The Ultimate Fighter 2

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The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the The Ultimate Fighter. The season featured a heavyweight and a welterweight division, with 9 fighters initially in each division. The UFC coaches for this season were welterweight and middleweight champions Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin. Season 1 coach and former UFC champion Randy Couture hosted and designed the team challenge segments, which if won would allow the winning team to pair a fighter from their team against another in elimination matches. The finale aired on November 5, 2005, and it set a ratings record for the UFC with a 2.0 overall rating.

Contents 1 Cast 1.1 Coaches 1.2 Fighters 2 Results 2.1 The Ultimate Finale 2

Cast

Coaches

• Matt Hughes, Team Hughes coach
• Rich Franklin, Team Franklin coach

Fighters

Listed as originally assigned.

• Welterweights
  • Team Hughes: Joe Stevenson, Luke Cummo, Josh Burkman, Jason Von Flue
  • Team Franklin: Marcus Davis, Jorge Gurgel, Anthony Torres, Melvin Guillard
  • Unassigned: Kenny Stevens
• Heavyweights
  • Team Hughes: Mike Whitehead, Dan Christison, Rob MacDonald, Tom Murphy
  • Team Franklin: Keith Jardine, Seth Petruzelli, Rashad Evans, Brad Imes
  • Unassigned: Kerry Schall, Eli Joslin

Results

Episode 1

• Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin are introduced as the new coaches.
• Heavyweight Kerry Schall is eliminated due to a knee injury.
• Eli Joslin chooses to leave the show, citing his reasons as not being able to handle the camera environment at the house.
• Kenny Stevens is chosen as the weakest welterweight and calls out Sammy Morgan to fight.
• Stevens is forced to forfeit his match after not being able to make weight for the fight.

Episode 2

• Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin choose their teams.
• Team Hughes wins the welterweight challenge.
• Josh Burkman defeats Melvin Guillard by unanimous decision after three rounds.

Episode 3

• Josh Burkman is forced to leave the competition after breaking his arm in the match with Melvin Guillard.
• Jason Von Flue joins the show to replace Burkman.
• Team Hughes wins the heavyweight challenge.
• Brad Imes defeats Rob MacDonald with a submission by triangle choke at 4:07 of the first round.

Episode 4

• Team Franklin wins the welterweight challenge.
• Joe Stevenson defeats Marcus Davis when Marcus taps out from elbow strikes at 4:10 of the first round.

Episode 5

• Team Hughes wins the heavyweight challenge.
• Rashad Evans defeats Tom Murphy by unanimous decision after three rounds; Rashad causes controversy by "showboating" (dancing around in the octagon) at various stages of the fight, much to the chagrin of opposing coach Matt Hughes.

Episode 6

• Matt Hughes expresses disgust at Rashad's actions in the octagon during the previous episode.
• Team Hughes wins the welterweight scarecrow challenge after Team Franklin forfeits to save their fighters.
• Jason Von Flue defeats Jorge Gurgel by unanimous decision after three rounds.

Episode 7

• Team Franklin wins the heavyweight mud wrestling challenge.
• Hughes sends Von Flue over to team Franklin for rebalancing.
• Seth Petruzelli wins a unanimous decision over Dan Christison.

Episode 8

• Team Hughes wins the welterweight "Randy Says" challenge after Von Flue and Anthony Torres fail to obey Randy Couture's directions.
• Franklin sends Imes to team Hughes for rebalancing.
• Luke Cummo wins a unanimous decision over Anthony Torres.

Episode 9

• Team Hughes wins the heavyweight challenge resoundingly.
• Brad Imes is passed over for a fight due to a cut over his eye received in training; Mike Whitehead is chosen to fight instead.
• Rashad Evans defeats Mike Whitehead by unanimous decision after three rounds.

Episode 10

• Jason Von Flue sustains a cut between the eyes in practice; Marcus Davis is brought back as an alternate in the case of Jason being unable to fight.
• The rest of the matches are set up by Dana White, Rich Franklin, and Matt Hughes with input from fighters; the matches are: Luke Cummo v. Sammy Morgan, Joe Stevenson v. Jason Von Flue, Seth Petruzelli v. Brad Imes, and Rashad Evans v. Keith Jardine.
• Luke Cummo defeats Sammy Morgan at 2:05 of the second round by knockout with a knee.

Episode 11

• Rashad Evans defeats Keith Jardine by unanimous decision after three rounds.

Episode 12

• Jason Von Flue is cleared by the doctors to fight.
• Joe Stevenson defeats Jason Von Flue at 4:46 of Round 1 with an armbar submission. Luke Cummo and Joe Stevenson will face each other in the final for the UFC contract.
• In the second heavyweight semi-final, Brad Imes defeats Seth Petruzelli by split decision after three rounds; Petruzelli suffers extensive damage to his right ear.

The Ultimate Finale 2

• Preliminary card

Heavyweight Bout: Keith Jardine vs Kerry Schall
Jardine wins by TKO (leg kicks) at 3:28 of the second round.

Welterweight Bout: Melvin Guillard vs Marcus Davis
Guillard wins by TKO (cut) at 2:55 of the second round.

Welterweight Bout: Josh Burkman vs Sammy Morgan
Burkman wins by KO (slam) at 0:21 of the first round.

• Main card

Welterweight Bout: Kenny Florian vs Kit Cope
Florian wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 0:37 of the second round.

Welterweight Final: Joe Stevenson vs Luke Cummo
Stevenson wins by unanimous decision, winning the TUF championship in the Welterweight division.

Heavyweight Final: Rashad Evans vs Brad Imes
Evans wins by a split decision and wins a six figure contract, winning the TUF championship in the Heavyweight division.

Welterweight Bout: Diego Sanchez vs Nick Diaz
Sanchez wins by unanimous decision.