The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) changes to live format for FX channel debut in 2012
by Jesse Holland on Aug 18, 2011 2:37 PM EDT
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Ladies and gentlemen, we-are-LIVE.
Fans who've been "spoiled" by the pre-taped episodes of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) reality show may have a new reason to tune in each week.
That's because the proving ground for up-and-coming fighters is moving to a live format when it transitions to the FX channel in Spring 2012.
UFC President Dana White announced the change earlier today (Aug. 18, 2011) in a joint press conference with FOX Sports as part of the new, long-term broadcasting agreement between the two entities.
Details after the jump.
13 live episodes airing on the "FX" channel.
Live, two-hour season premier will feature 32 fighters facing off in "all-or-nothing" fights to earn their place on the show.
After coaches pick their teams, they will choose who is eligible for each bout. Viewers can also vote on and influence prospective match-ups.Each weekly show will be a "countdown" to that week's fight, which will air live at the end of each episode.
Cameras will follow both winners and losers into the locker room following the fights.
The season culminates in an all-live finale to crown the next TUF champion.
Expect more details to be revealed as we get closer to season 15.
In the meantime, let's hear your thoughts on the format change. Anything can happen in mixed martial arts, especially on live television.
Is this the breath of fresh air you were looking for? Or is it too little, too late? How much of an influence will the coaches be in this new format?
Sound off!
For more on the UFC's content agreement with FOX click here.
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giggity giggity…
I still expect some major bugs. But this is good.
"Crooked banks will gladly give a loan today, so when you miss a payment they can take your home away" - Lupe Fiasco.
My only hope is that they kill off the MTV style manufactured melodrama.
"Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth." - Stephen King
10000000000000000000000000% agree
"Crooked banks will gladly give a loan today, so when you miss a payment they can take your home away" - Lupe Fiasco.
They can’t can they?
FOX does after all do alot of reality based television
"......I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No! He's no Alexander! I'm Alexander! I'm the best ever. I'm Sonny Liston. I'm Jack Dempsey....My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious......." - Mike Tyson
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 18, 2011 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
They can't possibly do any worst then the idea I heard a long time ago.
A bunch of fighters fight in a tourny(or something like that) and the winner gets to job to Fedor.
Havent they been doing that since like 2006?
"......I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No! He's no Alexander! I'm Alexander! I'm the best ever. I'm Sonny Liston. I'm Jack Dempsey....My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious......." - Mike Tyson
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 18, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
it’s just awful. I think I lose IQ points when I am exposed to that “jersey shore” style…. that alone is the reason why I abandoned TUF in the first place.
The only reality shows I watch are Auction Hunters and Master Chef…. and other facsimilies
I loved the Couture vs Liddell sports challenges…. bring that back!
"Crooked banks will gladly give a loan today, so when you miss a payment they can take your home away" - Lupe Fiasco.
I agree.
But I thought it was really unfair to remove guys from the house just because their team lost a sport challenge.
oh don’t remember all the details… but that would be garbage.
"Crooked banks will gladly give a loan today, so when you miss a payment they can take your home away" - Lupe Fiasco.
Yeah after a team lost a challenge.
The coaches would have to choose the weakest link and send them home. Sometimes the guys didn’t seem ready to be in the house but I think the only way a fighter (who didn’t cause some big scene in the house or anything like that) should go home is if they lose.
agreed look above
viewers can phone in and influence matches etc.I’m having flashbacks of big brother!
"ever heard of a tune up? tee hee hee hee
"ah hee hee hee ever heard of a ritual killing? tee hee hee hee"
"i dont get it"
"you gnaw on her face in public like that again and you'll be one tee hee hee hee"
they wont
because theyre going to need to fill every episode, and not all 40 minutes before the fight is going to be training
"This could be the worst disaster we've ever faced"
"With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour"
It has to be real drama that is a part of the process. Like when JDS had to fire his wrestling coach - that seemed "organic" and not contrived.
"Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth." - Stephen King
personally i was on the edge of my seat during tuf 10
will he come back? will he? will he not? best season ever!
pride never die.
silva is a can crusher, try and deny it after wacthing this
Yeah I love this idea…….so much more excitement involved when watching a fight live, I have never liked catching a fight or event via tape delay, it just is not the same. I love this idea and sounds like it will be a totally different show pretty much. Good deal cause the old TUF show I was only tuning in for the fights and like I just said above something about watching them on tape delay that I hate if they start showing them live that would immediately improve the show ten fold.
Mixed Martial Arts Idol?
Yup. I’m interested.
But a lot of hardcore fans wont be. You think Amir Sodallah and Danzig have bad UFC records for show winners? Wait until they give contracts to the bastards that America puts through.
by Jon Estrada Sr. on Aug 18, 2011 2:45 PM EDT reply actions
Amir has a bad record?
"......I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No! He's no Alexander! I'm Alexander! I'm the best ever. I'm Sonny Liston. I'm Jack Dempsey....My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious......." - Mike Tyson
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 18, 2011 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
It's like 5-3 or something like that.
