The Ultimate Fighter (2005)
The Ultimate Fighter is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Pilgrim Media Group currently airing on ESPN+. It previously aired for fourteen seasons on Spike TV. The show features professional MMA fighters living together in Las Vegas, Nevada, and follows them as they train and compete against each other for a prized six-figure contract with the UFC. The series debuted on January 17, 2005.
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5x01 It's Like Anarchy Here
06 April, 2007 6:00 am
Sixteen lightweight mixed martial artists head to Vegas for their chance at a UFC glory and a six-figure contract. And for the first time on the series, coaches BJ Penn and Jens Pulver will fight each other on the season finale.
5x02 Not In The House
13 April, 2007 6:00 am
BJ Penn has a surprise for Jens Pulver. Choice words cause an eruption at The Ultimate Fighter House. And another lightweight’s dream of a UFC contract is crushed in the Octagon.
5x03 This Is My Zone
20 April, 2007 6:00 am
Team Pulver is 2-0 against Team Penn and BJ is not happy. Gabe continues to struggle with his weight making him a possible target for the next fight. And Team Pulver gets a surprise guest coach.
5x04 Waa, Waa
27 April, 2007 6:00 am
One fighter tries to take an easy path through the competition while another fighter disappoints his coach during crunch time. Team Pulver gets a surprise visitor and two more fighters step onto the battlefield.
5x05 Put Me Back In
04 May, 2007 6:00 am
Team Pulver has racked up four wins in a row against Team Penn. Still struggling with his weight, Gabe Ruediger is the likely target for Team Pulver’s winning machine.
5x06 All Your Might
11 May, 2007 6:00 am
It’s two fights in one show. It’s Joe Lauzon vs. Brian Geraghty, followed by Rob Emerson vs. Corey Hill. Who will move on to the next round and gets a shot at the ultimate prize?
5x07 Be The General
18 May, 2007 6:00 am
After five humiliating losses, BJ shakes things up and kicks one of his fighters off his team and the next two fights marks the end of the preliminary round of the competition.
5x08 Not On The Concrete
25 May, 2007 6:00 am
Tensions at The Ultimate Fighter house reach an all time high and a fight breaks out. The quarterfinal match ups are announced. Who will be the first lightweight to make it into the semi-final round?
5x09 It Was A Brawl
01 June, 2007 6:00 am
Guest Coach Randy “The Natural” Couture pays a visit to Team Penn to offer his expertise and to support one of his protégés’ Gray Maynard as he prepares to enter the quarterfinals against Brandon Melendez.
5x10 Traitor
08 June, 2007 6:00 am
It’s the last two quarterfinal match ups. Two fighters from Team Pulver go head to head in the third quarterfinal fight but only one will advance to the semi-finals. And Manny gets a visitor as he prepares for the last quarterfinal bout.
5x11 I Humbly Apologize
15 June, 2007 6:00 am
Manny Gamburyan’s cousin and UFC veteran Karo Parisyan almost gets into a fist fight with Nate Diaz and the first semi-final fight takes place with the winner moving one step closer to becoming the next Ultimate Fighter.
5x12 Gave A Hundred
22 June, 2007 6:00 am
It’s mayhem at The Ultimate Fighter® House as the fighters go stir crazy. And Gray Maynard faces Nate Diaz in the last semi-final match to determine who will move on to fight Manny Gamburyan in the live finale.
5x13 Nate Diaz vs. Manny Gamburyan TUF 5 Finale
24 June, 2007 6:00 am
In the season’s lightweight final, Cesar Gracie Jiu Jitsu’s Nate Diaz, who, prior to the show, contended for the WEC lightweight championship, was set to face his TUF teammate & judo specialist Manny Gamburyan, who was a 6-1 pro coming off back-to-back wins.
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