TUF 15.

SDTimeout

Heard the tryouts were yesterday, LW and WW. Any known Irish or UK fighters head over ?

Niall0

From a thread on Cage warriors forum: Rob Sinclair, Andy Ogle, Liam James, Stevie Ray, David Galbraith, Tommy Maguire, Mark Glover, Chris Stringer, Scott Roga, Jack Magee

SDTimeout

Tommy Magiure got through to interviews, I saw that on his brothers twitter.

Hopefully a few UK gets guy in.

the_doctor199

Think Ali McLean was out there too. Stringer didn't make it past grappling stage according to his Facebook.

Xlami

Yeah I've seen a bit on twitter, I know MFC star Kajun Johnson got through the interviews. And junkie said that clown Jamie Yaeger applied. But would be good to get a few Irish and UK fighters in.

dave1982

Cruz - Faber to Coach TUF 15

The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced today that The Ultimate Fighter®, the longest-running sports reality show on television, is moving to FX this March with an exciting, new live format.

The Ultimate Fighter® LIVE debuts on Friday, March 9 as part of a two-hour season premiere beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The show will then air for one hour at 10 p.m. ET/PT every Friday for 13 weeks on FX. UFC® bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and “The California Kid” Urijah Faber will serve as coaches on the upcoming season, with lightweight and welterweight contestants competing for two, six-figure UFC contracts.

This past Saturday, The Ultimate Fighter® concluded its run on SPIKE TV as 2.5 million viewers tuned in to watch the season 14 finale headlined by Michael Bisping battling Jason “Mayhem” Miller in a middleweight contest. The event was the highest rated and most watched TUF Finale since TUF 10 in 2009, and was the No. 1 program on cable among M18-49 and M18-34 (No. 2 in A18-49). In addition, season 14 was up +121 percent with A18-34 compared to the previous season. The strong ratings prove that the show has tremendous momentum heading into its highly anticipated arrival on FX.

“We’re producing ground-breaking television with The Ultimate Fighter LIVE and we can’t wait to kick this season off with FX in March,” UFC President Dana White said. “It’s going to be can’t-miss TV. Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber are two incredible personalities who also happen to be two of the best fighters in the world. They genuinely dislike each other and I expect this to make for the best season yet.”

“We believe that Dana and Lorenzo (Fertitta), along with Executive Producer Craig Piligian, have come up with exciting new changes to the format of The Ultimate Fighter that will expand and grow the series,” said Chuck Saftler, Executive Vice President, FX Networks. “The fact that the fights at the end of each episode will now be televised live is certain to create a sense of urgency for UFC fans. Furthermore, the move of TUF to Friday nights will provide a great ratings boost to the network.”

The rivalry between coaches Cruz and Faber dates back to March 2007, when Faber handed Cruz his first and only professional loss in a 145-pound bout. The 26-year-old Cruz avenged that loss this past July, defeating Faber by unanimous decision to retain the bantamweight crown in a Fight of the Year candidate. With the series now even, Cruz and Faber look to settle the score as TUF coaches, followed by a title fight in mid-2012 inside the Octagon®.

Undefeated at 9-0 since dropping to bantamweight in 2008, San Diego’s Cruz (19-1) has surged to the top of the division thanks to unorthodox striking, tremendous cardio, and aggressive wrestling. Owner of wins over the likes of Faber, Demetrious Johnson, Scott Jorgensen, Joseph Benavidez (twice), and Brian Bowles, “The Dominator” has long sought an opportunity to serve as coach on The Ultimate Fighter®. The chance to coach opposite his longtime rival makes the opportunity that much sweeter.

“Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a gym rat and love learning and teaching mixed martial arts,” Cruz, who trains at Alliance MMA in San Diego, said. “This is a dream come true. To get a chance to coach TUF and beat Faber again is all the motivation I need. This is going to be an insane season of The Ultimate Fighter.”

Sacramento’s Faber cemented his place as a pioneer in the lighter weight divisions after holding the WEC featherweight title for a span of over two years from 2006-2008. Boasting victories over the likes of Cruz, Jeff Curran and Jens Pulver at 145-pounds, “The California Kid” dropped to his more natural weight class of 135-pounds in November 2010 in search of his second world title. He’s since been on a tear, most recently submitting former champion Bowles at UFC® 139.

Now, the 32-year-old turns his attention to another one of his passions – coaching.

“I can’t wait to be the next coach on The Ultimate Fighter,” Faber, whose gym in Sacramento has helped produce UFC stars Benavidez, Chad Mendes and Danny Castillo, said. “I am looking forward to mentoring a bunch of hungry and talented fighters. The new cast needs to be ready to work hard and learn! Having Dominick coach on the opposite side couldn’t be more perfect. I’m not too thrilled about being in each other’s space for an extended period of time, as I am sure we are going to get on each other’s nerves. But I can’t wait to mentally beat him up as a coach, and then literally beat him up in the cage and swipe that UFC strap.”


