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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Airs: Tuesdays at 10:00pm on ESPN, Spike, FX, Fox Sports, Fox Sports 1, ESPN+

Genres: Reality

Premiered: 17 January 2005

Language: English, Spanish, Norwegian

Country: United States

Runtime: 45m

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Cast

	Randy Couture
	Urijah Faber
	Chris Leben
	Mike Swick
	Diego Sanchez
	Frank Mir
	Anderson Silva
	Ken Kilpatrick
	Wilson Gouveia
	Stephan Bonnar
	Tito Ortiz
	Shonie Carter
	Dana White	UFC President / Self
	Ken Shamrock
	Phillipe Nover
	Efrain Escudero
	Junie Browning
	Jens Pulver
	Jason Thacker
	Bobby Southworth
	Alex Schoenauer
	Lodune Sincaid
	Mikey Burnett
	Dana White
	Urijah Faber
	Randy Couture	Head Coach / Self
	Willa Ford	Self - Host
	Chris Leben	Self
	Mike Swick	Self
	Diego Sanchez	Self
	Forrest Griffin	Self
	Josh Koscheck	Self
	Chuck Liddell	Head Coach / Self
	Stephan Bonnar	Self
	Kenny Florian	Self
	Sam Hoger	Self
	Alex Karalexis	Self
	Nathan Quarry	Self
	Bobby Southworth	Self
	Mike Rowe	Self - Narrator
	Jason Thacker	Self
	Alex Schoenauer	Self
	Lodune Sincaid	Self
	Chris Sanford	Self
	Josh Rafferty	Self
	Marc Laimon	Grappling Coach / Self
	Ganyao Fairtex	Muay Thai Coach / Self
	Peter Welch	Boxing Coach / Self
	Seth Petruzelli	Self
	Rashad Evans	Self
	Joe Stevenson	Self
	Keith Jardine	Self
	Rich Franklin	Head Coach / Self
	Matt Hughes	Head Coach / Self
	Marcus Davis	Self
	Josh Burkman	Self
	Dan Christison	Self
	Melvin Guillard	Self
	Jorge Gurgel	Self
	Luke Cummo	Self
	Rob MacDonald	Self
	Jason Von Flue	Self
	Tom Murphy	Self
	Brad Imes	Self
	Mike Whitehead	Self
	Kerry Schall	Self
	Anthony Torres	Self
	Kenny Stevens	Self
	Eli Joslin	Self
	Sammy Morgan	Self
	Matt Hamill	Self
	Kendall Grove	Self
	Michael Bisping	Self
	Ken Kilpatrick	Head Coach / Self
	Tito Ortiz	Head Coach / Self
	Dean Lister	Jiu Jitsu Coach / Self
	Kalib Starnes	Self
	Ed Herman	Self
	Mike Nickels	Self
	Rory Singer	Self
	Josh Haynes	Self
	Tait Fletcher	Self
	Ross Pointon	Self
	Danny Abbadi	Self
	Solomon Hutcherson	Self
	Jesse Forbes	Self
	Kristian Rothaermel	Self
	Saul Soliz	Kickboxing Coach / Self
	Wing Butler	Sign Language Interpreter / Self
	Roman Pollock	Boxing Coach / Self
	Dan Freeman	Nutrition/ Strength Coach / Self
	Mike Stine	Self
	Noah Inhofer	Self
	Tait Fletcher	Self
	Georges St-Pierre	Head Coach / Self
	Scott Smith	Self
	Pete Sell	Self
	Chuck Liddell	Guest Coach / Self
	Rich Franklin	Guest Coach / Self
	Matt Hughes	Guest Coach / Self
	Matt Serra	Self
	Jorge Rivera	Self
	Chris Lytle	Self
	Patrick Cote	Self
	Rich Clementi	Self
	Gideon Ray	Self
	Travis Lutter	Self
	Charles McCarthy	Self
	Din Thomas	Self
	Pete Spratt	Self
	Edwin DeWees	Self
	Shonie Carter	Self
	Mikey Burnett	Self
	Jeremy Jackson	Self
	Mark DellaGrotte	Muay Thai/Kickboxing Coach / Self
	Marc Laimon	Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Coach / Self
	Randy Couture	Guest Coach / Self
	Jens Pulver	Head Coach / Self
	B.J. Penn	Head Coach / Self
	Nate Diaz	Self
	Cole Miller	Self
