Ultimate Fighter Season 13 Discussion, Rumors & Results

[NWOWolfpack]

BROCK LESNAR AND JUNIOR DOS SANTOS TO COACH SEASON 13 OF ‘THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER’


New York, NY, January 11, 2011 – The most compelling fighter in the sport of mixed martial arts and the Ultimate Fighting Championship®, Brock Lesnar, will serve as a coach for the 13th season of Spike TV’s popular original series, The Ultimate Fighter®. Announced today by Dana White, UFC® President and host of the series, Lesnar will be opposed by hard-hitting top contender Junior dos Santos.

Lesnar and dos Santos will fight at a later date in June for a shot at the heavyweight title. But first, they will collide as coaches on The Ultimate Fighter®. The show goes into production in late January in Las Vegas and premieres on Spike TV Wednesday, March 30. Season 13 features 14 of the best unsigned fighters in the welterweight (170 lbs) division. The cast will be announced in late February.

Fighting out of Alexandria, Minn., Lesnar was an All-American wrestler at the University of Minnesota and 2000 NCAA heavyweight champion. Lesnar joined the WWE in 2002 and quickly became one of the popular names in sports entertainment. Lesnar left the WWE after three years and, after a brief career as a defensive end with the Minnesota Vikings, began training in mixed martial arts.

In 2008, Lesnar made his UFC debut, and later that year, in just his fourth professional MMA fight, Lesnar’s meteoric rise culminated in a TKO victory over Randy Couture at UFC 91 to win the heavyweight title. After exacting revenge on Frank Mir at UFC 100 in July 2009, Lesnar suffered a life-threatening intestinal disease that sidelined him for a year. Lesnar returned to the Octagon® in July 2010 to defeat Shane Carwin at UFC 116 and regain his title belt. And though he lost his most recent fight to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121 last October, he vows to beat dos Santos and regain his crown.

Brazilian heavyweight contender Junior dos Santos honed his skills as a mixed martial arts fighter under the tutelage of UFC superstars Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Anderson Silva. One of the sport’s rising stars and the number one contender in the division, dos Santos made his UFC debut with a stunning knockout of Fabricio Werdum at UFC 90 in October 2008. He has since won his next five bouts over the division’s top fighters including Mirko Cro Cop, Gabriel Gonzaga, and most recently, Roy Nelson, at UFC 117 last August.

[broncofan]

Talk about RATINGS HUNTING. Great fight though with JDS vs Lesnar.

[NWOWolfpack]

Yahoo! exclusive video: TUF 13 tryouts


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[NWOWolfpack]

[Keithlewis]

He was the Heavyweight Champion. He's back in the saddle. He's ready to take on Team Dos Santos.

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[Keithlewis]

[Keithlewis]

TUF 13: Lesnar vs. Dos Santos - Episode 1 Recap:


- The new season of the Ultimate Fighter kicks off with 14 welterweights (no elimination fights).

- Dana White announces the return of the Wild Card. It allows two opening-round losers a second shot at the quarterfinals.

- There is a two hour fighter talent evaluation period followed by the team picks.

- Via coin toss Lesnar gets the first pick and JDS gets to pick the first fight.


TEAM LESNAR

Len "The Liger" Bentley (#1 pick)
Charlie "Superstar" Rader
Chris "C-Murder" Cope
Myles "Fury" Jury (Injured knee in evaluations and has been replaced by Chuck O'Neil)
Clay Harvison
Anthony "El Cucuy" Ferguson
Nordin "Fist of Tangier" Asrih


TEAM DOS SANTOS

Shamar Bailey (#1 pick)
Ryan McGillivray
Michael "Mick" Bowman
Keon "The Black Assassin" Caldwell
Zachary Davis
Ramsey Nijem
Javier "Chunty Boy" Torres



- Notable Assistant Coaches:

Erik Paulson - Team Lesnar
Lew Polley - Team Dos Santos


FIGHT #1: Shamar Bailey (JDS) vs. Nordin Asrih (Lesnar) - Decision (20-18)



TEAM LESNAR - 0

TEAM DOS SANTOS - 1

[ArmyofDarkness]

NOT A BAD START TO THE SEASON BUT IT SEEMS JDS IS GONNA HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS THIS SEASON WITH HIS LACK OF ENGLISH.