– The UFC announced today, via press release, that tryouts for the Ultimate Fighter 23 will take place on December 14th at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 23rd season of The Ultimate Fighter will begin filming in January and is scheduled to premiere on FS1 in April 2016. the audition will be for women’s strawweight and bantamweight fighters, as well as men’s light heavyweight competitors. Candidates must be between the ages of 21 and 34 years of age, have the legal ability to live and work in the United States, and have professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight experience – holding a winning record with a minimum of three professional fights (with verifiable records). Applications, which should be completed and brought to the tryouts, can be found here.
Fighters will be required to grapple & hit pads and bring appropriate gear. Applicants will be notified at the end of the day if they have been selected to move on in the casting process. If selected, applicants must be prepared to stay in Las Vegas until Saturday, December 19, 2015. Questions can be directed to: TUFcasting@ufc.com
Yeah why haven't they done this sooner? Guys like me instantly are drawn to a fighter just because they were on TUF, even if they absolutely suck. Will be great to have an injection of like at least 10 guys in the LHW division that are interesting to watch.
They did one last year but they stupidly had Kelly Anundson vs Corey Anderson in the first round as a fight get into the house. For some reason they've been especially crap at LHW matchmaking for TUF. Sean O'Connell and Ryan Jimmo were also knocked out in the get into the house round
Finally they are including women in another season of The Ultimate Fighter. Though I would like to see another woman's coach compete in this. I honestly think this would be good for the sport to have women coaches again.
That would definitely be high intensity and it would conclude in time for UFC 200. Though will she have time to film that movie before the season starts? Not that it matters but then again she'd need to find a good coaching staff.
By that reasoning why are they doing a lightweight season of The Ultimate Fighter considering it's one of the largest divisions in the UFC? I think women's bantamweight could still use people. Strawweight, self explanatory.
So The Ultimate Fighter is a way of sorting through the best of the free agents. That's actually pretty smart cause in a way it's like an open tryout. Well it's sort of a tryout but of course losing on the show doesn't mean you're out.
After the announcement of The Ultimate Fighter 23, many strawweights and bantamweights marked their calendars and geared up for the chance to be a part of the UFC.
On Monday they commenced at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas to impress the UFC brass.
Here is a running list of hopefuls so far, which will be updated throughout the day. As of now there are 26 strawweights and 15 bantamweights trying out, but still compiling names for all of them.
•JJ Aldrich (2-1; Invicta athlete)
•Julia Avila (1-0; has a win over UFC fighter Marion Reneau)
•Chelsea Bailey (2-0)
•Amanda Bobby Cooper (1-1)
•Calie Cutler (4-2)
•Cindy Dandois (6-2; Invicta athlete)
•Jodie Esquibel (5-1; Invicta athelte)
•Sijara Eubanks (1-1; Invicta athlete)
•Stephanie Essensa (2-1)
•Lindsay Garbatt (3-1; former world boxing champion)
•Pearl Gonzalez (5-1; former XFC champion)
•Lanchana Green (0-1)
•Celine Haga (8-13; JEWELS vet)
•Cindy Hales (2-1)
•Erin Harpe (1-0)
•Helen Harper (4-1; second time trying out)
•Kerry Hughes (2-1; Cage warriors vet)
•Kate Jackson (7-2-1; Currently #8 at flyweight)
•Sharon Jacobson (4-1; Olympic wrestling hopeful)
•Alyssa Krahn (3-1)
•Jenny Liou (4-3; second time trying out)
•Kristi Lopez (2-0; currently signed with Invicta)
•Gina Mazany (3-0; second time trying out)
•Kaline Medeiros (6-4; Bellator vet)
•Amy Montenegro (7-2; current Super Fight League champ)
•Jamie Moyle (3-1; Invicta athlete)
•Audrey Perkins (4-2 ammy)
•Kali Robbins (3-0; most recent an 8 second KO)
•Angela Samaro (3-2)
•Suvi Salmimies (3-2-1; Finn MMA star)
•Kyna Sisson (2-0)
•Tatiana Suarez (3-0)
•Danielle Taylor (6-1; former KOTC champ)
•Stephanie Webber (2-2)
•Emily Whitmire (1-0)
I think Tonya Evinger needs to get signed by the UFC cause she seriously deserves it. Anyways I'm pulling for Pearl in this case for a position. Also I thought they are using the three fight and winning record rule whereas a bunch of these women are below three fights and don't have winning records.
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