	Matt Wiman	Self
	Jeremy Horn	Guest Coach / Self
	Gray Maynard	Self
	Robert Emerson	Self
	Manvel Gamburyan	Self
	Joe Lauzon	Self
	Gabe Ruediger	Self
	Brandon Melendez	Self
	Andy Wang	Self
	Allen Berube	Self
	Brian Geraghty	Self
	Corey Hill	Self
	Noah Thomas	Self
	Marlon Sims	Self
	Wayne Weems	Self
	Robbie Lawler	Wrestling Coach
	Pete Sell	Jiu Jitsu Coach
	Matt Hughes	Head Coach
	Matt Serra	Head Coach
	Ben Saunders	Self
	Mac Danzig	Self
	George Sotiropoulos	Self
	Roman Mitichyan	Self
	Matt Arroyo	Self
	Tom Speer	Self
	Jared Rollins	Self
	Billy Miles	Self
	Dan Barrera	Self
	John Kolosci	Self
	Paul Georgieff	Self
	Dorian Price	Self
	Troy Mandaloniz	Self
	Richie Hightower	Self
	Jay Longo	Kickboxing Coach
	Joe Scarola	Self
	Roman Mitichyan	Self
	Blake Bowman	Self
	Forrest Griffin	Head Coach / Self
	Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson	Head Coach / Self
	Matt Brown	Self
	Gray Maynard	Wrestling Coach / Self
	Amir Sadollah	Self
	Tim Credeur	Self
	Jesse Taylor	Self
	Matthew Riddle	Self
	Gerald Harris	Self
	Paul Bradley	Self
	C.B. Dollaway	Self
	Mike Dolce	Self
	Cale Yarbrough	Self
	Dante Rivera	Self
	Dan Cramer	Self
	Luke Zachrich	Self
	Patrick Schultz	Self
	Jeremy May	Self
	Brandon Sene	Self
	Nick Klein	Self
	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Head Coach / Self
	Frank Mir	Head Coach / Self
	Krzysztof Soszynski	Self
	Demian Maia	Jiu Jitsu Coach / Self
	Ryan Bader	Self
	Junie Browning	Self
	Shane Nelson	Self
	Efrain Escudero	Self
	Thomas Joseph Lawlor	Self
	Antwain Britt	Self
	George Roop	Self
	Eliot Marshall	Self
	Phillipe Nover	Self
	Vinny Magalhães	Self
	Kyle Kingsbury	Self
	John Polakowski	Self
	Dave Kaplan	Self
	Shane Primm	Self
	Jules Bruchez	Self
	Rolando Delgado	Self
	Brian McLaughlin	Self
	Karn Grigoryan	Self
	Michael Bisping	Head Coach / Self
	Dan Henderson	Head Coach / Self
	James Wilks	Self
	Ross Pearson	Self
	Jason Dent	Self
	DaMarques Johnson	Self
	Andre Winner	Self
	Nick Osipczak	Self
	Martin Stapleton	Self
	Cyrille Diabate	Muay Thai Instructor / Self
	Cameron Dollar	Self
	Heath Sims	Wrestling Instructor / Self
	Frank Lester	Self
	Santino DeFranco	Self
	Richie Whitson	Self
	Mark Miller	Self
	Jason Pierce	Self
	Jeff Lawson	Self
	Dean Amasinger	Self
	David Faulkner	Self
	Kimbo Slice	Self
	Roy Nelson	Self
	Rashad Evans	Head Coach / Self
	Wes Sims	Self
	Mike Van Arsdale	Coach / Self
	Tiki Ghosn	Coach / Self
	Matt Mitrione	Self
	Brendan Schaub	Self
	Abe Wagner	Self
	Mike Wessel	Self
	Rolles Gracie	Coach / Self
	James McSweeney	Self
	Justin Wren	Self
	Mike Dolce	Nutritionist / Self
	Wes Shivers	Self
	Scott Junk	Self
	Darrill Schoonover	Self
	Jon Madsen	Self
	Tom Blackledge	Coach / Self
	Greg Jackson	Coach / Self
	Trevor Wittman	Coach / Self
	Demico Rogers	Self
	Marcus Jones	Self
	Zak Jensen	Self
	Rob McCullough	Coach / Self
	Forrest Griffin	Coach / Self
	Chuck Liddell	Coach / Self
	Rich Franklin	Coach / Self
	Tyson Griffin	Coach / Self
	Gray Maynard	Coach / Self
	Tito Ortiz	Coach / Self
	Jake Shields	Coach / Self
	Kyle Noke	Self
	Chris Camozzi	Self
