TUF 17 Fighters Revealed

The UFC have unveiled the cast for the 17th edition of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ which gets underway on Tuesday, January 22nd at 10pm on FX and features Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen as the team coaches.

In a press release UFC President Dana White promises that the quality of the cast, which draws from a pool of fighters originating largely from the U.S but also includes a few others from the UK, Sweden and Australia, will live up to the hype.

“The quality of guys we have this season in unbelievable,”
White states. “From the fights to get into the house, to every single fight this season, I think the talent is some of the best I’ve ever seen on this show. We’re going to end up with some really good guys in the 185-pound division.”

Check out the full list of fighters below.

Dylan Andrews (16-4-1 / Gold Coast, Australia)
Jake Heun (3-2 / Salt Lake City, Utah)
Hito Andrews (9-2 / Sacramento, California)
Nicholas Hohring (3-0 / Valley Springs, California)
Luke Barnatt (5-0 / Cambridge, England)
Mike Jaspar (6-0 / Camarillo, California)
Bubba McDaniel (20-6 / Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Leo Bercier (7-2 / Great Falls, Montana)
Ryan Lee Bigler (9-3 / Guam)
Frasier Opie (10-5 / Milton, England)
Kevin Casey (5-2 / Hawthorne, California)
Frederick Persons (3-0 / Stockton, California)
Adam Cella (4-0 / Fenton, Missouri)
Jimmy Quinlan (3-0 / Metheun, Massachusetts)
Zach Cummings ( 15-3 / Kansas City, Kansas)
Scott Rosa (4-1 / Sparks, Nevada)
Andy Enz (6-1 / Anchorage, Alaska)
Josh Samman (0-2 / Tallahassee, Florida)
Nik Fehete (5-1 / Las Vegas, Nevada)
Gilbert Smith (5-1 / Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Kelvin Gastelum (5-0 / Yuma, Arizona)
Eldon Sproat (3-1 / Molohai, Hawaii)
Uriah Hall (7-2 / New York City, New York)
Tor Troeng (15-4-1 / Umea, Sweden)
Collin Hart (4-1-1 / Santa Rosa, California)
Eric Wahlin (5-1 / Taylorsville, Utah)
Clint Hester (7-3 / Atlanta, Georgia)
Timothy Williams (7-1 / Millville, New Jersey)

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