TUF 17 Discussion!

Come here for all the conversation of this seasons Ultimate Fighter which debuts tonight. 

UFC is delivering big with the new season of The Ultimate Fighter by making light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and challenger Chael Sonnen the head coaches. 


Jones and Sonnen are set to square off for the light heavyweight championship on April 27, so this is the perfect forum for these two stars to build their fight and help turn the participants on the show into names that fans know. 

The face of MMA, The People's Champion, the man with the golden tongue, the master of the power double, the sexiest man alive, the bad guy, the icon, the legend....

Makes his long awaited appearance on The Ultimate Fighter TONIGHT at 8PM EST on FX. Weeks of epic Sonnen-isms to laugh hysterically at and hold us over until it all comes to a head at UFC 159 for a title showdown with Jon Jones.

"When you're the best in the world, they don't call you a great fighter. They call you Chael Sonnen. Beat me....if you can." - Chael Sonnen



My pick to win the whole thing: Tor Troeng

* Edited at 01.22.2013, 6:48 PM ET *

I think Dana made the perfect match ups. They leave room for both the 2 strongest guys to meet in the Finale and also for 2 big upsets. 

Also Chael saying to Uriah "You're a contender. I've been in that division for 5 years and you're a contender for that belt" was pretty interesting. If it was any other weight you'd say yeah right and put it down to Chael talking out of his ass but he has fought the best in that division and when he said that he was also putting Uriah in his class of talent so you gotta think that he really believes it.

Idk I think Josh and Kelvin could go either way, Uriah obviously wins.

Uriah KO's Dylan and Josh beats Kelvin by decision.

Dana said there's a fighter that sends all of his opponents to the hospital, Uriah's the only to have done so so far, so it's a given he KO's Dylan too.

I don't think Josh will be able to finish Kelvin, but I do believe he'll be able to beat him by decision. I hope I'm wrong though. I really like Kelvin.

Dana obviously is pushing for Uriah vs. Josh as the final as it's the biggest fight then can put together.

This is probably the best TUF season ever up there with season 1 and season 14 with the featherweights and bantamweights.

Not one lackluster fight and a ton of exciting finishes, plus no pranks or drunken childish antics in the house to get camera time.

Good things this season has revamped the show compared to the previous season which was horrible.

just watched it now .. DAMN hall has scary power

That's exactly how I see it going down, although I want Kelvin to smash Josh, I do feel as he is the one that's going to come out on top.

Uriah can be beet if his opponents can get him to the ground. It's getting close enough for a takedown that is the problem.

Uriah hasn't had to use his TDD or grappling game on TUF due to the quick KO finishes in his fights, so we can't say there's a huge weakness in that area yet.

I've only seen one of his fights from the early Bellator cards a long time ago and I remember him winning by KO in that fight too and that was a long time ago, so I don't really remember much outside of that.

Uriah Hall and Dylan Andrews are my favorites by far. I wish this fight could have been the final but I guess Dana has a point about Hall and Samman both standing out and wanting that to be the final match. 

My only problem with that is that I think Dylan and Uriah would be a better finale fight.

I'm curious about his TDD but he not only has power but immense speed and accuracy. Don't like him since he is super insecure and agressive about it but damn I want to watch him fight more.

Rooting hard for Dylan and Kelvin but I doubt they win...Urijah and Josh are both sociopathic ******s.

Rooting for Andrews!! 

I'm curious who they pair the losers of the semis against.

I hope that if Uriah and Josh win, they don't pair Dylan and Kelvin up in a fight on the finale.

I'd would much rather watch them fight someone else as it'd suck watch either of them lose in their UFC debut.

I would love to pair the TUF guys with UFC lower ranked fighters, not against other TUF guys. I'd like to see all of them,maybe minus 2 or 3, in the UFC, and getting paired against one another isnt gonna help

Just watched the newest TUF episode and...I am amazed at Uriah Hall. Dana White is right, this guy is easily the most dominant fighter in the history of TUF.

He spinning back-kicked a guy into the hospital and when no one thought he could top that, he blinds a guy with one punch and sends him to the hospital also.

That's ******* absurd.

i'm bout this Uriah Hall choo choo train!

I haven't watched this season of TUF at all, but did Sonnen really say that Hall was a contender for the title?

@Condit That's a shame, IMO the best season of TUF since the 1st.

Yep. His exact words were along the lines of:

'You're gonna be a contender. I was in that weight class for 5 years, you're gonna be a contender.'