The Return of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega | |
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Genre | Reality, Sports |
Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
Starring | Dana White Alexander Volkanovski Brian Ortega |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ESPN+ |
Release | June 1, 2021 |
Related | |
The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters The Ultimate Fighter: Team Peña vs. Team Nunes |
The Return of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 29 and TUF 29) is an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter . [1] The show has been off-air for a few years, following The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters in 2018 broadcast by Fox Sports 1. [2] The UFC officially announced its return in October 2020, now broadcast by ESPN+. [1]
There were no physical tryouts for this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, a remote casting took place on November 13, 2020, featuring male bantamweights and middleweights. [3] Current UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski and former title challenger Brian Ortega were announced as the head coaches in early April 2021. [4] They were previously expected to meet in a title bout at UFC 260, but the pairing was delayed due to the champion testing positive for COVID-19. [5]
The full cast was officially announced on April 18, with the show debuting on June 1. [6]
Team Volkanovski:
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Episode 1 New Beginnings (June 1, 2021) [7]
Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick | 5th Pick | 6th Pick | 7th Pick | 8th Pick |
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Volkanovski | Mitch Raposo (BW) | Ryder Newman (MW) | Dustin Lampros (BW) | Gilbert Urbina (MW) | Ricky Turcios (BW) | Aaron Phillips (MW) | Brady Hiestand (BW) | Bryan Battle (MW) |
Ortega | Daniel Argueta (BW) | Andre Petroski (MW) | Liudvik Sholinian (BW) | Tresean Gore (MW) | Joshua Rettinghouse (BW) | Miles Hunsinger (MW) | Vince Murdock (BW) | Kemran Lachinov (MW) |
Episode 2 Stake Your Claim (June 8, 2021) [8]
Episode 3 Bring in the Rhino (June 15, 2021) [9]
Episode 4 On My Time (June 22, 2021) [10]
Episode 5 Hard Headed (June 29, 2021) [11]
Episode 6 Let the Games Begin (July 6, 2021) [12]
Episode 7 Friend or Foe (July 13, 2021) [13]
Episode 8 Fight or Flight (July 20, 2021) [14]
Episode 9 Clocked (July 27, 2021) [15]
Episode 10 Eye on the Prize (August 3, 2021) [16]
Episode 11 Snake Bitten (August 10, 2021) [17]
Episode 12 A Beautiful Fight (August 17, 2021) [18]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Andre Petroski | SUB | |||||||||
Aaron Phillips | 1 | |||||||||
Andre Petroski | 2 | |||||||||
Bryan Battle | SUB | |||||||||
Kemran Lachinov | 2 | |||||||||
Bryan Battle | UD | |||||||||
Bryan Battle | SUB | |||||||||
Gilbert Urbina** | 2 | |||||||||
Tresean Gore | UD | |||||||||
Ryder Newman | 2 | |||||||||
Tresean Gore | KO | |||||||||
Gilbert Urbina | 2 | |||||||||
Michael Gillmore* | 1 | |||||||||
Gilbert Urbina | SUB | |||||||||
* Miles Hunsinger injured his knee and was replaced by Gillmore.
** Gore injured his knee after the show and was replaced by Urbina.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Liudvik Sholinian | UD | |||||||||
Mitch Raposo | 3 | |||||||||
Liudvik Sholinian | 3 | |||||||||
Ricky Turcios | UD | |||||||||
Daniel Argueta | 3 | |||||||||
Ricky Turcios | UD | |||||||||
Ricky Turcios | SD | |||||||||
Brady Hiestand | 3 | |||||||||
Vince Murdock | TKO | |||||||||
Dustin Lampros | 1 | |||||||||
Vince Murdock | 1 | |||||||||
Brady Hiestand | TKO | |||||||||
Joshua Rettinghouse | 3 | |||||||||
Brady Hiestand | SD | |||||||||
Team Volkanovski | ||
Team Ortega | ||
UD | Unanimous Decision | |
MD | Majority Decision | |
SD | Split Decision | |
SUB | Submission | |
(T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out |
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