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The Ultimate Fighter (The Ultimate Fighter Live) - General Information
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Status: Airing Season 15
Premiere: January 17, 2005
Genre: Action | Reality-TV | Sport
Network: FX and FOX (USA)
Airs: Friday
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Season 15 -- 13 episodes -- Mar 9, 2012 to Jun 1, 2012
15x01 -- Mar 09, 2012 -- The Ultimate Fighter Live Premiere
15x02 -- Mar 16, 2012 -- Embrace the War
15x03 -- Mar 23, 2012 -- Old School vs. New School
15x04 -- Mar 30, 2012 -- All the Pressure
15x05 -- Apr 06, 2012 -- That Miserable Feeling
15x06 -- Apr 13, 2012 -- Dog with no Bark
15x07 -- Apr 20, 2012 -- TBA
15x08 -- Apr 27, 2012 -- TBA
15x09 -- May 04, 2012 -- TBA
15x10 -- May 11, 2012 -- TBA
15x11 -- May 18, 2012 -- TBA
15x12 -- May 25, 2012 -- TBA
15x13 -- Jun 01, 2012 -- The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale
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About the show
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The show features professional MMA fighters living together in Las Vegas, Nevada, and follows them as they train and compete against each other for a prized contract with the UFC. The series debuted on January 17, 2005, with its first episode, "The Quest Begins". To date, there have been fourteen seasons of the show, two per calendar year; the fifteenth began airing in March 2012. Each season features either one or two weight classes in the tournament While the format of the show has changed the one constant thing remains the same a fighter must establish himself in the octagon to be the Ultimate Fighter.
'Ultimate Fighter' moves to FX with live fights on Fox.
It's official: UFC is moved to Fox and FX, with Spike TV canceling its long-running reality hit The Ultimate Fighter.
As part of a multi-year deal, Fox will air four live UFC fights per year. Ultimate Fighter will now air on FX. Instead of taping Fighter months in advance like on Spike, each Fighter episode will be shot the same week as when the episode airs and will followed by a live fight. FX will carry six regular fights per year in addition to 24 Ultimate Fighter
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Season 15: The Ultimate Fighter Live
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The Ultimate Fighter: Live (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 15) is the fifteenth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. This season marks the show's debut on the FX network, the debut of Jon Anik as the show's host, and will feature Lightweight fighters.
As part of the deal with FX, the show was revamped. Prior seasons of the show were filmed in six weeks, edited and aired several months after filming was completed. This season the show is being filmed over thirteen weeks and is being edited "the week of" before being broadcast. In addition this season will be the first to feature live fights.
On December 6, 2011, it was announced that the coaches for the season would be Dominick Cruz and Urijah Faber. They are currently two of the top bantamweight division fighters and are set to fight for the title as part of the TUF 15 finale on July of 2012. It will debut on March 9th, 2012.
The Ultimate Fighter 15 Finale, while not officially announced by the organizations, is expected to take place on June 1, 2012 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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Date of last review or update: April 23, 2012
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