Cast For the Ultimate Fighter 9 Revealed
Posted by Larry Csonka on 03.09.2009
Meet all 32 Fighters!
- According to Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, here is the 32-man roster for season 9 of the Ultimate Fighter. Dan Henderson will serve as the coach for the US Team, while Michael Bisping will serve as the coach for the UK Team. The two men will then meet at UFC 100. Season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter debuts April 1st.
U.S. Welterweights
* Ryan Biglar (2-1)
* Ray Elbe (20-11)
* Christian Fulgium (6-2-1)
* DaMarques Johnson (13-6)
* Kevin Knabjian (10-3-1)
* Mark Miller (10-4)
* Jason Pierce (9-0)
* Kiel Reid (8-1)
U.S. Lightweights
* Paul Bird (4-1)
* Santino DeFranco (13-4)
* Jason Dent (19-9)
* Cameron Dollar (4-1)
* Tom Hayden (4-0)
* Waylon Lowe (5-2)
* Josh Souder (7-2)
* Richie Whitson (4-0)
U.K. Welterweights
* Dean Amarasinghe (4-1)
* James Bateman (2-1)
* David Faulkner (2-1)
* Tommy Maguire (5-2)
* Che Mills (7-2)
* Nicholas Osipczak (3-0)
* Alex Reid (10-9-1)
* James Wilks (5-2)
U.K. Lightweights
* James Bryan (3-1)
* Dan James (3-0)
* Gary Kelly (2-1).
* Jeff Lawson (13-2)
* Ross Pearson (9-3)
* Martin Stapleton (5-1)
* A.J. Wenn (7-2)
* Andre Winner (9-2-1)
Despite being a Brit MMA fan I got a feeling we are going to get really embarrassed this season. British MMA is way behind the US. WOuld have been better if it was US v the World. Fighters from Japan, Brazil, Russia, UK etc would make it more even i think!
I see Alex Reid is on there! The guy was an actor on a teen soap over here called Hollyoaks and despite not being a great fighter he never gives up! He fought Ninja Rua before and got a nasty shin injury! Hopefully he will get through and should have a few good fights with him involved.
Posted By: Daniel (Guest) on March 09, 2009 at 01:49 PM
Love how they make the crowded divisions even more crowded...
32 fighters, of which I'd guess 28 will eventually drop to Lightweight (as has been the case with so many of the TUF contestants before).
I also see no reason for US vs. UK... especially when it's rumored that the UFC wants to expand their viewer base throughout Europe, Mexico, Japan, and the Philippines. Good job ignoring all of those countries and focusing on the two you already have a strong viewer base in.
If it were me, I'd have done something more like-
* Team Hendo:
Lightweights - North America (decent focus on Canadians and Mexicans)
Welterweights - South America and Caribbean
* Team Bisping:
Lightweights - Asia and Philippines
Welterweights - Europe
Posted By: cyks (Guest) on March 09, 2009 at 02:38 PM
Cameron Dollar that former basketball player???
Posted By: BoingBoing (guest) (Guest) on March 09, 2009 at 03:22 PM
wheres junie`s brother at? i thought he was on there? probably got kicked off the 1st episode haha
Posted By: Guest#1055 (Guest) on March 09, 2009 at 09:42 PM
Half of the American team would struggle to understand Bisping nevermind a whole bunch of people from around the world.
Its one thing finding a bunch of fighters from all around the world, another finding a bunch of fighters from around the world that could understand a scouser.
Posted By: Ste (Guest) on March 10, 2009 at 04:40 PM
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