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Ultimate Fighter set for another five seasons
July 07, 2008 By: Gary Herman Category: The Ultimate Fighter

When Amir Sadollah beat C.B. Dalloway to win The Ultimate Fighter title, that made seven completed seasons of the reality show. Filming for season 8 with Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira as coaches has also wrapped up. The show is expected to debut sometime in September.

Now, we can expect many more seasons of the show to air in the future.

We will have twelve seasons of the Ultimate Fighter,” said Dana White, “We just finished shooting season 8.”

White still believes the show is great for grooming future UFC participants.

Ultimate Fighter is an amazing training camp for up and coming fighters,” said White.

With ratings continuing to drop over the past few seasons, it will be interesting to see if serious changes are made with the format. Besides format changes, The Ultimate Fighter needs to bring in higher caliber fighters. The UFC may be forced to spend more money to bring the guys in, but better talent will create better fights which will create better ratings.

Also, with Forrest Griffin winning the most coveted title in the UFC - the light heavyweight championship, I am interested to see if ratings go up based on Griffin’s win. Griffin’s victory definitely validated the credibility of the show. The victory proved that investing our time in the fighters can have a big-time payoff down the line.

Five Ounces of Pain | Ultimate Fighter set for another five seasons

Honestly, reguardless of TV ratings, this show is producing 1-3 decent fighters a season. And even some of the other fighters that don't make it to the UFC are ending up in other Orgs and are putting on good showings. Look at Bobby Southworth and Scott Smith for instance. I think reguardless of the stupidity that happens on the show, it has been an invaluable tool in producing a lot of the up and coming fighters that will be around for awhile.

[Problematique]

I agree.
Wish they'd bring challenges back or something.

[hunterkiller]

Yay . . . . I mean booooooooo.

[Problematique]

What's so bad about that Coy?
TUF has made the UFC / other orgs some good fighters.
TUF 1 - Forrest, Bonnar, Sanchez, Koscheck, Quarry, Southworth, Florian, Leben, Swick.
TUF 2 - Stevenson, Davis, Guillard, Evans, Jardine, Burkman.
TUF 3 - Bisping, Hammill, Grove, Herman
TUF 4 (not counted)
TUF 5 - Diaz, Gamburyan, Hill, Wiman, Lauzon, Maynard, Miller.
TUF 6 - Danzig, Arroyo, Rollins, Saunders, Koppenhaver, Sotiropoulis.

[Gurry]

i really dun think i culd bear another 5 seasons, ill prolly stp watching at season 10... but this is beginning to be unbearable same usual dribble...

[hunterkiller]

Originally Posted by Problematique

What's so bad about that Coy?

It's an oxymoron. I love the show but at the same time I hate the show.

[Problematique]

lol fair nuff i guess.

[LookitsLance]

I like the show, I haven't watched all the seasons, I generally watch a couple episodes and either stop watching or keep watching, it just depends on how I like it. I do think its a good show that produces good, legit fighters.

[Oats420]

The "reality" part of the show is kinda lame, but there can be some incredible fights on it!

And I agree with everyone on the fact that regardless of the ratings, they are producing a few top fighters year in and year out.

[LookitsLance]

I personally like the reality aspect in part. I don't like the drunken stupidness, but I do really like seeing fighters train and their thoughts on fighting and other fighters, it can be interesting.