The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate
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, 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. Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey was selected to coach against the winner of the Miesha Tate and Cat Zingano bout on the The Ultimate Fighter 17 finale in April 2013. 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.

This season is the first to air on Fox Sports 1 and debuted on September 4, 2013.

Cast

Coaches

    Team Rousey

• Ronda Rousey, Head Coach
• Andy Dermenjian
• Manny Gamburyan, Grappling Coach
• Marina Shafir
• Edmond Tarverdyan, Striking Coach

    Team Tate

• Miesha Tate, Head Coach
• Thonglor "Master Thong" Armatsena
• Ricky Lundell, Wrestling Coach
• Bryan Caraway, Jiu Jitsu Coach
• Shaine Jaime
• Eric Triliegi, Nutritionist

Fighters

• Team Rousey
  • Female fighters: Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke, Peggy Morgan, Jessica Rakoczy
  • Male Fighters: Chris Beal, David Grant, Anthony Gutierrez, Michael Wootten

• Team Tate
  • Female fighters: Julianna Peña, Sarah Moras, Raquel Pennington, Roxanne Modafferi
  • Male Fighters: Cody Bollinger, Chris Holdsworth, Josh Hill, Louis Fisette (replaced Tim Gorman)

Fighters eliminated during the entry round

• Laura Howarth, Danny Martinez, Revelina Berto, Emil Hartsner, Bethany Marshall, Valerie Letourneau, Lee Sandmeier, Tonya Evinger, Sirwan Kakai, Patrick Holohan, Colleen Schneider, Louis Fisette, Gina Mazany, Matt Munsey, Tara LaRosa, Rafael De Freitas

Episodes

Episode 1: "History in the Making" (September 4, 2013)

• Ronda Rousey enters the Ultimate Fighter training center; she is surprised to see Miesha Tate enter the center and state she is there to coach.
• Dana White explains that Cat Zingano "blew her knee out" and that Tate stepped up to be her replacement; Rousey is relieved, explaining she thought she was being replaced.
• Unlike previous seasons, this season will feature women for the first time alongside men, all in the 135 pound divisions.
• White greets the 32 fighters (16 men and 16 women) and implores them to leave it all in the cage the next day.
• The 16 preliminary fights began:

Jessamyn Duke defeated Laura Howarth via submission (triangle choke) in the first round.

David Grant defeated Danny Martinez via submission (armbar) in the second round.

Jessica Rakoczy defeated Revelina Berto via submission (omoplata) in the first round.

Michael Wootten defeated Emil Hartsner via decision.

Peggy Morgan defeated Bethany Marshall via TKO (punches) in the first round.

Roxanne Modafferi defeated Valerie Letourneau via submission (rear-naked choke) in the first round.

Tim Gorman defeated Lee Sandmeier via TKO (punches) in the first round.

Raquel Pennington defeated Tonya Evinger via submission (guillotine choke) in the second round.

Chris Beal defeated Sirwan Kakai via decision.

Josh Hill defeated Patrick Holohan via decision.

Shayna Baszler defeated Colleen Schneider via submission (armbar) in the first round.

Chris Holdsworth defeated Louis Fisette via submission (arm-triangle choke) in the first round.

Julianna Peña defeated Gina Mazany via decision.

Anthony Gutierrez defeated Matt Munsey via decision.

Sarah Moras defeated Tara LaRosa via decision.

Cody Bollinger defeated Rafael De Freitas via TKO (strikes) in the second round.

• White greeted the winners and announced that fighters could receive $25,000 for Knockout of the Season, Submission of the Season and Fight of the Season.
• Team Rousey and Team Tate then picked teams and White flipped a coin. Rousey won the coin toss and opted to choose the first fight.

• Women's selection:

Coach	1st Pick	2nd Pick	3rd Pick	4th Pick
Tate	Julianna Peña	Sarah Moras	Raquel Pennington	Roxanne Modafferi
Rousey	Shayna Baszler	Jessamyn Duke	Peggy Morgan	Jessica Rakoczy

• Men's selection:

Coach	1st Pick	2nd Pick	3rd Pick	4th Pick
Tate	Cody Bollinger	Chris Holdsworth	Josh Hill	Louis Fisette (replaced Tim Gorman)
Rousey	Chris Beal	David Grant	Anthony Gutierrez	Michael Wootten

• White then put Rousey on the spot, forcing her to choose the first fight right there. She chose Shayna Baszler versus Julianna Peña, the two no. 1 female picks from both teams.

