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The Ultimate Fighter 3 was the third season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It premiered on April 6, 2006, immediately after the conclusion of Ultimate Fight Night 4 .
Season 1–3. The first season of The Ultimate Fighter was the last attempt by the UFC to capture public interest in the sport. The Stephan Bonnar and Forrest Griffin bout saved the sport according to many journalists and Dana White.
The Ultimate Fighter 33 (also known as TUF 33) is a 2025 installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass. This season will mark the 20th anniversary of Ultimate Fighter. This season will feature male flyweights and welterweights.
Current UFC Flyweight Champion Alexa Grasso and former champion Valentina Shevchenko served as head coaches for the season. [1] [2] This season featured male featherweights and middleweights. The casting call for the season ended on January 19, 2024, with the selections made in late January. [3] The filming of the season began in March 2024.
[1] [2] [3] The season featured male bantamweights and lightweights. Filming began in February in Las Vegas and the show debuted on May 30. The cast was officially announced on March 4, featuring eight former UFC fighters (including The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated featherweight winner Brad Katona) and eight promotional newcomers. [4]
In order to be considered for the show, a fighter had to have competed in at least three professional bouts prior to the tryouts in October 2008. [2] UFC Middleweight fighter and winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3, Michael Bisping served as one of the two coaches. The other coach was Dan Henderson.
Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler are coaching opposing teams of fighters on the show, ahead of their own bout in the UFC later this year
[3] It was confirmed during the Fight for the Troops 2 conference call that Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos would be the coaches for this season. [4] This season did not feature an elimination round like the two seasons before it, however, the "wild card" selections introduced in season 11 were still featured. The initial cast was 14 ...