The Ultimate Fighter 2

The Ultimate Fighter 2
Genre	Reality, Sports
Created by	Craig Piligian, Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White
Starring	Dana White, Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Spike TV
Release	August 22, 2005 – November 5, 2005

The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The season featured a heavyweight and a welterweight division, with 9 fighters initially in each division. The UFC coaches for this season were welterweight and middleweight champions Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin. Season 1 coach and former UFC champion Randy Couture hosted and designed the team challenge segments, which if won would allow the winning team to pair a fighter from their team against another in elimination matches. The finale aired on November 5, 2005, and it set a ratings record for the UFC with a 2.0 overall rating. [1]Although released on DVD in 2005, it has been set for re-release on September 18, 2007.[2]

Cast

Coaches

• Matt Hughes, Team Hughes coach
• Rich Franklin, Team Franklin coach

Fighters

Listed as originally assigned.

• Welterweights
  • Team Hughes: Joe Stevenson, Luke Cummo, Josh Burkman, Jason Von Flue
  • Team Franklin: Marcus Davis, Jorge Gurgel, Anthony Torres, Melvin Guillard
  • Unassigned: Kenny Stevens
• Heavyweights
  • Team Hughes: Mike Whitehead, Dan Christison, Rob MacDonald, Tom Murphy
  • Team Franklin: Keith Jardine, Seth Petruzelli, Rashad Evans, Brad Imes
  • Unassigned: Kerry Schall, Eli Joslin

Others

• Hosts: Dana White, Randy Couture
• Narrator: Mike Rowe

Results

Episode 1

• Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin are introduced as the new coaches.
• Heavyweight Kerry Schall is eliminated due to a knee injury.
• Eli Joslin chooses to leave the show, citing his reasons as not being able to handle the camera environment at the house.
• Kenny Stevens is chosen as the weakest welterweight and calls out Sammy Morgan to fight.
• Stevens is forced to forfeit his match after not being able to make weight for the fight.

Episode 2

• Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin choose their teams.
• Team Hughes wins the welterweight challenge.
• Josh Burkman defeats Melvin Guillard by unanimous decision after three rounds.

Episode 3

• Josh Burkman is forced to leave the competition after breaking his arm in the match with Melvin Guillard.
• Jason Von Flue joins the show to replace Burkman.
• Team Hughes wins the heavyweight challenge.
• Brad Imes defeats Rob MacDonald with a submission by triangle choke at 4:07 of the first round.

Episode 4

• Team Franklin wins the welterweight challenge.
• Joe Stevenson defeats Marcus Davis when Marcus taps out from elbow strikes at 4:10 of the first round.

Episode 5

• Team Hughes wins the heavyweight challenge.
• Rashad Evans defeats Tom Murphy by unanimous decision after three rounds; Rashad causes controversy by "showboating" (dancing around in the octagon) at various stages of the fight, much to the chagrin of opposing coach Matt Hughes.

Episode 6

• Matt Hughes expresses disgust at Rashad's actions in the octagon during the previous episode.
• Team Hughes wins the welterweight scarecrow challenge after Team Franklin forfeits to save their fighters.
• Jason Von Flue defeats Jorge Gurgel by unanimous decision after three rounds.

Episode 7

• Team Franklin wins the heavyweight mud wrestling challenge.
• Hughes sends Von Flue over to team Franklin for rebalancing.
• Seth Petruzelli wins a unanimous decision over Dan Christison.

Episode 8

• Team Hughes wins the welterweight "Randy Says" challenge after Von Flue and Anthony Torres fail to obey Randy Couture's directions.
• Franklin sends Imes to team Hughes for rebalancing.
• Luke Cummo wins a unanimous decision over Anthony Torres.

Episode 9

• Team Hughes wins the heavyweight challenge resoundingly.
• Brad Imes is passed over for a fight due to a cut over his eye received in training; Mike Whitehead is chosen to fight instead.
• Rashad Evans defeats Mike Whitehead by unanimous decision after three rounds.

Episode 10

• Jason Von Flue sustains a cut between the eyes in practice; Marcus Davis is brought back as an alternate in the case of Jason being unable to fight.
• The rest of the matches are set up by Dana White, Rich Franklin, and Matt Hughes with input from fighters; the matches are: Luke Cummo v. Sammy Morgan, Joe Stevenson v. Jason Von Flue, Seth Petruzelli v. Brad Imes, and Rashad Evans v. Keith Jardine.
• Luke Cummo defeats Sammy Morgan at 2:05 of the second round by knockout with a knee.

