TUF 25 Cast Announced Including Kajan and Ricci
The UFC recently announced that newly crowned Bantamweight champion Cody “No Love” Garbrant will coach The Ultimate Fighter 25 opposite former champion and former Alpha Male teammate TJ Dillashaw. The coaches will meet for the Bantamweight Title after the conclusion of the season.
The season will be titled “Redemption” as it was also announced that the cast would be made up of current and former UFC and TUF Welterweights. Some of the notable names competing are Canadian’s Kajan Johnson and Mike Ricci, MFC alumni Jesse Taylor, Dhiego Lima, Tom Gallicchio, Gilbert Smith and Zak Cummings and TUF 2 winner and longtime UFC fighter Joe Stevenson.
The TUF 25 Season will debut with a 2-hour premiere on April 19 on FOX Sports 1 and TSN in Canada.
TUF 25 Cast:
Seth Baczynski (19-14, 5-6 UFC – Season 11)
Mehdi Baghdad (11-5, 0-2 UFC – Season 22)
Junie Browning (4-6, 1-1 UFC – Season 8)
Zak Cummings (20-5, 5-2 UFC – Season 17)
Justin Edwards (8-5, 2-5 UFC – Season 13)
Eddy Ellis (21-16, 0-0 UFC – Season 16)
Tom Gallicchio (19-9, 0-0 UFC – Season 22)
Eddie Gordon (8-4, 1-3 UFC – Season 19)
Gerald Harris (23-5, 3-1 UFC – Season 7)
Hayder Hassan (6-3, 0-2 UFC – Season 21)
Kajan Johnson (21-12-1, 2-1 UFC – TUF Nations)
James Krause (23-7, 4-3 UFC – Season 15)
Julian Lane (11-6-1, 0-0 UFC – Season 16)
Dhiego Lima (10-4, 1-3 UFC – Season 19)
Ramsey Nijem (9-6, 5-5 UFC – Season 13)
Johnny Nunez (6-1, 0-0 UFC – Season 22)
Mike Ricci (11-5, 1-2 UFC – Season 16)
Gilbert Smith (12-6, 0-1 UFC – Season 17)
Joe Stevenson (33-16, 8-8 UFC – Season 2)
Jesse Taylor (30-15, 0-1 UFC – Season 7)
Hector Urbina (17-10-1, 1-2 UFC – Season 19)
Dominic Waters (9-5, 0-3 UFC – Season 16)
Jamie Yager (7-4, 0-1 UFC – Season 11)
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It’ll be intertesting to see this plays out. A lot of the guys on the list are not WW’s anymore. Stevenson has fought as low as FW I believe.
There are going to be some big size differences between guys like Stevenson and say Zack Cummings (Who has fought as high as 205). Quick count of that roster and I think at least 9-10 are 155ers or smaller.
I’m excited to see some seasoned pro’s get another shot at the UFC.
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CM punk number 24
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Some crappy news today as the official TUF 25 cast list has been released and no longer contains Kajan Johnson or Mike Ricci!
Seth Baczynski
Julian Lane
Mehdi Baghdad
Dhiego Lima
Justin Edwards
Ramsey Nijem
Tom Gallicchio
Gilbert Smith
Eddie Gordon
Joe Stevenson
Hayder Hassan
Jesse Taylor
James Krause
Hector Urbina
Junie browning?? Julian Lane?? Jesus christ
That means they lost to get into the house or??
No, I believe they didn’t make the cut.
Please tell me Browning won’t be on the show. Fuck him.
Shouldnt they have 16 fighters?
Surprise fighters to be revealed on the premiere maybe? CM Punk is a Welterweight!
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