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TUF 15 Cast of 32 lightweights unveiled.

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#1 ·
Akbarh Arreloa (Chula Vista, Calif.)
Al Iaquinta (Wantagh, N.Y.)
Ali Maclean (Belfast, North Ireland)
Andy Ogle (Tynemouth, England)
Austin Lyons (Cordova, Tenn.)
Brendan Weafer (New York, N.Y.)
Chris Tickle (Bloomington, Ill.)
Cody Pfister (Amarillo, Texas)
Cristiano Marcello (Curitiba, Brazil)
Chase Hackett (Littleton, Colo.)
Chris Saunders (Long Beach, Calif.)
Dakota Cochrane (Omaha, Neb.)
Daron Cruickshank (Wayne, Mich.)
Drew Dober (Omaha, Neb.)
Erin Beach (San Diego, Calif.)
James Krause (Blue Springs, Mich.)
James Vick (Fort Worth, Texas)
Jared Carlsten (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Jeff Smith (Mechanicsburg, Penn.)
Jeremy Larsen (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Joe Proctor (Pembroke, Mass.)
John Cofer (Hull, Ga.)
Johnavan Vistante (Pearl City, Hawaii)
Jon Tuck (Hagtna, Guam)
Jordan Rinaldi (Matthews, N.C.)
Justin Lawrence (Villa Ridge, Mo.)
Mark Glover (Liverpool, England)
Michael Chiesa (Spokane Valley, Wash.)
Myles Jury (San Diego, Calif.)
Mike Rio (Miami, Fla.)
Sam Sicilia (Spokane Valley, Wash.)
Vinc Pichel (Sherman Oaks, Calif.)

http://mmajunkie.com/news/27602/the...ast-unveiled-with-32-lightweight-fighters.mma
Anyone of interest?
 
#3 · (Edited)
Never knew Andy Ogle was applying, he is legit and also a funny guy so I hope for house shinanigans :p Gutted Rob Sinclair didn't get in though :( Miles Jury is back too. And no Bud, I don't think so of those which I recognise they are all lightweight. 16 fights in the opening show; awesome!

P.S I had a fit when I saw Hull on the list cos I didn't know we had any fighters, but then I remembered Americans just aren't very original with place names. Still, I can get behind him ;)
 
#4 ·
Bit more info...

•Akbarh Arreloa (19-6), Mexico. Best win: Submitted Gabe Reudiger (11-3) in 2007
•Al Iaquinta (5-1), America. Best win: TKO'd Joshua Key (4-2) in 2009
•Ali Maclean (9-5), N.Ireland. Best win: Submitted Martin Van Staden (8-2) in 2011
•Andy Ogle (8-1), England. Best win: Decision'd Shay Walsh (6-0) in 2011
•Austin Lyons (9-1), America. Best Win: Submitted Ben Loman (11-4) in 2011
•Brendan Weafer (6-3), America. Best Win: Submitted Mike Santiago (5-2) in 2011
•Chris Tickle (7-4), America. Best win: Decision'd Brian Geraghty (24-16) in 2011
•Cody Pfister (6-3), America. Best win: TKO'd Isias Martinez (8-3) in 2011
•Cristiano Marcello (12-3), Brazil. Best win: Submitted Freddy Thole (5-0) in 2010
•Chase Hackett (4-2), America. Best win: Submitted Ian Stonehouse (4-5) in 2011
•Chris Saunders (9-2), America, *Bellator Vet*. Best win: TKO'd George Valdez (4-0) in 2010.
•Dakota Cochrane (11-2), America. Best win: Decision'd Jamie Varner (17-5) in 2011
•Daron Cruickshank (10-2), America. Best win: Decision'd Mike Ricci (5-1) in 2011
•Drew Dober (7-3), America. Best win: TKO'd Jordan Johnson (5-0) in 2011
•Erin Beach (3-1), America. Best win: Decision'd Joao Silva (3-2) in 2010
•James Krause (15-4), America. *WEC & Bellator vet*. Best win: TKO'd Nathan Schut (15-5) in 2011
•James Vick (4-0), America. Best win: Decision'd Chris Pecero (4-2) in 2011
•Jared Carlsten (3-0), America. Best win: Submitted Dominic Gutierrez (0-2) in 2009
•Jeff Smith (9-1), America. Best win: Decision'd Cody Stevens (8-3) in 2011
•Jeremy Larsen (8-2), America. Best win: Decision'd Sammy Ciurdar (6-3) in 2011
•Joe Proctor (7-1), America. Best win: Decision'd Matt Bessette (7-2) in 2011
•John Cofer (7-1), America. Best win: Decision'd Marius Cijba (7-0) in 2011
•Johnavan Vistante (3-1), America. Best win: Submitted Brenson Hansen (2-0) in 2011
•Jon Tuck (6-0), Guam. Best win: KO'd Eduard Folayang (5-0) in 2009
•Jordan Rinaldi (5-0), America. Best win: Submitted Dennis Bermudez (7-1) in 2010
•Justin Lawrence (3-0), America. Best win: Decision'd Pete Martin (2-1) in 2010
•Mark Glover (6-1), England. Best win: Submitted Aaron Wilkinson (2-1) in 2009
•Michael Chiesa (7-0), America. Best win: Submitted Matt Coble (4-3) in 2011
•Myles Jury (9-0), America. *TUF Vet*. Best win: Submitted Sam Oropeza (4-0) in 2010
•Mike Rio (8-1), America. Best win: TKO'd Zach Juusola (8-1) in 2011
•Sam Sicilia (10-0), America. Best win: Submitted Charron Spain (6-5) in 2011
•Vinc Pichel (6-0), America. Best win: TKO'd David Gardner (18-18) in 2011



9 unbeaten fighters, 5 different nationalities (though most American), Bellator & WEC vets - on the whole it seems like they've got a good group together. The records are good this year too - lots of guys with 8-2, 7-1, 6-0 sorta records.

My top 5 picks are...
Myles Jury (TUF vet)
Dakota Cochrane (beat Varner)
Daron Cruickshank (beat Ricci)
Jordan Rinaldi (beat Bermudez)
Mike Rio (beat Juusola)

Also interested to see how Jon Tuck does against these Americans, and also how Krause does after going 0-3 in WEC & Bellator.
 
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#17 ·
Cochrane soundly beat Jamie Varner which IMO is likely the highest level of competition any of these guys have faced.. That said I have a very bad feeling that the whole gay pornstar thing is gonna become a black eye on the sport. I just hope Cochrane is the toughest guy on the show because it won't look good if the some homophoebe beats up the gay guy but if the gay guy kicks the shit out of him it may not only help save face but might even get spun into some inspirational jibber jabber.
 
#20 ·
Meh. The gay porn stuff was brought up before his fight with Varner.

He was gay for pay, so even if he gets into the UFC, he won't be the first openly gay UFC fighter.
 
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