	Brad Tavares	Self
	Nick Ring	Self
	Court McGee	Self
	Seth Baczynski	Self / Fighter
	Kris McCray	Self
	John Hackleman	Coach / Self
	Rich Attonito	Self
	Jamie Yager	Self
	Josh Bryant	Self
	James Hammortree	Self
	Kyacey Uscola	Self
	Clayton McKinney	Self
	Charles Blanchard	Self
	Joseph Henle	Self
	Georges St-Pierre	Head Coach
	Jon Fitch	Coach
	Josh Koscheck	Head Coach
	Nam Phan	Self
	Alex Caceres	Self
	Cody McKenzie	Self
	Michael Johnson	Self
	Jonathan Brookins	Self
	Aaron Wilkinson	Self
	Kyle Watson	Self
	Sako Chivitchian	Self
	Marc Stevens	Self
	Andy Main	Self
	Jeff Lentz	Self
	Greg Jackson	Coach
	Sevak Magakian	Self
	Spencer Paige	Self
	Dane Sayers	Self
	Brock Lesnar	Head Coach
	Junior dos Santos	Head Coach
	Tony Ferguson	Self
	Ramsey Nijem	Self
	Keon Caldwell	Self
	Shamar Bailey	Self
	Justin Edwards	Self / Fighter
	Myles Jury	Self
	Javier Torres	Self
	Clay Harvison	Self
	Chris Cope	Self
	Chuck O'Neil	Self
	Ryan McGillivray	Self
	Len Bentley	Self
	Charlie Rader	Self
	Nordin Asrih	Self
	Zachary Davis	Self
	Michael Bowman	Self
	Michael Bisping	Head Coach
	Jason Miller	Head Coach
	Akira Corassani	Self
	Dennis Bermudez	Self
	Diego Brandao	Self
	John Dodson	Self
	Marcus Brimage	Self
	TJ Dillashaw	Self
	Steven Siler	Self
	Roland Delorme	Self
	Louis Gaudinot	Self
	Bryan Caraway	Self
	Johnny Bedford	Self
	Stephen Bass	Self
	John Albert	Self
	Dustin Pague	Self
	Josh Ferguson	Self
	Dustin Neace	Self
	Urijah Faber	Head Coach
	Ross Pearson	Coach
	Dominick Cruz	Head Coach
	Danny Castillo	Coach
	Phil Davis	Wrestling Coach
	Justin Lawrence	Self
	TJ Dillashaw	Coach
	Andy Ogle	Self
	James Vick	Self
	Al Iaquinta	Self
	Joe Proctor	Self
	Sam Sicilia	Self
	Michael Chiesa	Self
	Vinc Pichel	Self
	Daron Cruickshank	Self
	Justin Buchholz	Coach
	Chris Saunders	Self
	John Cofer	Self
	Chris Tickle	Self
	Cristiano Marcello	Self
	Jeremy Larsen	Self
	Mike Rio	Self
	Roy Nelson	Head Coach
	Shane Carwin	Head Coach
	Sam Alvey	Self
	Bristol Marunde	Self
	Mike Ricci	Self
	Colton Smith	Self
	Neil Magny	Self
	Julian Lane	Self / Fighter
	Eddy Ellis	Self
	Jon Manley	Self
	Igor Araújo	Self
	James Chaney	Self
	Matt Secor	Self
	Dom Waters	Self
	Michael Hill	Self
	Cameron Diffley	Self
	Nic Herron-Webb	Self
	Joey Rivera	Self
	Chael Sonnen	Head Coach
	Jon Jones	Head Coach
	Kevin Casey	Self
	Uriah Hall	Self
	Kelvin Gastelum	Self
	Zak Cummings	Self
	Luke Barnatt	Self
	Bubba McDaniel	Self
	Clint Hester	Self
	Josh Samman	Self
	Dylan Andrews	Self
	Gilbert Smith	Self / Fighter
	Collin Hart	Self
	Jimmy Quinlan	Self
	Tor Troéng	Self
	Adam Cella	Self
	Manvel Gamburyan	Coach
	Ronda Rousey	Head Coach
	Miesha Tate	Head Coach
	Shayna Baszler	Self
	Roxanne Modafferi	Self
	Raquel Pennington	Self
	Jessamyn Duke	Self
	Cody Bollinger	Self
	Peggy Morgan	Self
	Julianna Peña	Self
	Davey Grant	Self
	Bryan Caraway	Coach
	Sarah Moras	Self
	Jessica Rakoczy	Self
	Chris Holdsworth	Self
	Chris Beal	Self
	Tim Gorman	Self
	Josh Hill	Self
	Anthony Gutierrez	Self
	Edmond Tarverdyan	Coach
	Michael Wootten	Self
	Louis Fisette	Self
	Mark Coleman	Wrestling Coach / Self