Episode 2: "Ladies First" (September 11, 2013)

• Team Tate's Chris Holdsworth admires the situation and debates the possibility of sexual relationships as the season progresses.
• The women continue to state how seriously they are taking the competition and nothing will interfere with that.
• UFC President Dana White arrives at the gym and is accompanied by a doctor who holds the results of Gorman's MRI test. It's bad news, as the doctor reveals a tear to Gorman's hamstring. Gorman is crushed by the news and White pulls him from the competition. Gorman's replacement on Team Tate is Canadian Louis Fisette, who was submitted by Holdsworth in the elimination round after a highly entertaining battle.
• Julianna Peña defeated Shayna Baszler via submission (rear-naked choke) in Round 2.
• After Rousey went after Tate's top female pick in week one, Tate decides to flip the script by selecting the champion's top pick. The matchup will see Team Tate's No. 2 pick Holdsworth go up against Team Rousey's top selection Chris Beal, who earlier in the episode had complained about an injured hand.
• The episode closes with both teams leaving the gym and as Rousey walks by Tate, she angrily whispers, "Just so you know, you smiling at my girl's pain today is one more reason I'm going to f---ing destroy you again."

Episode 3: "Stick and Move" (September 18, 2013)

• Miesha Tate visits the house to bring Julianna Peña a victory butter-fat milkshake and also consoles her friend Shayna Baszler saying sorry she has to be on Rousey's team. But Baszler says Rousey's "got her back" after her loss.
• Cody Bollinger finds out that someone told Team Rousey about Team Tate's women's match-ups and he blames Julianna Peña. He then confronts Peña in the van ride back to the house accusing her of the deed. Feeling like she's being attacked, Peña then points the finger at Roxanne Modafferi because she sleeps in the same room as Team Rousey but her teamates back her up. Later Peña apologizes to Modafferi who forgives her.
• Jessamyn Duke jokes around with Raquel Pennington telling her that she got access to the "secret list" of women's match-ups. Duke says that Cody Bollinger overheard and uses this as an excuse to blame Julianna Peña just because he's irritated by her annoying actions in the house.
• Both teams gets a private suite at Red Rock Casino to watch the latest UFC fight. While there Rousey and Tate get into a verbal altercation at the bar when Tate feels Rousey is standing too close to Tate's boyfriend/trainer Bryan Caraway. Rousey then rehashes what Caraway tweeted in March of 2012 how he wanted to knock her teeth down her throat on Twitter which he had previously apologized for.
• Tate retaliates by criticizing Rousey's stand-up game by saying she doesn't know how to "hit the pads" which her trainer Edmond Tarverdyan doesn't take well and goes on to criticize Tate and Caraway.
• Chris Holdsworth defeated Chris Beal via submission (guillotine) in Round 1.
• After the fight, the next match-up is chosen by Miesha Tate: Team Tate's Roxanne Modafferi vs. Team Rousey's Jessica Rakoczy.

Episode 4: "Use the Force" (September 25, 2013)

• UFC fighter Dennis Hallman joins Team Tate as a guest coach and gets a chilly reception by Team Rousey's trainer Edmond Tarverdyan who "eyeballs" him up and down. Tarverdyan challenges Hallman to a fight but then quickly attempts to back out of it when his challenge is accepted, saying he's afraid he'll be kicked off the show. Rousey then confronts Hallman and tells him if he wants to "look like a fucking man," he'll fight Edmond when there are no cameras around. Hallman offers to wait for the cameras to leave; Tarverdyan makes himself scarce.
• The Caraway/Rousey Twitter incident is brought up again by Team Rousey and the drama ensues, making Dana White play the mediator between both teams, saying it's not good for the sport.
• During a light sparring session with Roxanne Modafferi, Raquel Pennington wants to go harder so Tate starts having the women train with the men's team. Sarah Moras wants to be one of the guys and asks them to hit her and not hold back, so Cody Bollinger and Louis Fisette oblige.
• Jessica Rakoczy defeated Roxanne Modafferi via TKO (punches) in Round 2.
• Both teams feel bad for Roxanne's loss because of how hard she worked and nice she is, especially her friend Team Rousey's Shayna Baszler who also suffered an emotional breakdown after her loss.
• After the fight, Team Rousey is back in control and chooses the next match-up: Team Rousey's David Grant vs. Team Tate's Louis Fisette.

Episode 5: "Redemption" (October 2, 2013)

• Team Tate's Raquel Pennington expresses to her teammates what it's like being a gay athlete.
• During a game of "True or Dare", Louis Fisette gets offended when Anthony answers his truth question by saying Fisette is the weakest link of the guys on the show.
• Back at the house, some fighters on both teams struggle with the pressure to maintain weight before their fights by not eating "clean".
• Rousey's mother former judo champion Anna Maria DeMars stops by the gym to inspire her daughter's team.
• To ease tension between the teams, Miesha Tate and her trainers play a joke on Team Rousey's trainer Edmond Tarverdyan by placing a figurine of Sesame Street's "The Count" who they think has a resemblance to, complete with an eyebrow waxing coupon attached it for his unibrow. But thinking he'll do something bad in retaliation, Rousey hides it from him.
• David Grant defeated Louis Fisette via Submission (rear naked choke) in Round 2.
• Team Rousey evens up the score and chooses the next match-up: Team Rousey's Jessamyn Duke vs. Team Tate's Raquel Pennington.