Source: http://www.ufc.com/news/tuf-15-coach-announcement-fx

jitz

Ali Maclean did the trials and got all the way to the end interviews, he finds out in 2 weeks if he gets in or not. Would be awesome to have someone Irish in the house. Gd luck Ali

Niall0

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james308

Yea good luck to Ali would love someone like that to get threw. I have had the honor to train in the same gym as him for the past year and hes a beast. King of the north south/4 man tournaments. Shame about Chris stringer thou he really deserves a break. Good luck too everyone from Ireland and northern Ireland left it

ta2liam

I trained with Jack when i lived in Brighton.. him and Hathaway are 2 of the nicest people i know


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manga_10

Would have loved to see norman in it, but ah well good luck to the insane ali maclean

the_doctor199

TUF Live will be broadcast LIVE on ESPN UK. The season premiere will air at 2am in the morning of Sat 10th March.

Ian Whelan

the_doctor199 wrote: »

TUF Live will be broadcast LIVE on ESPN UK. The season premiere will air at 2am in the morning of Sat 10th March.

Great, Sky box at the ready.

El Guapo!

the_doctor199 wrote: »

TUF Live will be broadcast LIVE on ESPN UK. The season premiere will air at 2am in the morning of Sat 10th March.

According to the UPC tv guide there's live basketball on at that time. Hopefully the broadcast isn't all over the place this time.

MrStuffins

Ian Whelan wrote: »

Great, Sky box at the ready.

Were you able to find it? According to my Sky (just like Dean above me) the EPG reads live NBA?

the_doctor199

It was only announced a few hours ago so I'd give it a day or two to get it updated

Minstrel27

ESPN UK tweet the following

"@ESPNTVUK
Very excited about having the new series of @UFC_UK's TUF! It will be in the schedules soon, don't worry that it is not there yet! #espnufc"

Rob01

Looking forward to this 2night if the last Ultimate Fighter fights to enter the house are anything to go by. ESPN 2.am

Devastator

so anyone know exactly whats going on tonight?

From what I can gather there are 16 one round fights to determine who gets into the house?!? No draws/No sudden death. Sounds interesting, sounds like could have a class night of fights.

El Guapo!

Devastator wrote: »

so anyone know exactly whats going on tonight?

From what I can gather there are 16 one round fights to determine who gets into the house?!? No draws/No sudden death. Sounds interesting, sounds like could have a class night of fights.

Yeah I was wondering how they were going to squeeze 16 fights into the show.
So if it's only one round everyone will have to come out all guns blazing. Should make for some interesting fights.
I can't wait for this!

Kent Brockman

Dean09 wrote: »

Yeah I was wondering how they were going to squeeze 16 fights into the show.
So if it's only one round everyone will have to come out all guns blazing. Should make for some interesting fights.
I can't wait for this!

It could be a balls though if guys decide getting a takedown and holding top position is the safest way to win a 1 round fight on a decision:(

I prefer your idea though

El Guapo!

Kent Brockman wrote: »

It could be a balls though if guys decide getting a takedown and holding top position is the safest way to win a 1 round fight on a decision:(

I prefer your idea though

Yeah that's always a danger. Hopefully they'll all want to impress though!

Maybe the'll just stick them all into a room and the 16 that make it out alive are in the house?! :pac:

MrStuffins

They're gonna have 16 fights and bare basically counting on a lot of them not going the distance.

I read an interview with Dana saying that they are risking going over, but it's ok because they're on Fox and because Fox already show sports they're used to things like that going over time.

He mentioned that the last show went over time (by 30 mins I think) and would've been way over time had Joe Benevidez not finished his fight.

MrStuffins

Anyone watching?

One 5 minute round as a prelim fight? Wow!

Cherry_Cola

It's way too quiet. I miss the nu metal tunes

Kurz

Just found a stream tuned in now. 10 second knockout :eek:

I see they've John Anik on this boat and a hape of ads. Has it been good so far otherwise?

MrStuffins

2 early stoppages already! Bullsh*t!

Letsdoit

MrStuffins wrote: »

2 early stoppages already! Bullsh*t!

I must agree there

Kurz

Looks like they're being encouraged to stop it at the earliest available opportunity. First one could have passed but that one was fairly blatent.

MrStuffins

the first one was worse IMO!

I have no idea how the hell they're gonna score that previous fight by the way!

Kurz

Pfister, Ogle, Tickle. None of these are the gay porn star. You couldn't write this.