	Frankie Edgar	Head Coach / Self
	Ricardo Almeida	Jiu Jitsu Coach / Self
	Andre Pederneiras	Jiu Jitsu Coach / Self
	Corey Anderson	Self
	Matt Van Buren	Self
	Eddie Gordon	Self / Fighter
	Dhiego Lima	Self
	Héctor Urbina	Self
	Daniel Spohn	Self
	Mark Henry	Boxing Coach / Self
	Anton Berzin	Self
	Cathal Pendred	Self
	Tim Williams	Self
	Cathal Pendred	Self
	Mike King	Self
	Patrick Walsh	Self
	Roger Zapata	Self
	Chris Fields	Self
	Steve Rivera	Wrestling Coach / Self
	Anderson França	Muay Thai Coach / Self
	Jason Parillo	Boxing Coach / Self
	Ian Stephens	Self
	Todd Monaghan	Self
	Josh Clark	Self
	Jake Shields	Coach
	Gilbert Melendez	Head Coach
	Anthony Pettis	Head Coach
	Lisa Ellis-Ward	Self
	Jessica Penne	Self
	Aisling Daly	Self
	Carla Esparza	Self
	Joanne Wood	Self
	Tecia Pennington	Self
	Rose Namajunas	Self
	Emily Kagan	Self
	Angela Hill	Self
	Alex Chambers	Self
	Felice Herrig	Self
	Heather Jo Clark	Self
	Justine Kish	Self
	Randa Markos	Self
	Bec Rawlings	Self
	Angela Magaña	Self
	Duke Roufus	Coach
	Nathan Coy	Self
	Felipe Portela	Self
	Steve Carl	Self
	Luiz Firmino	Self
	Kamaru Usman	Self
	Sabah Homasi	Self
	Jason Jackson	Self
	Carrington Banks	Self
	Vicente Luque	Self
	Steve Montgomery	Self
	Hayder Hassan	Self / Fighter
	Michael Graves	Self
	Dan Lambert	Gym Owner
	Uros Jurisic	Self
	Dan Lambert	Gym Owner
	Glenn Robinson	Gym Owner
	Marcelo Alfaya	Self
	Valdir Araújo	Self
	Andrews Nakahara	Self
	Conor McGregor	Head Coach
	Artem Lobov	Self
	David Teymur	Self
	Thanh Le	Self
	Jason Gonzalez	Self
	Cody Garbrandt	Coach
	Chris Gruetzemacher	Self
	Ryan Hall	Self
	Saul Rogers	Self
	Billy Quarantillo	Self
	Julian Erosa	Self
	Marcin Wrzosek	Self
	Abner Lloveras	Self
	Mehdi Baghdad	Self / Fighter
	Martin Svensson	Self
	Tom Gallicchio	Self / Fighter
	Johnny Nuñez	Self
	Frantz Slioa	Self
	Sascha Sharma	Self
	James Jenkins	Self
	Claudia Gadelha	Head Coach
	JJ Aldrich	Self
	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Head Coach
	Eric Spicely	Self
	Amanda Cooper	Self
	Helen Harper	Self
	Khalil Rountree Jr.	Self
	Jamie Moyle	Self
	Kate Jackson	Self
	Tatiana Suarez	Self
	Andrew Sanchez	Self
	Ashley Yoder	Self
	Josh Stansbury	Self
	Cory Hendricks	Self
	Lanchana Green	Self
	Myron Dennis	Self
	Elias Urbina IV	Self
	Abdel Medjedoub	Self
	Joseph Benavidez	Head Coach
	Damacio Page	Self
	Demetrious Johnson	Self
	Adam Antolin	Self
	Henry Cejudo	Head Coach
	Tim Elliott	Self
	Brandon Moreno	Self
	Ronaldo Candido	Self
	Jaime Alvarez	Self
	Alexandre Pantoja	Self
	Kai Kara-France	Self
	Matt Schnell	Self
	Eric Shelton	Self
	Hiromasa Ougikubo	Self
	Matt Rizzo	Self
	Terrence Mitchell	Self
	Charlie Alaniz	Self
	Yoni Sherbatov	Self
	Nkazimulo Zulu	Self
	Urijah Faber	Coach
	Joe Stevenson	Self / Fighter
	Duane Ludwig	Coach
	James Krause	Self / Fighter
	Jesse Taylor	Self / Fighter
	Ramsey Nijem	Self / Fighter
	TJ Dillashaw	Head Coach
	Eliot Marshall	Coach
	Dhiego Lima	Self / Fighter
	Héctor Urbina	Self / Fighter
	Cody Garbrandt	Head Coach
	Johnny Nuñez	Self / Fighter
	Eddie Alvarez	Head Coach
	Roxanne Modafferi	Self.
