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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8x01 Ready To Fight
18 September, 2008 6:00 am
UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Nogueira and opposing coach Frank Mir greet this season’s 32 Light Heavyweight and Lightweight fighters, each of whom must prove themselves in tournament bouts before they can go on to compete for 2 UFC contracts.
8x02 Down To Business
25 September, 2008 6:00 am
16 more fighters square off in the last of the tournament fights. After throat-crushing choke outs and a controversial decision the winners head off to the house, but some may be too injured to continue.
8x03 Demons
02 October, 2008 6:00 am
Coaches Nogueira and Mir pick their teams. A night of drinking brings out the good, the bad and the ugly in lightweight Junie Browning. The first preliminary light heavyweight match-up is fought.
8x04 Punk
09 October, 2008 6:00 am
Drunken debauchery puts the future of two lightweights in question, and after a grueling preliminary battle a fighter's rage causes chaos in the Octagon.
8x05 From Chill To Kill
16 October, 2008 6:00 am
A coach steps in as the pranks go too far. Team Nogueira trains with UFC World Champion Anderson Silva before two more light heavyweights face off in the Octagon.
8x06 Fight, Fight, Kill, Kill
23 October, 2008 6:00 am
Rolando's black belt is called into question by the other fighters. An act of disrespect at the fight announcement injects more hatred between the teams, leading up to the most intense lightweight showdown yet.
8x07 Body Bag
30 October, 2008 5:00 am
Mir punishes his team with a grueling workout regimen. Nogueira has a blowout with a fighter who’s been talking smack. Two light heavyweights with opposing styles face-off in the Octagon.
8x08 Splushi
06 November, 2008 6:00 am
The pranks at the house reach a new low. A fighter turns on his own teammate, offering up secret advice before a highly-anticipated lightweight bout.
8x09 Hurts Like Hell
13 November, 2008 6:00 am
Somebody gets knocked out at the house. Light heavyweight Kyle Kingsbury prepares to face Team Mir's #1 pick, Krzysztof Soszynski.
8x10 Fire The Cannons
20 November, 2008 6:00 am
Habitual hugger John Polakowski turns mean after Team Mir messes with his cereal. George Roop struggles with an injury before battling it out with John in the last of the preliminary fights. Dana and the coaches set the semifinal matchups
8x11 Make Him Pay
04 December, 2008 6:00 am
In the first semifinal match, light heavyweight Ryan Bader of Team Nogueira takes on Team Mir’s Eliot Marshall. Then the teams clash again when lightweight George Roop fights Phillipe Nover.
8x12 Three Strikes
04 December, 2008 6:00 am
Team Quest teammates Vinny and Krzysztof face off in the last semifinal light heavyweight fight. Then, self-doubts and another incident at the house put Junie’s fight against Efrain in jeopardy.
8x13 Ryan Bader vs. Vinicius Magalhaes TUF 8 Finale
14 December, 2008 6:00 am
It's wrestling vs. Jiu-jitsu as Ryan Bader takes on Vinicius Magalhaes at The Ultimate Fighter® Finale. Going into the fight this appeared to be a battle of styles but in the end it came down to who was better in the stand up.
8x14 Team Nogueira vs Team Mir Finale
14 December, 2008 6:00 am
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