Kimbo Slice will host the premiere of Spike TV’s Ultimate Fighter Fridays which will show the best of the 14 seasons of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. Spike TV hopes to counterprogram FX’s TUF and Bellator by utilizing the former TUF 10 competitor. Via Spike TV press release: Kimbo will discuss never-before-revealed details of […]
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“Ultimate Fridays” to run opposite TUF-Bellator
Spike TV announced that it would air episodes from the past 14 episodes of The Ultimate Fighter on Fridays. The programming move runs opposite FX’s “The Ultimate Fighter” and Bellator on MTV2. Via Spike TV press release: Spike TV, the recognized home of mixed martial arts on television, has announced a new three-hour programming block […]
Belfort-Silva set to coach TUF: Brazil
MMA Weekly reports that Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva have been picked as the coaches for The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil. It will be the first international version of the series. Via MMA Weekly: The format for the show will run similar to the early seasons of TUF in the United States, with the fighters living […]
Faber-Cruz selected as TUF 15 coaches
The UFC announced on Tuesday that Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz would serve as coaches for The Ultimate Fighter 15 debuting on Friday, March 9, 2012 on the FX channel. TUF 15’s finale will culminate with the coaches squaring off for Cruz’s Bantamweight title sometime mid-2012. Via UFC Press release: “We’re producing ground-breaking television with The […]