The Ultimate Fighter 2
The Ultimate Fighter 2 | |
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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 | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | November 5, 2005 | |||
Venue | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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- 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 [1] | ||||||||
Hughes | Luke Cummo |
Heavyweight bracket
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
Franklin | Rashad Evans | ||||||||
Franklin | Keith Jardine[2] | ||||||||
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
- Tom Murphy- 4-0; Last Fight in TKO= 6/7/2008 - win. Gregory Milliard ;
- Dan Christison- 13-6; Last Fight in Warrior MMA= 9/13/2008 - def. CJ McVey;
- No Longer Active
- Anthony Torres- 5-2; Last Fight in X-1 Events= 1/26/2008 - loss Michael Brightmon ; currently a federal corrections officer