Episode 6: "Little Princesses" (October 9, 2013)

• The fighters take a break by going on a roadtrip to Green Valley Ranch where the Hooters girls set up private catering poolside.
• Julianna Peña gives Raquel Pennington and Sarah Moras makeovers which she calls her "little princesses".
• Anthony Gutierrez annoys the female fighters in the house with his personality and crazy antics while they are sleeping.
• Tate brings in two time Muay Thai world champion and Hall of Famer Melchor Menor to coach Pennington with her anti-clinch game.
• Raquel Pennington defeated Jessamyn Duke via unanimous decision in three rounds. After a strong first round by Duke, Pennington shut down Duke's forward kicking and closed distance for more effective striking.
• Coaches Rousey, Tate, UFC President Dana White, and all the fighters expressed how intense and close the fight was as well as deep respect for both Raquel Pennington and Jessamyn Duke as fighters. This could be the fight of the season.
• Having regained matchmaking control, Miesha Tate selects her team's Josh Hill to face Team Rousey's Michael Wootten.

Episode 7: "Zone In" (October 16, 2013)

• Ronda Rousey visits the fighter house to deliver gifts for all the fighting fathers on Father's Day.
• Team Tate plays another prank on Team Rousey's trainer Edmond Tarverdyan when they put pictures of Missi Pyle as Fran from Dodgeball entitled, "Edmond Rousey" up all over the gym grabbing Dana White's attention. White then takes it upon himself to take down all the pictures so another war between the teams doesn't ignite again, but fails to remove all the pictures.
• Rousey finds out and goes ballistic calling the prank and Tate and her trainers racists due to the nature of facial stereotypes of Armenians.
• Michael Wootten defeated Josh Hill via unanimous decision in three rounds.
• Tate shows good sportsmanship when she goes over to Rousey and her trainers and once again they flip her the finger. Rousey says that Tate's acting like a "fake bitch" by insulting her behind her back and then being nice to her face. Rousey then quotes, "It's Team Fake Nice versus Team Real Mean and I rather be real."
• Rousey's back in control and picks the last two preliminary match-ups: Team Rousey's Peggy Morgan vs. Team Tate's Sarah Moras, and then Team Rousey's Anthony Gutierrez vs. Team Tate's Cody Bollinger.

Episode 8: "Tied" (October 23, 2013)

• Dana White, Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate and the fighters recap the season's highs and lows so far.
• Interviews with the coaches and fighters are shown.
• Match hightlights from the previous fights are also shown.
• The history behind Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate's rivalry is revealed.

Episode 9: "Sacrifice" (October 30, 2013)

• In a shocking turn of events, Team Tate's first pick, Cody Bollingner mentally breaks down and decides to quit after not making weight before his fight.
• Dana White calls both teams out to the floor for Bollinger's announcement and tells him to leave the show directly after.
• The coaches are called in to Dana White's office to discuss what happened with Bollinger and Meisha explains she tried to help him, causing Rousey to remark that if it was one of her fighters she'd take the blame.
• The fighting commission decides to either forfeit the match or have Anthony Gutierrez fight Chris Beal who was selected as the wildcard.
• Gutierrez decides not to cut weight again for another fight and goes the easier route with foretieting to go into the semi-finals.
• Sarah Moras defeated Peggy Morgan via Submission (armbar) in round 1.
• To White's surprise, both coaches agree on the men's and women's semi-final match-ups: Team Tate's Chris Holdsworth vs. Team Rousey's Michael Wootten; Team Tate's Julianna Peña vs. Team Tate's Sarah Moras; Team Rousey's David Grant vs. Team Rousey's Anthony Gutierrez; Team Tate's Raquel Pennington vs. Team Rousey's Jessica Rakoczy.

Episode 10: "HWPO" (November 6, 2013)

