The TUF 23 Season 23 cast is set and fight fans are certain to see some familiar names in the lineups.
The show officially starts April 20th at 10PM ET on FOX Sports 1, two weeks from today.
This season, female strawweights and male light-heavyweights will content for the title of The Ultimate Fighter.
Welcome back to The Crossfire.
The coaches are strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and #1 contender Claudia Gadelha. They clash July 8th at the TUF 23 Finale at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
32 fighters (16 strawweights, 16 light-heavyweights) will compete for entry into the TUF house, whether the winner will be awarded a guaranteed UFC contract.
On the female side, there are a lot of Invicta FC alumni. JJ Aldrich, Ashley Cummins, Jodie Esquibel, Jamie Moyle, Amy Montenegro are some of them.
The “TUF 23” cast includes:
Strawweight
Kristi Lopez, 2-0, 33, Quartz Hill, Calif.
Amy Montenegro, 7-2, 32, Forks, Wash.
Kate Jackson, 7-2-1, 29, Lostwithiel, England
Jodie Esquibel, 5-1, 29, Albuquerque, N.M.
Helen Harper, 4-1, 28, Farnborough, England
Alyssa Krahn, 3-1, 28, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ashley Cummins, 3-3, 28, St. Louis
Ashley Yoder, 4-1, 28, Indianapolis
Jamie Moyle, 3-1, 27, Las Vegas
Lanchana Green, 2-1, 26, Darlington, England
Tatiana Suarez, 3-0, 25, Fontana, Calif.
Amanda Cooper, 1-1, 24, Bath, Mich.
J.J. Aldrich, 2-1, 23, Aurora, Colo.
Chelsea Bailey, 2-0, 23, Chewelah, Wash.
Mellony Geugjes, 0-1, 23, Amsterdam
Irene Rivera, 6-2, 22, Barcelona
Light-Heavyweight
Joshua Stansbury, 7-2, 31, East Liverpool, Ohio
Marcel Fortuna, 8-1, 30, Tubarao, Brazil
Abdel Medjedoub, 3-0, 30, Mila, Algeria
Norman Paraisy, 15-4-2, 1 NC, 30, Paris
Eric Spicely, 8-0, 29, Stoughton, Mass.
Jamelle Jones, 6-2, 28, Atlantic City, N.J.
Trevor Carlson, 10-2, 27, Spring Creek, Nev.
Muhammed DeReese, 5-0, 27, Titusville, Fla.
Myron Dennis, 12-4, 27, Oklahoma City
John Paul Elias, 3-0, 27, Fresno, Calif.
Phil Hawes, 3-0, 27, Little Ferry, N.J.
Cory Hendricks, 3-0, 27, Lynden, Wash.
Andrew Sanchez, 7-2, 27, Shiloh, Ill.
Kenneth Bergh, 3-0, 26, Oslo
Khalil Rountree, 4-0, 26, Las Vegas
Elias Urbina, 3-0, 22, Weslaco, Texas
