The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption | |
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Genre | Reality, Sports |
Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
Starring | Dana White, Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Fox Sports 1 |
Release | April 19 July 5, 2017 | –
The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 25) is an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. [1]
The series was officially announced by the UFC on January 15, 2017 during the UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn broadcast. Current UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt will be coaching opposite former champion T.J. Dillashaw. Both of them are former training partners. [1] As the twenty-fifth season of the American entries of the series, the producers have opted to bring back previous participants from the previous seasons. [1]
Per the UFC's announcement, the cast consists of welterweights that have all competed on The Ultimate Fighter on previous seasons; this includes former participants and winners of the show, as well as one current UFC fighter. [1] The cast was announced on February 15, including former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger and The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight winner Joe Stevenson, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn middleweight winner Eddie Gordon, as well as current UFC fighter James Krause. [2]
This season debuted on April 19, 2017 on Fox Sports 1. [1]
Team Garbrandt:
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Team Dillashaw:
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*Nunez replaced Hector Urbina ( TUF 19), after Urbina failed to make weight.
Episode 1: Redemption (April 19, 2017) [3]
Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick | 5th Pick | 6th Pick | 7th Pick |
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Dillashaw | James Krause | Jesse Taylor | Ramsey Nijem | Dhiego Lima | Joe Stevenson | Tom Gallicchio | Gilbert Smith |
Garbrandt | Seth Baczynski | Mehdi Baghdad | Eddie Gordon | Hector Urbina | Hayder Hassan | Julian Lane | Justin Edwards |
Episode 2: Eat Some Souls (April 26, 2017)
Episode 3: Iron Sharpens Iron (May 3, 2017)
Episode 4: Piece of Us (May 10, 2017)
Episode 5: A Brutal Business (May 17, 2017)
Episode 6: Let Me Bang! (May 24, 2017)
Episode 7: Dark Horse (May 31, 2017)
Episode 8: Kryptonite (June 7, 2017)
Episode 9: Killashaw (June 14, 2017)
Episode 10: Time to Smash (June 21, 2017)
Episode 11: Embrace the Snake (June 28, 2017)
Episode 12: The Winner's Circle (July 5, 2017)
Preliminary | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finale | |||||||||||
Seth Baczynski | 2 | |||||||||||||
Gilbert Smith | UD | |||||||||||||
Gilbert Smith | 3 | |||||||||||||
Dhiego Lima | UD | |||||||||||||
Hayder Hassan | 2 | |||||||||||||
Dhiego Lima | UD | |||||||||||||
Dhiego Lima | UD | |||||||||||||
Tom Gallicchio | 3 | |||||||||||||
Eddie Gordon | 1 | |||||||||||||
Tom Gallicchio | SUB | |||||||||||||
Tom Gallicchio | SUB | |||||||||||||
Justin Edwards | 1 | |||||||||||||
Justin Edwards | UD | |||||||||||||
Joe Stevenson | 2 | |||||||||||||
Dhiego Lima | 2 | |||||||||||||
Jesse Taylor | SUB | |||||||||||||
James Krause | SUB | |||||||||||||
Johnny Nunez | 1 | |||||||||||||
James Krause | UD | |||||||||||||
Ramsey Nijem | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ramsey Nijem | TKO | |||||||||||||
Julian Lane | 1 | |||||||||||||
James Krause | 3 | |||||||||||||
Jesse Taylor | SUB | |||||||||||||
Jesse Taylor | UD | |||||||||||||
Mehdi Baghdad | 2 | |||||||||||||
Jesse Taylor | SUB | |||||||||||||
Hayder Hassan | 1 | |||||||||||||
Joe Stevenson | 1 | |||||||||||||
Hayder Hassan | KO | |||||||||||||
Team Garbrandt | ||
Team Dillashaw | ||
UD
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Unanimous Decision | |
MD
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Majority Decision | |
SUB
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Submission | |
(T)KO
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(Technical) Knock Out |
The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale | ||||
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![]() The poster for The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale | ||||
Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | July 7, 2017 | |||
Venue | T-Mobile Arena | |||
City | Paradise, Nevada | |||
Attendance | 6,308 [4] | |||
Total gate | $432,495 [4] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on July 7, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. [5]