	Barb Honchak	Self
	Justin Gaethje	Head Coach
	DeAnna Bennett	Self
	Rachael Ostovich	Self
	Lauren Murphy	Self
	Ariel Beck	Self
	Sijara Eubanks	Self
	Gillian Robertson	Self
	Emily Whitmire	Self
	Christina Marks	Self
	Shana Dobson	Self
	Nicco Montaño	Self
	Melinda Fábián	Self
	Karine Gevorgyan	Self
	Maia Stevenson	Self
	Montana Stewart	Self
	Daniel Cormier	Head Coach
	Stipe Miocic	Head Coach
	Kyler Phillips	Self
	Luis Peña	Self
	Richie Smullen	Self
	Mike Trizano	Self
	Joe Giannetti	Self
	John Gunther	Self
	Brad Katona	Self
	Jay Cucciniello	Self
	Tyler Diamond	Self
	Bryce Mitchell	Self
	Suman Mokhtarian	Self
	Allan Zuñiga	Self
	Dulani Perry	Self
	José Martinez Jr.	Self
	Ricky Steele	Self
	Thailand Clark	Self
	Marciea Allen	Self
	Kelvin Gastelum	Head Coach
	Robert Whittaker	Head Coach
	Pannie Kianzad	Self
	Justin Frazier	Self
	Macy Chiasson	Self
	Katharina Lehner	Self
	Josh Parisian	Self
	Maurice Greene	Self
	Leah Letson	Self
	Julija Stoliarenko	Self
	Juan Espino Dieppa	Self
	Bea Malecki	Self
	Ben Sosoli	Self
	Larissa Pacheco	Self
	Michel Batista	Self
	Przemysław Mysiala	Self
	Anderson Manoel da Silva	Self
	Brian Ortega	Head Coach
	Ricky Turcios	Self
	Alexander Volkanovski	Head Coach
	Kemran Lachinov	Self
	Aaron Phillips	Self
	Bryan Battle	Self
	Tresean Gore	Self
	Brady Hiestand	Self
	Gilbert Urbina	Self
	Andre Petroski	Self
	Micheal Gillmore	Self
	Liudvik Sholinian	Self
	Miles Hunsinger	Self
	Ryder Newman	Self
	Daniel Argueta	Self
	Mitch Raposo	Self
	Dustin Lampros	Self
	Joshua Rettinghouse	Self
	Vince Murdock	Self
	Amanda Nunes	Head Coach / Self
	Julianna Peña	Head Coach / Self
	Helen Peralta	Self
	Brogan Walker-Sanchez	Self
	Kaytlin Neil	Self
	Kathryn Paprocki	Self
	Chantel Coates	Self
	Laura Gallardo	Self
	Claire Guthrie	Self
	Juliana Miller	Self
	Hannah Guy	Self
	Chandler Cole	Self
	Mohammed Usman	Self
	Zac Pauga	Self
	Jordan Heiderman	Self
	Bobby Maximus	Self
	Eduardo Perez	Self
	Mitchell Sipe	Self
	Nyle Bartling	Self
	Conor McGregor	Head Coach / Self
	Michael Chandler	Head Coach / Self