• Ronda Rousey stops by the fighter house to bring her team's fighters who don't have to fight some fast food and also mix drinks and shares shots with them.
• Meanwhile, Team Tate semi-finalist fighter, Sarah Moras discusses with her fellow semi-finalist Raquel Pennington that she feels like she's the underdog and Juliana Peña who trains with Tate is their team favorite, making her feel left out of her much-needed personal training as the rest of the team believe Chris Holdsworth is their "golden boy" favorite.
• Chris Holdworth and Michael Wootten have different reactions leading up to their fight. Holdsworth alienates himself from the rest of the fighters only concentrating on his mind and body while Wootten is struggling mentally and feels fatigued and homesick being away from his family.
• The semi-finalist fighters and coaches take a trip to the local Harley Davidson dealership For their "Motorcycle Bootcamp" by test out their future rides and also go shopping for new H-D gear. A surprise guest rider shows up and it turns out to be current UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez who give the fighters some words of encouragement.
• Meisha Tate decides to silly string her team to loosen her team's tension. She also brings in former Central Washington University wrestler turned motivational speaker Kenny Salvini who had a severe acident while snowboarding that made him wheelchair bound talks to the team about overcoming set-backs in life.
• TUF Season 5 winner Nate Diaz who is a blackbelt in Brazilan Ju-jutsu is invited by Rousey to help her team train their BJJ techiques.
• The road to the finale begins with the first semi-final match-up: Team Tate's Chris Holdsworth vs. Team Rousey's Michael Wootten
• Chris Holdsworth defeated Team Rousey's Michael Wootten via Submission (rear naked choke) in Round 1. Holdworth deicates his win to his mentor Royce Gracie and says his motto, H.W.P.O. ("Hard Work Pays Off").

Episode 11: "Mean Girls" (November 13, 2013)

• The first female semi-finalist match-up between Team Tate's Juliana Peña and Sarah Moras are set to face-off.
• The charges of favoritism continues towards Meisha Tate's top pick and training partner Juliana Peña and it disrupts Sarah Moras' training making Moras feel "out of the loop" and her teammates turn against Peña at the house.
• Tate put Moras self-doubts to rest when she confronts her saying she will remove herself from coaching and Brian Caraway and rest rest of the trainers will get more involved and try to help her by having seprate coaches and corners for each fighter.
• Roommates Raquel Pennington and Juliana Peña become agitated towards each other as the close quarters, daily routines and monotony of the house sets in. This causes Peña to call all the female fighters, "Mean Girls".
• Ronda Rousey stops by the fighter house wanting to personlize the female fighters' UFC T-shirts by cutting them up to make holes for ventilation which everyone dubs getting your shirt "Rondafied".
• Meisha Tate also visits the house before the fights and has a discussion with Peña. Tate is honest in saying there may be some favoritism towards Peña, but explains it is because she is the hardest working and most willing to learn female fighter on the team.
• Juliana Peña defeated Sarah Moras by Submission (guillotine choke) in round 2 after dominating the fight in both striking and grappling. Tearful and frustrated in losing, Moras appoligizes for her lackluster performance to Dana White and thanks him for being on the show.

Episode 12: "One Punch Away" (November 21, 2013)

• Now it's the men's turn as the first male semi-finalist match-up between Team Rousey's Anthony Gutierrez and David Grant are set to face-off in the octagon.
• The feud between Rousey and Tate reaches new heights when they are tasked at racing up an indoor rock climbing wall during the coaches challenge.

Tournament Bracket

Female Fighters

	Elimination Round				Semi-finals				Finale
	Shayna Baszler	SUB
	Julianna Peña	2
					Julianna Peña	SUB
					Sarah Moras	2
	Peggy Morgan	SUB
	Sarah Moras	1
									Julianna Peña
	Jessamyn Duke	UD
	Raquel Pennington	3
					Raquel Pennington
					Jessica Rakoczy
	Jessica Rakoczy	TKO
	Roxanne Modafferi	2

Male Fighters

	Elimination Round				Semi-finals				Finale
	Chris Beal	SUB
	Chris Holdsworth	1
					Chris Holdsworth	SUB
					Michael Wootten	1
	Michael Wootten	UD
	Josh Hill	3
									Chris Holdsworth
	David Grant	SUB
	Louis Fisette	2
					David Grant
					Anthony Guttierez
	Anthony Guttierez	DQ
	Cody Bollinger	*

*Cody Bollinger did not make weight and was eliminated. Anthony Guttierez advanced directly to the semi finals.

Legend

		Team Rousey
		Team Tate
UD		Unanimous Decision
MD		Majority Decision
SD		Split Decision
SUB		Submission
(T)KO		(Technical)Knock Out

The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale
The poster for The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	November 30, 2013
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Event chronology
UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Bigfoot

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It is expected to take place on November 30, 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Background

The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Flyweight Championship bout between the current champion Demetrious Johnson and top contender Joseph Benavidez. 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.

Zak Cummings was originally scheduled to face Sergio Moraes, but withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Sean Spencer.

Also featured on the card will be the finals from The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate in both men's and women's bantamweight divisions.

Official fight card

Fight card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Gray Maynard	vs.	Nate Diaz
Featherweight	Rani Yahya	vs.	Tom Niinimäki
Welterweight	Sean Spencer	vs.	Sergio Moraes
Featherweight	Akira Corassani	vs.	Maximo Blanco
Heavyweight	Jared Rosholt	vs.	Walter Harris