The event was headlined by a lightweight bout between Michael Johnson and former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje. [6]
The welterweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption took place at the event. [1]
Promotional newcomer Amanda Ribas was expected to face Juliana Lima at the event, but Ribas was flagged by USADA for a potential anti-doping violation and removed from the bout. The possible violation stems from a sample collected June 7. [7] She was replaced by Tecia Torres. [8]
Steve Bossé was expected to face Jared Cannonier at the event. However, Bossé was removed from the fight just days before the event and was replaced by promotional newcomer Nick Roehrick. [9]
Aspen Ladd was expected to face Jessica Eye at the event, but on the day of the fight, she was pulled due to being ill and the fight was canceled. [10]
Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Justin Gaethje | def. | Michael Johnson | TKO (punches and knees) | 2 | 4:48 | |
Welterweight | Jesse Taylor | def. | Dhiego Lima | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 0:43 | [a] |
Lightweight | Drakkar Klose | def. | Marc Diakiese | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Jared Cannonier | def. | Nick Roehrick | TKO (elbows) | 3 | 2:08 | |
Middleweight | Brad Tavares | def. | Elias Theodorou | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Jordan Johnson | def. | Marcel Fortuna | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
Women's Strawweight | Angela Hill | def. | Ashley Yoder | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | James Krause | def. | Tom Gallicchio | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | C. B. Dollaway | def. | Ed Herman | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Strawweight | Tecia Torres | def. | Juliana Lima | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 0:53 | |
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
Featherweight | Gray Maynard | def. | Teruto Ishihara | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [12]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was $1,038,000. [13]
On September 21, it was announced that Roehrick accepted a one-year suspension from the USADA, stemming from a positive test for clomiphene and its metabolite, 4-hydroxyclomiphene. The results came from an out-of-competition urine sample collected on August 8. [14]
UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre was held on November 4, 2017, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. [15]
A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between champion Cody Garbrandt and former champion T.J. Dillashaw, was previously scheduled to serve as headliner for UFC 213. [16] However, Garbrandt withdrew from the fight due to a back injury. [17] The fight was later rescheduled for UFC 217. [18] [19]
The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption | |
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Genre | Reality, Sports |
Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
Starring | Dana White, Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Fox Sports 1 |
Release | April 19 July 5, 2017 | –
The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 25) is an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. [1]
The series was officially announced by the UFC on January 15, 2017 during the UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn broadcast. Current UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt will be coaching opposite former champion T.J. Dillashaw. Both of them are former training partners. [1] As the twenty-fifth season of the American entries of the series, the producers have opted to bring back previous participants from the previous seasons. [1]
Per the UFC's announcement, the cast consists of welterweights that have all competed on The Ultimate Fighter on previous seasons; this includes former participants and winners of the show, as well as one current UFC fighter. [1] The cast was announced on February 15, including former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger and The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight winner Joe Stevenson, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn middleweight winner Eddie Gordon, as well as current UFC fighter James Krause. [2]
This season debuted on April 19, 2017 on Fox Sports 1. [1]
Team Garbrandt:
|
Team Dillashaw:
|
*Nunez replaced Hector Urbina ( TUF 19), after Urbina failed to make weight.