Not bad, especially for a guy that had no easy fights and started his professional career in the UFC.
Thats what I was thinking
"......I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No! He's no Alexander! I'm Alexander! I'm the best ever. I'm Sonny Liston. I'm Jack Dempsey....My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious......." - Mike Tyson
by AintNoSunshine on Aug 18, 2011 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
still not a great record, cut and dry
sure, it doesnt tell the whole story of him as a fighter, but hes not wrong in saying he doesnt have an impressive record
"This could be the worst disaster we've ever faced"
"With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour"
If you or I were in the UFC and held a 5-3 record.
We’d all be impressed.
Why hold Amir to higher standard.. .he’s human.
"Crooked banks will gladly give a loan today, so when you miss a payment they can take your home away" - Lupe Fiasco.
I agree BZ - however , why not recruit solid amateurs or vets of the indy circuits that have been at their craft for awhile? The fights would be so much better, IMO.
"Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth." - Stephen King
i cant agree with that
hes a very talented fighter, but im not impressed with his record…if an NFL team goes 9-7 or a hockey team goes 39-37-6 those records are not impressive, despite the fact that everyone on those teams are better football or hockey players, respectively, than you or I
"This could be the worst disaster we've ever faced"
"With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour"
Now you’re getting into that whole team sport vs. individual sport thing. Amir is decent. He’s beaten some OK guys and lost to some OK guys. He is what he is — a gatekeeper who will win enough to not get cut and give credibility to TUF but never seriously contend for the title. Most importantly, he doesn’t make me want to immediately change the channel when he is scheduled to fight.
Times have changed for sailors these days, when I'm at port I get what I need. Not Havanas or bananas or daiquiris, but that American creation on which I feed.
america doesnt "put them through"
america decides who fights who…they still have to fight though, they could have the best personality in the world, but if they cant fight they cant fight
"This could be the worst disaster we've ever faced"
"With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour"
Random thought but.
But I really wished they would have made a TUF with Anderson Silva and Yushin Okami as the coaches for a “Team Brazil vs Team Japan”. Of course the casuals would get bored with all the hard to understand English and so on.
mismatch.
gross mismatch.
But i do like the idea of a round robin TUF from different nations… like crossing the IFL league format with the TUF season of Bisping/Hendo = USA vs UK
"Crooked banks will gladly give a loan today, so when you miss a payment they can take your home away" - Lupe Fiasco.
True, but i love the idea of getting hungry young fighters from another country.
The Americans always have a few fakes and wanna-be bad boys who just want to be on TV and not really win. I really want to see a Japanese fighter or two get a chance.
Hope they continue to air them on Rogers sportsnet us peeps in BC
by Wisetoad on Aug 18, 2011 2:51 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Just wanted to say....damn you guys are dumb
Thats for all the dumb asses who were seriously debating if the ufc was ‘growing’ fucken idiots.
Dumb ass1: THE SKY IS PURPLZ
Dumb ass2: NO ITS ORANGE!!
Dumb ass3:UFC ARE NOT GROWINCZZZ
If you dont like drugs then dont do them.....give them to me!
Yeah that thread was one of the most stupid ones ever made
The people posting in it seriously debating got dropped to many times on their heads clearly.
If you dont like drugs then dont do them.....give them to me!
by Khaos_Warrior on Aug 18, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
says the guy talking to himself? or did you mean to use another account to agree with yourself?
pride never die.
silva is a can crusher, try and deny it after wacthing this
hahah you caught him
it sucks when you get caught in a lie and you just blew his up quick lol
"This could be the worst disaster we've ever faced"
"With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour"
Thats pathetic.
I’d ask who makes multiple accounts to agree with themselves but we obviously know who.
QOTW material...
"Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty. Only enemies speak the truth." - Stephen King
Wow dude
Just wow……. why don’t you just lay down before you hurt yourself.
by jestermarcus on Aug 18, 2011 4:28 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
wait for the raitings, you dumbass
wait to validate your point there
pride never die.
silva is a can crusher, try and deny it after wacthing this
The ultimate fighter is the stupidest show on tv.
We already have a show were we find out who the better fighter is. It’s called mma!
No escaping pain
You belong to me
Clinging on to life
By the skin o' my teeth
It has its moments.
And as long as they keep the preliminary elimination fights they can weed out a lot of the fame seekers. And it fills in for those times where there aren’t a lot of fight events.
by jestermarcus on Aug 18, 2011 4:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’ve been looking and I may be trying to hard but anyone know if directv has fuel tv
Jackie chan hates MMA. Well FUCK Jackie chan I hate shitty movies!!!
by malito3og3 on Aug 18, 2011 3:23 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Viewers will now be privy to live footage
of grown men jerking off into sushi. Truly a step forwards for a dying show.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
Im sure Fox told Dana to nip that shit in the butt.
At least I hope.
by jestermarcus on Aug 18, 2011 4:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i concur.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
That makes more sense.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
How's this going to work for the finale?
Are they going to have a gap between the live fights and the finale, or are the fighters going to go straight from thehouse to the finals?
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