The Ultimate Fighter - Season 17 - Eps 1: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen - Enter the Octagon
Season 17 begins with 14 winners of middleweight mixed martial arts preliminary bouts meeting coaches Jon "Bones" Jones and Chael Sonnen in Las Vegas. UFC President Dana White announces the first elimination fight. (2 hour show with a special 8 pm start time)
About The Ultimate Fighter
Title: The Ultimate Fighter
First Air Date: 2005-01-17
Last Air Date: 2025-06-10
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.286/10 (from 49 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 34
Total Episodes: 433
Network: FX Fox Sports 1 ESPN Spike ESPN+
Genres: Reality
Production Companies: Zuffa
Synopsis
The Ultimate Fighter is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Pilgrim Media Group currently airing on ESPN+. It previously aired for fourteen seasons on Spike TV. The show features professional MMA fighters living together in Las Vegas, Nevada, and follows them as they train and compete against each other for a prized six-figure contract with the UFC. The series debuted on January 17, 2005.
Cast
Dana White
UFC President / Self