Episode 1: Redemption (April 19, 2017) [3]
Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick | 5th Pick | 6th Pick | 7th Pick |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dillashaw | James Krause | Jesse Taylor | Ramsey Nijem | Dhiego Lima | Joe Stevenson | Tom Gallicchio | Gilbert Smith |
Garbrandt | Seth Baczynski | Mehdi Baghdad | Eddie Gordon | Hector Urbina | Hayder Hassan | Julian Lane | Justin Edwards |
Episode 2: Eat Some Souls (April 26, 2017)
Episode 3: Iron Sharpens Iron (May 3, 2017)
Episode 4: Piece of Us (May 10, 2017)
Episode 5: A Brutal Business (May 17, 2017)
Episode 6: Let Me Bang! (May 24, 2017)
Episode 7: Dark Horse (May 31, 2017)
Episode 8: Kryptonite (June 7, 2017)
Episode 9: Killashaw (June 14, 2017)
Episode 10: Time to Smash (June 21, 2017)
Episode 11: Embrace the Snake (June 28, 2017)
Episode 12: The Winner's Circle (July 5, 2017)
Preliminary | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finale | |||||||||||
Seth Baczynski | 2 | |||||||||||||
Gilbert Smith | UD | |||||||||||||
Gilbert Smith | 3 | |||||||||||||
Dhiego Lima | UD | |||||||||||||
Hayder Hassan | 2 | |||||||||||||
Dhiego Lima | UD | |||||||||||||
Dhiego Lima | UD | |||||||||||||
Tom Gallicchio | 3 | |||||||||||||
Eddie Gordon | 1 | |||||||||||||
Tom Gallicchio | SUB | |||||||||||||
Tom Gallicchio | SUB | |||||||||||||
Justin Edwards | 1 | |||||||||||||
Justin Edwards | UD | |||||||||||||
Joe Stevenson | 2 | |||||||||||||
Dhiego Lima | 2 | |||||||||||||
Jesse Taylor | SUB | |||||||||||||
James Krause | SUB | |||||||||||||
Johnny Nunez | 1 | |||||||||||||
James Krause | UD | |||||||||||||
Ramsey Nijem | 3 | |||||||||||||
Ramsey Nijem | TKO | |||||||||||||
Julian Lane | 1 | |||||||||||||
James Krause | 3 | |||||||||||||
Jesse Taylor | SUB | |||||||||||||
Jesse Taylor | UD | |||||||||||||
Mehdi Baghdad | 2 | |||||||||||||
Jesse Taylor | SUB | |||||||||||||
Hayder Hassan | 1 | |||||||||||||
Joe Stevenson | 1 | |||||||||||||
Hayder Hassan | KO | |||||||||||||
Team Garbrandt | ||
Team Dillashaw | ||
UD
|
Unanimous Decision | |
MD
|
Majority Decision | |
SUB
|
Submission | |
(T)KO
|
(Technical) Knock Out |
The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale | ||||
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![]() The poster for The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale | ||||
Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | July 7, 2017 | |||
Venue | T-Mobile Arena | |||
City | Paradise, Nevada | |||
Attendance | 6,308 [4] | |||
Total gate | $432,495 [4] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
|
The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on July 7, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area. [5]
The event was headlined by a lightweight bout between Michael Johnson and former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje. [6]
The welterweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption took place at the event. [1]
Promotional newcomer Amanda Ribas was expected to face Juliana Lima at the event, but Ribas was flagged by USADA for a potential anti-doping violation and removed from the bout. The possible violation stems from a sample collected June 7. [7] She was replaced by Tecia Torres. [8]
Steve Bossé was expected to face Jared Cannonier at the event. However, Bossé was removed from the fight just days before the event and was replaced by promotional newcomer Nick Roehrick. [9]
Aspen Ladd was expected to face Jessica Eye at the event, but on the day of the fight, she was pulled due to being ill and the fight was canceled. [10]
Main Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Justin Gaethje | def. | Michael Johnson | TKO (punches and knees) | 2 | 4:48 | |
Welterweight | Jesse Taylor | def. | Dhiego Lima | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 0:43 | [a] |
Lightweight | Drakkar Klose | def. | Marc Diakiese | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Jared Cannonier | def. | Nick Roehrick | TKO (elbows) | 3 | 2:08 | |
Middleweight | Brad Tavares | def. | Elias Theodorou | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Jordan Johnson | def. | Marcel Fortuna | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1) | |||||||
Women's Strawweight | Angela Hill | def. | Ashley Yoder | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | James Krause | def. | Tom Gallicchio | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | C. B. Dollaway | def. | Ed Herman | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Women's Strawweight | Tecia Torres | def. | Juliana Lima | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 0:53 | |
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
Featherweight | Gray Maynard | def. | Teruto Ishihara | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 |
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses: [12]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was $1,038,000. [13]
On September 21, it was announced that Roehrick accepted a one-year suspension from the USADA, stemming from a positive test for clomiphene and its metabolite, 4-hydroxyclomiphene. The results came from an out-of-competition urine sample collected on August 8. [14]
UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre was held on November 4, 2017, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. [15]
A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between champion Cody Garbrandt and former champion T.J. Dillashaw, was previously scheduled to serve as headliner for UFC 213. [16] However, Garbrandt withdrew from the fight due to a back injury. [17] The fight was later rescheduled for UFC 217. [18] [19]