A brand new edition of The Ultimate Fighter is finally here. The special 25th season is titled “Redemption” because it features fourteen former TUF cast members, all but one of whom is not under UFC contract. This will be a welterweight tournament with all fighters vying for the grand prize of $250,000.
Your coaches are Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw, who will be fighting for Garbrandt’s bantamweight belt at UFC 213 on July 8th. The season finale is on Friday, July 7th.
Episode 1 of TUF 25 starts on Wednesday, April 19th at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT on FS1. This is your place to discuss the entire premiere, and we will have discussion threads for every episode throughout the season.
Here’s your full list of TUF 25 participants:
Joe Stevenson (TUF 2 winner)
Jesse Taylor (TUF 7)
Seth Baczynski (TUF 11)
Justin Edwards (TUF 13)
Ramsey Nijem (TUF 13 runner-up)
James Krause (TUF 15, only current UFC fighter)
Julian Lane (TUF 16)
Gilbert Smith (TUF 17)
Dhiego Lima (TUF 19 runner-up)
Hector Urbina (TUF 19)
Eddie Gordon (TUF 19 winner)
Hayder Hassan (TUF 21)
Mehdi Baghdad (TUF 22)
Tom Gallicchio (TUF 22)
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