

“A big part of it is that Mazzagatti just didn’t handle things right. You know, he’s standing over Matt Hamill, who can’t see at the time because he has blood in his eyes, and obviously he can’t hear, and Mazzagatti is standing there asking him if he’s okay. Then he stops the fight.”

Later in the interview, Jones mentions that he never knew Mazzagatti’s reputation as a ref:

“I didn’t really know anything about him until I went and read some of the blogs and found out that no one thinks he’s a good ref. The UFC seems to hate this guy. No one thinks he’s good at what he does. I guess this isn’t the first time something has happened with him.”

Hamill has mentioned on his website that he agrees that the fight should not have ended in a disqualification and that the loss should be removed from Jones’s record, bringing it back to an undefeated one.

News, The Ultimate Fighter - December 10, 2009 - 0 Comments

Post TUF 10 Finale Fight Statement from Matt Hamill

UFC light heavyweight Matt Hamill talks about his his disqualification win over Jon Jones at Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 Finale.

“I’d like to take a minute and thank everyone for their unbelievable support. The outpouring of concern has been overwhelming. I know it looked bad Saturday night but it looked a lot worse than it was. Aside from a few stitches in my nose and a sore shoulder I feel fine. I give all the credit to Jon Jones. He caught me by surprise with an awesome trip and I dislocated my shoulder when we hit the ground. I knew it was probably over at that point but I will die before I tap so I did the best I could under the circumstances. We train to wind up in bad positions and it paid off because I felt I was still able to defend even though I knew I couldn’t get up. Jon’s young and full of so much talent. Aside from making a mistake he did his job and he did it well. He definitely didn’t lose this fight and I definitely didn’t win, but I guess the rules are there for a reason. It is what it is. I went into this fight feeling like my record was actually 9-1 so with this so called win I will now consider my record 9-2… LOL I wish Jon all the best and I’d like to thank him for the professional and respectful way he has handled himself. I felt bad for him since a simple mistake caused him to loose a win bonus but as I know first hand, Dana, Lorenzo and the rest of the UFC take great care of their fighters. I’m sure Jon received a win bonus and more. As for me, you know I’ll be back. Fighting in the UFC is my job and I’ll be back to work very soon. I feel my performance before I was taken down was going well. I was able to get to him, land some solid strikes and get my hands on him. More importantly I was able to avoid all of his crazy strikes which is something we worked very hard on. I was in the best shape ever for this fight and I was completely prepared. It’s always a disappointment when things don’t go your way but I will take all the positives that I can from this. I’m just waiting on MRI results so we can rule out any further damage and I plan to be back in the gym right after the holidays. Thank you to my team, family, friends and amazing fans.”

source: MattHamill.com

The Ultimate Fighter - December 7, 2009 - 0 Comments

Jon Jones Talks About His DQ at TUF 10 Finale

Jon Jones admits he might not know the rules as well as he should have, leading him to get disqualified during his fight against Mark Hamill.

The Ultimate Fighter - December 7, 2009 - 0 Comments

TUF 10 Finale Fighter Salaries

The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 10 Finale took place on December 5, 2009 on Spike TV and it was a night of fireworks. Check out TUF 10 FINALE FIGHTER SALARIES:

Roy Nelson: $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Brendan Schaub: $8,000

Matt Hamill: $46,000 ($23,000 win) def. Jon Jones: $20,000
Kimbo Slice: $25,000 (no win) def. Houston Alexander: $13,000
Frankie Edgar: $46,000 ($23,000 win) def. Matt Veach: $5,000
Matt Mitrione: $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Marcus Jones: $8,000

James McSweeney: $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Darrill Schoonover: $8,000
Jonathan Madsen: $16,000 ($8,000 win) def. Justin Wren: $8,000
Brian Stann: $30,000 ($15,000 win) def. Rodney Wallace: $6,000
John Howard: $14,000 ($7,000 win) def. Dennis Hallman: $15,000
Mark Bocek: $30,000 ($15,000 win) def. Joe Brammer: $5,000

If you’ve missed it, view TUF 10 Finale Results and TUF 10 Finale Bonuses – including, Fight, Submittion, KO of he Night.