TUF 8 contestant Ryan Jimmo before a bout in the MFC

September 17 will see the newest season of TUF dubbed “THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER: TEAM MIR VS. TEAM NOGUEIRA.” The show will feature 32 contestants who fight to be on the show and the final 16. The series premiere will take place on Spike TV on September 17,  with a UFC Fight Night leading into the inaugural show.

This time around it will be lightweights (155 lbs.) and light heavyweights (205 lbs.)  taking the show back to the two weight class format that it departed from in previous seasons.  The TUF 8 finale, which will crown the two winners from each weight class, will take place on Saturday, December 13 live on Spike TV. The coaches Frank Mir and Rodrigo Nogueira are expected to fight two weeks later in what could be the biggest show of the year in the UFC’s year end card.UFC.com announced the fighters of the show and they are. 

LIGHTWEIGHTS

Jose Aguilar
Age: 25
MMA Record: 17-3-0
Trains With: Grapplers Edge
Location: Las Cruces , NM

Fernando Bernstein
Age: 25
MMA Record: 2-0-0
Location: San Clemente , CA

Marcus Brimage
Age: 22
MMA Record: 1-0-0
Location: Birmingham , AL

Junie Allen Browning
Age: 22
MMA Record: 2-0-0
Trains With: Four Seasons Martial Arts
Location: Lexington , KY

Rolando Delgado
Age: 26
MMA Record: 7-3-1
Trains With: Westside Fight Team
Location: North Little Rock , AR

Joseph Duarte
Age: 24
MMA Record: 3-0
Trains With: Unleashed Training Facility/ Alliance MMA
Location: San Diego , CA

Efrain Escudero
Age: 22
MMA Record: 10-0-0
Trains With: Southwest Martial Arts
Location: Tempe , AZ

Brandon Garner
Age: 26
MMA Record: 4-1-0
Trains With: Team ROC
Location: Raleigh , NC

David Kaplan
Age: 28
MMA Record: 3-1-0
Trains With: Lloyd Irvin Team
Location: Camp Springs , MD

Brian McLaughlin
Age: 23
MMA Record: 5-0-0
Trains With: Team Gracie Tampa
Location: Tampa , FL

Wesley Murch
Age: 25
MMA Record: 4-2-0
Trains With: Trojan Gym
Location: Bristol , UK

Shane Nelson
Age: 24
MMA Record: 11-3-0
Trains With: BJ Penn's MMA
Location: Hilo , HI

Phillipe Nover
Age: 24
MMA Record: 5-0-1
Trains With: Team Insight
Location: Brooklyn , NY

Ido Pariente
Age: 30
MMA Record: 13-4-0
Trains With:
Location: Tel Avis , Israel

John Polakowski
Age: 26
MMA Record: 3-1-0
Trains With: The Pit
Location: San Luis Obispo , CA

George Roop
Age: 26
MMA Record: 7-3-0
Trains With: Ultima MMA
Location: Tucson , AZ

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Ryan Bader
Age: 24
MMA Record: 7-0-0
Trains With: Arizona Combat Sports
Location: Chandler , AZ

Antwain Britt
Age: 29
MMA Record: 4-0-0
Trains With: Bombsquad MMA
Location: Virginia Beach , VA

Jules Bruchez
Age: 30
MMA Record: 3-2-0
Trains With: Ronan Dojo
Location: Lafayette , LA

Lance Evans
Age: 30
MMA Record: 4-2-0
Trains With: TKO MMA
Location: Niagara Falls , NY

Karen Grigoryan
Age: 26
MMA Record: 5-0-0
Trains With: RusFighters Sport Club
Location: Russia

Jason Guida
Age: 30
MMA Record: 26-13-0
Trains With: Hellhouse Gym
Location: Chicago , IL

Ryan Jimmo
Age: 26
MMA Record: 6-1-0
Trains With: Titans MMA
Location: Halifax , Nova Scotia

Kyle Kingsbury
Age: 26
MMA Record: 7-1-1
Trains With: American Kickboxing Academy
Location: Sunnyvale , CA

Tom Lawlor
Age: 24
MMA Record:
Trains With: American Top Team
Location: Oviedo , FL

Ryan Lopez
Age: 25
MMA Record: 5-3-0
Location: Oklahoma City , OK

Vinicius Magalhaes
Age: 23
MMA Record: 2-2-0
Trains With: Team Quest
Location: Temecula , CA

Eliot Marshall
Age: 27
MMA Record: 5-1-0
Trains With: Eastern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Location: Boulder , CO

Tom Matijacic
Age: 31
MMA Record: 4-0-1
Trains With:
Location: Tigard , OR

Sean O'Connell
Age: 24
MMA Record: 1-0-0
Location: Salt Lake City , UT

Shane Primm
Age: 23
MMA Record: 1-0-0
Trains With: Team Gracie Tampa
Location: Tampa , FL

Krzysztof Soszynski
Age: 30
MMA Record: 16-8-1
Trains With: Team Quest
Location: Temecula , CA