The Ultimate Fighter returns to the tubes in literally hours from now with a season coached by a pair of heavyweights with Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin. If you’ve watched this series for longer than a cup of coffee you’ve seen all the paper mache doors torn from their hinges and bodily fluids placed in or on just about anything you can think of.
This may come as a surprise to you, but actually the purpose of the series is to find high-level fighters and not to prove your worth as a serious prankster. Here I put my mathematician hat on, pulled out my calculator and crunched the numbers for each season, let’s take a look at what I uncovered shall we?
The Ultimate Fighter Season 1: Team Liddell vs. Team Couture
Series winners: Diego Sanchez & Forrest Griffin
Number of champions to come from the series: 1
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 4
Most successful participants from the series: Forrest Griffin
Team Liddell participants UFC record: 51-27
Team Couture participants UFC record: 37-24
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 88-51
The Ultimate Fighter Season 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin
Series winners: Joe Stevenson & Rashad Evans
Number of champions to come from the series: 1
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 1
Most successful participants from the series: Rashad Evans
Team Hughes participants UFC record: 20-25
Team Franklin participants UFC record: 40-33-1
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 60-58-1
The Ultimate Fighter Season 3: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock:
Series winners: Kendall Grove & Michael Bisping
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: Michael Bisping
Team Ortiz participants overall UFC record: 30-21
Team Shamrock participants overall UFC record: 10-17
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 40-38
The Ultimate Fighter Season 4: The Comeback
Series winners: Matt Serra & Travis Lutter
Number of champions to come from the series: 1
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 2
Most successful participants from the series: Matt Serra
Team No Love participants overall UFC record: 19-26
Team Mojo participants overall UFC record: 36-43
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 55-69
The Ultimate Fighter Season 5: Team Penn vs. Team Pulver
Series winner: Nate Diaz
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 1
Most successful participants from the series: Gray Maynard
Team Penn participants overall UFC record: 29-16-2NC
Team Pulver participants overall UFC record: 22-20
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 50-36-2NC
The Ultimate Fighter Season 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra
Series winner: Mac Danzig
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: George Sotiropoulos
Team Hughes participants UFC record: 5-12
Team Serra participants UFC record: 15-10
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 20-22
The Ultimate Fighter Season 7: Team Griffin vs. Team Jackson
Series winners: Amir Sodollah
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: Matthew Riddle
Team Griffin’s overall UFC record: 17-11
Team Jackson’s overall UFC record: 15-13
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 32-24
The Ultimate Fighter Season 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir
Series winners: Efrain Escudero & Ryan Bader
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: Ryan Bader
Team Nogueira participants overall UFC record: 15-19
Team Mir participants overall UFC record: 20-21
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 35-40
The Ultimate Fighter Season 9: United States vs. United Kingdom
Series winners: Ross Pearson & James Wilks
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: Ross Pearson
Team United States overall UFC record: 5-11
Team United Kingdom overall UFC record: 13-11
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 18-22
The Ultimate Fighter Season 10: Heavyweights
Series winner: Roy Nelson
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: Roy Nelson
Team Jackson’s overall UFC record: 1-5
Team Evan’s overall UFC record: 18-14
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 19-19
The Ultimate Fighter Season 11: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz
Series winners: Court McGee
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: Court McGee
Team Liddell’s overall UFC record: 12-9
Team Ortiz’s overall UFC record: 10-9
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 22-18
The Ultimate Fighter Season 12: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck
Series winners: Jonathan Brookins
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: Michael Johnson
Team GSP’s overall UFC record: 10-11
Team Koscheck’s overall UFC record: 1-5
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 12-16
The Ultimate Fighter Season 13: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos
Series winners: Tony Ferguson
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: Tony Ferguson
Team Lesnar’s overall UFC record: 5-6
Team dos Santos’ overall UFC record: 4-6
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 9-12
The Ultimate Fighter Season 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller
Series winners: Diego Brandao & John Dodson
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: Steven Siler
Team Bisping’s overall UFC record: 7-7
Team Miller’s overall UFC record: 13-6
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 20-13
The Ultimate Fighter Live: Team Cruz vs. Team Faber
Series winner: Michael Chiesa
Number of champions to come from the series: 0
Number of title-challengers to come from the series: 0
Most successful participants from the series: Call me in five years and I’ll tell you
Team Cruz’ overall UFC record: 3-3
Team Faber’s overall UFC record: 3-4
Seasons participants overall UFC record: 3-4
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