The Ultimate Fighter season 8 which will have teams coached by UFC heavyweights Frank Mir and interim Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will first have to watch 32 contestants fight their way into the TUF house. This will be the same format just like this past season with Forrest Griffin and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson as the coaches.Today the names for the upcoming season according to SI.com were revealed and here are the list of names that will be set to appear on the show:
Lightweight
Jose Aguilar (17-3)
Fernando Bernstein (2-0)
Junie Allen Browning (2-0)
Rolando Delgado (7-3-1)
Joseph Duarte (3-0)
Charles Diaz (14-4)
Efrain Escudero (10-0)
Brandon Garner (4-1)
David Kaplan (3-1)
Brian McLaughlin (5-0)
Wesley Murch (4-2)
Shane Nelson (11-3)
Phillipe Nover (5-0-1)
Ido Pariente (13-4)
John Polakowski (3-1)
George Roop (7-3)
Light Heavyweight
Ryan Bader (7-0)
Antwain Britt (4-0)
Jules Bruchez (3-2)
Lance Evans (4-2)
Karen Grigoryan (5-0)
Jason Guida (26-13)
Ryan Jimmo (6-1)
Kyle Kingsbury (7-1-1)
Tom Lawlor (6-2)
Ryan Lopez (5-3)
Vinicius Magalhaes (2-2)
Eric Magee (3-1)
Eliot Marshall (5-1)
Sean O'Connell (1-0)
Shane Primm (1-0)
Krzysztof Soszynski (16-8-1)
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir will make its debut September 17 immediately following Ultimate Fight Night 15 live on Spike TV.
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