Episode 11

• Rashad Evans defeats Keith Jardine by unanimous decision after three rounds.

Episode 12

• Jason Von Flue is cleared by the doctors to fight.
• Joe Stevenson defeats Jason Von Flue at 4:46 of Round 1 with an armbar submission. Luke Cummo and Joe Stevenson will face each other in the final for the UFC contract.
• In the second heavyweight semi-final, Brad Imes defeats Seth Petruzelli by split decision after three rounds; Petruzelli suffers extensive damage to his right ear.

The Ultimate Finale 2

The Ultimate Finale 2
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	November 5, 2005
Venue	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Event chronology
The Ultimate Finale 1 The Ultimate Finale 2 The Ultimate Finale 3

• Preliminary card

Heavyweight Bout: Keith Jardine vs Kerry Schall
Jardine wins by TKO (leg kicks) at 3:28 of the second round.

Welterweight Bout: Melvin Guillard vs Marcus Davis
Guillard wins by TKO (cut) at 2:55 of the second round.

Welterweight Bout: Josh Burkman vs Sammy Morgan
Burkman wins by KO (slam) at 0:21 of the first round.

• Main card

Welterweight Bout: Kenny Florian vs Kit Cope
Florian wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 0:37 of the second round.

Welterweight Final: Joe Stevenson vs Luke Cummo
Stevenson wins by unanimous decision, winning the TUF championship in the Welterweight division.

Heavyweight Final: Rashad Evans vs Brad Imes
Evans wins by a split decision and wins a six figure contract, winning the TUF championship in the Heavyweight division.

Welterweight Bout: Diego Sanchez vs Nick Diaz
Sanchez wins by unanimous decision.

Welterweight bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	Franklin	Jason Von Flue
	Hughes	Joe Stevenson
						Hughes	Joe Stevenson
						Hughes	Luke Cummo
	Hughes	Sammy Morgan
	Hughes	Luke Cummo

Heavyweight bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	Franklin	Rashad Evans
	Franklin	Keith Jardine
						Franklin	Rashad Evans
						Hughes	Brad Imes
	Franklin	Seth Petruzelli
	Hughes	Brad Imes

Where they are now ?

• Currently in UFC
  • Rashad Evans- 12-0; Is now in the Light heavyweight Division; Last Fight= 9/6/08- win. Chuck Liddell
  • Joe Stevenson- 29-8; Is now in the Lightweight Division; Last Fight= 11/15/08 loss. By Kenny Florian
  • Luke Cummo- 6-6; Last Fight= 9/8/08- def. Tamdan McCrory
  • Keith Jardine- 14-4-1; Is now in the Light heavyweight Division; Last Fight= 10/18/08- win. Brandon Vera
  • Jorge Gurgel- 12-5; Last Fight= 11/15/08- def. Aaron Riley
  • Marcus Davis- 15-4; Last Fight= 10/18/08- win. Paul Kelly
  • Josh Burkman- 9-7; Last Fight= 10/25/08- def. Pete Sell
  • Melvin Guillard- 21-7-2; Is now in the Lightweight Division; Last Fight= 7/5/08- win. Dennis Siver
• In other Organizations
  • Brad Imes- 12-5; Current Free Agent; Last fight in EC= 10/18/08- win. Chris Guillen
  • Seth Petruzelli- 10-4; Fought for the now-defunct EliteXC; Last Fight= 10/4/08- win. Kimbo Slice
  • Jason Von Flue- 12-8-1; Currently Fighting in UWC; Last Fight= 4/26/08- def. Pete Spratt
  • Sammy Morgan- 19-10; Currently Fighting in Strikeforce; Last Fight= 10/3/08- def. Duane Ludwig
  • Mike Whitehead- 23-7; Is now in the Light heavyweight Division; Current Free Agent; Last Fight in M-1= 10/29/08- win. Leo Pla
  • Rob MacDonald- 5-3 Since Show; Current ROF Light Heavyweight Champion; Last Fight= 12/1/07- win. Eliot Marshall
• No Longer Active
  • Anthony Torres- 5-1; Last Fight in UFC= 9/8/07- def. Jess Liaudin; currently a federal corrections officer
  • Dan Christison- 8-6; Last Fight in IFL= 5/19/07- def. Antoine Jaoude;
  • Tom Murphy- 2-0; Last Fight in UFC= 3/4/06- win. Icho Larenas;