Tracking the progress of The Ultimate Fighter 2 contestants

oleg_2004 · 02:06 PM

After the inaugural season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ reality series became an instant television hit, Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship quickly rounded up another load of up-and-coming MMA fighters and filmed another season. The second season of ‘TUF’ featured heavyweights and welterweights, and notably did not feature the usual feud between coaches. Instead, the coaches were friends, one-time training partners, and both UFC title holders at the time: Rich Franklin and Matt Hughes. Let’s look at how the careers of the participants turned out since then. I will examine the heavyweight class first, and the welterweights next week.

All in all, the heavyweight edition of TUF has been a failed experiment. Of the ten fighters who participated, only two are still fighting in the UFC and both dropped down to 205 lbs, as did Mike Whitehead who has had an impressive win streak outside of the Octagon. None of the true heavyweights of the group enjoyed great success in MMA since the Season 2 finale.

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Part 2 - Welterweights

stu3ufc · 07-10-2008, 04:39 AM

yea season 2 didnt have great heavyweights

it did give us rashad and jardine :-(

oh and the brad imes gogo-plata

potatoe57 · 07-10-2008, 05:20 AM

Cool article

oleg_2004 · 07-10-2008, 08:57 AM

Thanks guys!

GTwrestling · 07-10-2008, 10:45 AM

Good writing. Might want to edit the season one article a little bit for factual errors, but other than that good work.

oleg_2004 · 07-10-2008, 10:50 AM

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Good writing. Might want to edit the season one article a little bit for factual errors, but other than that good work.

GT, what are the factual errors in season 1 article? Thanks in advance.

raz_theone · 07-11-2008, 07:09 AM

It links to sherdog!

oleg_2004 · 07-11-2008, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by raz_theone

It links to sherdog!

huh?

GSP..FTW · 07-11-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by oleg_2004

GT, what are the factual errors in season 1 article? Thanks in advance.

Very cool article. I loved the first 2 seasons of TUF, so this was right up my alley.

I'm at work, so I haven't had time to read through the LHW TUF1 article, but I enjoyed the MW one.

The only error I saw was that you referred to the fight between Franklin and Quarry as a Welterweight bout. No big deal, though.

oleg_2004 · 07-11-2008, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by GSP..FTW

Very cool article. I loved the first 2 seasons of TUF, so this was right up my alley.

I'm at work, so I haven't had time to read through the LHW TUF1 article, but I enjoyed the MW one.

The only error I saw was that you referred to the fight between Franklin and Quarry as a Welterweight bout. No big deal, though.

Fixed, thanks!