The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate | |
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Genre | Reality, Sports |
Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
Starring | Dana White, Ronda Rousey, and Miesha Tate |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Fox Sports 1 |
Release | September 4 November 27, 2013 | –
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 18) is the eighteenth U.S.-based installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter.
The series was officially announced by the UFC in March 2013 with the revelation that for the first time women will serve as coaches and the contestants will be both male and female.[1][2] Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey was selected to coach against the winner of the Miesha Tate and Cat Zingano bout on The Ultimate Fighter 17 finale in April 2013.[1] Zingano won the fight, but a few weeks prior to filming was removed from the coaching position due to an injury and replaced by Tate.[3]
The season was the first to air on Fox Sports 1[4] and debuted on September 4, 2013, and also the first time that it had been seen on BT Sport in the UK debuting on September 5, 2013 at 11PM also.[5]
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* Gorman got injured and was replaced on episode 2 by Fisette
Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick |
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Tate | Julianna Peña | Sarah Moras | Raquel Pennington | Roxanne Modafferi |
Rousey | Shayna Baszler | Jessamyn Duke | Peggy Morgan | Jessica Rakoczy |
Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick |
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Tate | Cody Bollinger | Chris Holdsworth | Josh Hill | Tim Gorman |
Rousey | Chris Beal | Davey Grant | Anthony Gutierrez | Michael Wootten |
Elimination Round | Semi-finals | Finale | ||||||||
2 Shayna Baszler | 2 | |||||||||
1 Julianna Peña | SUB | |||||||||
1 Julianna Peña | SUB | |||||||||
3 Sarah Moras | 2 | |||||||||
6 Peggy Morgan | 1 | |||||||||
3 Sarah Moras | SUB | |||||||||
1 Julianna Peña | TKO | |||||||||
8 Jessica Rakoczy | 1 | |||||||||
4 Jessamyn Duke | 3 | |||||||||
5 Raquel Pennington | UD | |||||||||
5 Raquel Pennington | 3 | |||||||||
8 Jessica Rakoczy | UD | |||||||||
8 Jessica Rakoczy | TKO | |||||||||
7 Roxanne Modafferi | 2 | |||||||||
Elimination Round | Semi-finals | Finale | ||||||||
2 Chris Beal | 1 | |||||||||
3 Chris Holdsworth | SUB | |||||||||
3 Chris Holdsworth | SUB | |||||||||
8 Michael Wootten | 1 | |||||||||
8 Michael Wootten | UD | |||||||||
5 Josh Hill | 3 | |||||||||
3 Chris Holdsworth | SUB | |||||||||
4 Davey Grant | 2 | |||||||||
4 Davey Grant | SUB | |||||||||
7 Louis Fisette | 2 | |||||||||
4 Davey Grant | ** | |||||||||
6 Anthony Gutierrez | ||||||||||
6 Anthony Gutierrez | * | |||||||||
1 Cody Bollinger | - | |||||||||
* Bollinger did not make weight and was expelled. Gutierrez advanced directly to the semifinals.
** Gutierrez did not make weight and was expelled. Grant advanced directly to the finale.
Team Rousey | ||
Team Tate | ||
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Unanimous Decision | |
SUB
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Submission | |
TKO
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Technical Knockout |
Fans voted to award the following $25,000 bonus awards to fights that took place during the TUF 18 season:[7]
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | November 30, 2013 | |||
Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Attendance | 4,853[8] | |||
Total gate | $322,742.50[8] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.[9] It took place on November 30, 2013, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[10]
The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Flyweight Championship bout between the current champion Demetrious Johnson and top contender Joseph Benavidez.[11] The two previously met at UFC 152 in the finals of the inaugural Flyweight Tournament, with Johnson winning the bout via split decision. However, on November 10, it was announced that Anthony Pettis withdrew from the main event on UFC on Fox 9 and the Johnson/Benavidez bout was moved to that event.[12]
Featured on the card were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate in both men's and women's bantamweight divisions.[10]
Zak Cummings was originally scheduled to face Sérgio Moraes, but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Sean Spencer, but Moraes would also pull out and Drew Dober would replace him.[13]
Josh Sampo missed the 126 lb weight limit at the weigh ins and forfeited 10% of his purse as a penalty.[14]
Main card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Nate Diaz | def. | Gray Maynard | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:38 | |
Women's Bantamweight | Julianna Peña | def. | Jessica Rakoczy | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 4:59 | [a] |
Bantamweight | Chris Holdsworth | def. | Davey Grant | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:10 | [b] |
Women's Bantamweight | Jessamyn Duke | def. | Peggy Morgan | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Bantamweight | Raquel Pennington | def. | Roxanne Modafferi | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
Featherweight | Akira Corassani | def. | Maximo Blanco | Disqualification (illegal knee) | 1 | 0:25 | |
Featherweight | Tom Niinimäki | def. | Rani Yahya | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Jared Rosholt | def. | Walt Harris | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Sean Spencer | def. | Drew Dober | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary card (Facebook) | |||||||
Catchweight (127.5 lb) | Josh Sampo | def. | Ryan Benoit | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:31 |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses. (Sampo was not awarded a bonus as a penalty for missing weight and the bonus money he would have won was forfeited to Benoit. Benoit was awarded a $100,000 bonus as a result.)[15]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.[16]
^Josh Sampo was reportedly fined 10% of his purse for failing to make the required weight for his fight. The Nevada State Athletic Commission's initial report did not include information on the penalty.
Main article: UFC 168 |
UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2 was held on December 28, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.