TUF By the Numbers

By Von Jordan Newmark • Jan. 25, 2013

A look at some of the stats behind The Ultimate Fighter - past and present

20
Seasons of The Ultimate Fighter, including the two Spring 2013 installments (Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen and TUF Brasil 2)

27

TUF winners crowned to date

185
Weight limit in pounds of the middleweight division, which is the chosen weight class for the current TUF season.

0
Number of the 28 current cast members who have a pink mohawk

6
Different countries represented by the fighters of TUF 17, most of any season.

9
Number of non-US born TUF winners (Brazil - Diego Brandao, Rony Jason, Cezar Ferreira; United Kingdom - Michael Bisping, Ross Pearson, James Wilks, Norman Parks; Mexico - Efrain Escudero; Australia - Robert Whittaker)

3

UFC champions who were contestants on TUF (Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, and Matt Serra)

1
Kimbo Slice

5
Number of coaches who won both the coaches' challenge and the season-concluding coaches' fight (Forrest Griffin, Dan Henderson, Rashad Evans, Michael Bisping, and Ross Pearson)

9
TUF winners whose team color was a shade of blue, more than any other color

8
TUF finalists who have earned UFC title shots (including TUF 14's
John Dodson, who will take on UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson
at UFC on FOX 6)

1:54

Total fight time for the shortest-ever TUF final (John Dodson's TKO of TJ Dillashaw)

8,000
Average cost in dollars of a used 2005 Scion Xb, the car Forrest Griffin won on TUF 1

1
Number of TUF 17 fighters who made it into the house using “double-fisted goofy shots" en route to a TKO (Josh Samman)

3
Knockout of the Night bonuses awarded to the TUF season winner after their respective finale (Roy Nelson, Tony Ferguson, and John Dodson)

3
TUF season winners who earned Submission of the night bonuses for their victories (Court McGee, Diego Brandao, and Michael Chiesa)

1
Fight of the Night bonuses awarded to TUF winners post-Finale: Diego Brandao

1
Number of fighters who left the house because they couldn't call their girlfriends (Noah Inhofer)

7
TUF winners who finished all their opponents in the house and in the finals (Michael Bisping, Nate Diaz, Mac Danzig, Amir Sadollah, James Wilks, Tony Ferguson and Diego Brandao)