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
Las Vegas, Nevada – 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 at least 21 years old, have the legal ability to live & work in the United States, and have a minimum of three professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights – holding a winning record (with 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:
All TUF™ 18 candidates must be at least 21 years old, have the legal ability to live & work in the United States, and have a minimum of three professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights – holding a winning record (with 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.
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