The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter

The Ultimate Fighter

(2005)
TV-14
6.3/10
49 votes
60 min/ep
January 17, 2005

Overview

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

Status

Returning Series

Type

Reality

The Ultimate Fighter

The Ultimate Fighter

16 EpisodesAir Date: January 17, 2005

No overview available for this season.

The Ultimate Fighter 2

The Ultimate Fighter 2

14 EpisodesAir Date: August 22, 2005

No overview available for this season.

The Ultimate Fighter 3

The Ultimate Fighter 3

14 EpisodesAir Date: April 6, 2006

No overview available for this season.

The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback

The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback

14 EpisodesAir Date: August 17, 2006

No overview available for this season.

The Ultimate Fighter 5

The Ultimate Fighter 5

14 EpisodesAir Date: April 5, 2007

No overview available for this season.

Team Hughes vs. Team Serra

Team Hughes vs. Team Serra

14 EpisodesAir Date: September 19, 2007

No overview available for this season.

Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest

Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest

14 EpisodesAir Date: April 2, 2008

No overview available for this season.

Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir

Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir

14 EpisodesAir Date: 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 to show they belong in the Octagon.

United States vs. United Kingdom

United States vs. United Kingdom

14 EpisodesAir Date: 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 welterweights and lightweights fight their way onto coach Michael Bisping's UK Team.

Heavyweights

Heavyweights

14 EpisodesAir Date: 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 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 Ortiz

Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz

13 EpisodesAir Date: 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 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 Koscheck

Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck

13 EpisodesAir Date: 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 one man from one team can emerge victorious.

Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos

Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos

11 EpisodesAir Date: 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 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 Miller

Team Bisping vs. Team Miller

12 EpisodesAir Date: 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 Bisping and Jason Miller, fight it out for a UFC contract.

Live

Live

13 EpisodesAir Date: March 9, 2012

No overview available for this season.

Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson

Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson

13 EpisodesAir Date: 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 Ultimate Fighter.

Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen

Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen

13 EpisodesAir Date: 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 Davidson motorcycle, a six-figure UFC contract, and the right to be called "The Ultimate Fighter."

Team Rousey vs. Team Tate

Team Rousey vs. Team Tate

14 EpisodesAir Date: 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 Tate, in one of the most bitter coaching match ups ever.

Team Edgar vs. Team Penn

Team Edgar vs. Team Penn

13 EpisodesAir Date: 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 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 Crowned

A Champion Will Be Crowned

13 EpisodesAir Date: 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 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. Blackzilians

American Top Team vs. Blackzilians

12 EpisodesAir Date: 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.

Team McGregor vs. Team Faber

Team McGregor vs. Team Faber

14 EpisodesAir Date: 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 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 Claudia

Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia

14 EpisodesAir Date: 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 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 Champions

Tournament of Champions

15 EpisodesAir Date: 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 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.

Redemption

Redemption

15 EpisodesAir Date: 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… $250,000.

Team Alvarez vs Team Gaethje

Team Alvarez vs Team Gaethje

12 EpisodesAir Date: 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 crowned the first UFC women’s flyweight champion.

Undefeated

Undefeated

15 EpisodesAir Date: 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 win the UFC contracts? UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic take the helm as coaches.

Heavy Hitters

Heavy Hitters

15 EpisodesAir Date: August 29, 2018

No overview available for this season.

Team Volkanovski vs Team Ortega

Team Volkanovski vs Team Ortega

12 EpisodesAir Date: June 1, 2021

No overview available for this season.

Peña vs Nunes

Peña vs Nunes

12 EpisodesAir Date: 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 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 Chandler

Team McGregor vs Team Chandler

12 EpisodesAir Date: 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 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 Shevchenko

Team Grasso vs Team Shevchenko

12 EpisodesAir Date: June 4, 2024

No overview available for this season.

Team Cormier vs Team Sonnen

Team Cormier vs Team Sonnen

12 EpisodesAir Date: May 27, 2025

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.