FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER TRYOUTS FOR THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER® WILL BE OPEN TO MALE AND FEMALE FIGHTERS
Bantamweights (135lbs) invited to try out for season 18 on April 15
Winner
of Miesha Tate vs. Cat Zingano at The Ultimate Fighter® Finale on April
13 will coach Season 18 against Champion Ronda Rousey
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) organization will be hosting a casting call for the next US edition of its long-running reality series, The Ultimate Fighter®, on Monday April 15, 2013, in Las Vegas. For the first time ever in the history of the series, Season 18 will feature male and female bantamweight (135lbs) fighters.
All TUF™ 18 candidates must be between 21 and 34 years old and have the legal ability to live and work in the United States. Male fighters must have a minimum of three professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights – holding a winning record; all female applicants must have had professional MMA experience (both require verifiable records). Applications, which should be completed and brought to the tryouts, can be found online at http://www.ufc.com/TUF18. Tryout details are provided below:
Where:
Palace Station Hotel, 2411 West Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102
Tryouts will be held in the Grand Ballroom
When:
Monday April 15, 2013*
Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. PT
Fighters will be required to grapple & hit pads. Please bring appropriate gear.
*Applicants will be notified at the end of the tryouts if they have been selected to continue on in the casting process. If selected, applicants must be prepared to stay in Las Vegas until April 19.
The Ultimate Fighter, which debuted in 2005, has launched the careers of more than 100 UFC fighters and has produced past champions such as Rashad Evans, Forrest Griffin, Michael Bisping and Matt Serra. Bantamweights were most recently featured on The Ultimate Fighter 14, where John Dodson emerged as season winner.
TUF 18 is expected to debut in the fall of 2013.
Tickets for season 17’s The Ultimate Fighter® Finale are on-sale now. To purchase tickets to the April 13th event at Mandalay Bay Events Center, or for more information, visit the Mandalay Bay Events Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com, or charge-by-phone at 800.745.3000.
Catch all new episodes of this season of The Ultimate Fighter at 9 p.m. ET/PT.