The Ultimate Fighter

The Ultimate Fighter is a reality television show that formerly ran on Spike. The show saved the UFC from bankruptcy and skyrocketed the popularity of the sport of mixed martial arts. The show now has 29 seasons in total. The most recent season is now running currently on ESPN+ (episodes every Tuesday). The concept of the show is that a certain number of amateur mixed martial artists come onto the show and compete in a tournament. Starting with preliminary matches, then quarter-finals, semi-finals, then ending with the finals when the two last contestants fight to compete for a 6 figure UFC contract (and maybe other prizes if added). There will be 2 teams which are coached by UFC stars and there will be either one or two weight divisions that the contestants battle at. When the next UFC fighter has been crowned at the end of the season, the two coaches will fight in the octagon. The most recent season has the coaches as Brian "T-City" Ortega and Alexander "The Great" Volkanovski. The other seasons are Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell and Randy "Captain America" Couture (1), Matt Hughes and Rich "Ace" Franklin (2), Tito "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Ortiz and Ken "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Shamrock (3), No coaches (4), Jens "Little Evil" Pulver and BJ "The Prodigy" Penn (5), Matt Hughes and Matt "The Terror" Serra (6), Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Forrest Griffin (7), Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira and Frank Mir (8), Dan "Hendo" Henderson and Michael "The Count" Bisping (9), Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Rashad "Suga" Evans (10), Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell and Tito "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Ortiz (11), Georges "Rush" St-Pierre and Josh "Kos" Koscheck (12), Junior "Cigano" Dos Santos and Brock Lesnar (13), Michael "The Count" Bisping and Jason "Mayhem" Miller (14), Dominick "The Dominator" Cruz and Urijah "The California Kid" Faber (15), Shane "The Engineer" Carwin and Roy "Big Country" Nelson (16), Jon "Bones" Jones and Chael "The American Gangster" Sonnen (17), Ronda "Rowdy" Rousey and Miesha "Cupcake" Tate (18), Frankie "The Answer" Edgar and BJ "The Prodigy" Penn (19), Anthony "Showtime" Pettis and Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez (20), American Top Team and Blackzillians (21), Conor "The Notorious" McGregor and Urijah "The California Kid" Faber (22), Joanna Jędrzejczyk and Cláudia "Claudinha" Gadelha (23), Joseph "The Beefcake" Benavidez and Henry "The Messenger" Cejudo (24), Cody "No Love" Garbrant and TJ Dillashaw (25), Eddie "The Underground King" Alvarez and Justin "The Highlight" Gaethje (26), Stipe "Stone Cold" Miocic and Daniel Cormier (27), Robert "The Reaper" Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum (28), and now finally Brian "T-City" Ortega and Alexander "The Great" Volkanovski (29).The series has produced rivalries, street fights, hilarious moments, and unforgettable fights. The series has also created UFC super stars, Forrest Griffin, Stephan "The American Psycho" Bonnar, Michael "The Count" Bisping, Nate Diaz, Tony "El Cucuy" Ferguson, Uriah "Prime Time" Hall, Kamaru "The Nigerian Nightmare" Usman, Ryan "The Wizard" Hall, and many many more. The show is one of the best shows when you are talking about MMA television.