Frank Fertitta III
Director
The Ultimate Fighter (2005)
Team Bisping vs. Team Miller
For the first time in the history of The Ultimate Fighter reality series, the ultra-exciting featherweight and bantamweight divisions will take center stage as 32 prospects, led by coaches Michael Bisping and Jason Miller, fight it out for a UFC contract.
Released Jan. 17, 2005
Episode 45 min
14+
Genres: Action, Reality, Reality TV, Sport
Keywords: tmdb.sports-show, tmdb.professional-sports, imdb.martial-arts-action, imdb.tournament, imdb.ultimate-fighting-championship, imdb.mixed-martial-arts, imdb.brutality + 13 more, imdb.fighting-style, imdb.boxing, imdb.blood-splatter, imdb.blood, imdb.beefcake-martial-arts, imdb.kickboxing, imdb.brawl, imdb.fistfight, imdb.cage-fighting, imdb.wrestling, imdb.martial-arts, imdb.non-fiction, tmdb.mixed-martial-arts-mma
Watch Providers: fuboTV
Production Companies: Zuffa, Pilgrim Studios
Network: ESPN
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
Spanish,
Norwegian
S14E1 - Scrappers
Dana White welcomed the 32 fighters, consisting of 16 featherweights and 16 bantamweights, to the show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. He introduced them to the coaches, middleweights Jason "Mayhem" Miller and Michael Bisping.
Sept. 21, 2011, midnight
S14E2 - I Against I
Bisping and Miller make their official team picks. Miller then makes the first fight, an underdog match that will feature his fighter Bryan Caraway against Marcus Brimage.
Sept. 28, 2011, midnight
S14E3 - Death Leprechauns
Bisping gets Mayhem back after his tire prank in the dressing room by jacking the tires on Mayhem's car.
Tempers flare during a Team Bisping sparring session, especially between Diego Brandao and Marcus Brimage.
Oct. 5, 2011, midnight
S14E4 - Get the 'F' Up
Bisping doesn't show up for the featherweight fight announcement and his team wonders where he has been.
The featherweight matchup was announced: Dennis Bermudez vs. Stephan Bass.
Oct. 12, 2011, midnight
S14E5 - Swagger Jacker
After the previous fight, Diego Brandao calls out Steven Siler, wanting to fight him next.
Miller devises a plan to throw off Team Bisping by postponing the predetermined matches to one week.
Oct. 19, 2011, midnight
S14E6 - Thrown to the Lions
Two fights highlight this one, including a finish that shocks Dana White!
Oct. 26, 2011, midnight
S14E7 - Draft Dodger
Roland Delorme's foot injury leaves him questioning his future fighting on the show.
Former Brazilian muay thai champion Rafael Cordeiro of Chute Boxe Academy guest coaches during Team Miller's training session.
Nov. 2, 2011, midnight
S14E8 - Don't Do This at Home
Louis Gaudinot breaks down the separation going on in the house breaking it down into three groups: Louis, Dodson, Ferguson, Diego, Marcus, and Akira all hang out with each other; then there's the "Bible Study Group" which is Bedford, Dennis, and Dustin who stay to themselves; and lastly is "The Casino" made up of T.J., Neace, Prince (Albert), Caraway, and Bass who all play cards together every night.
Nov. 9, 2011, midnight
S14E9 - Get Me to the Finals
Dustin Pague acts like a good samaritan when he tells the van driver to stop so he can give a homeless man on the street a food care package.
When Mayhem stops by the house for the fighter's barbeque, he dares Dustin Pague to eat a couple of live backyard bugs. Dustin excepts and eats the creepy crawlers for Mayhem's $60.
Nov. 16, 2011, midnight
S14E10 - It's About to Go Down
The last two semifinal fights take place (Bantamweights): Johnny Bedford vs. John Dodson, and (Featherweights): Bryan Caraway vs. Diego Brandao.
Nov. 30, 2011, midnight
S14E11 - The Ultimate Finale
Dec. 3, 2011, midnight
S14E12 - Finale
The Season 15 champion is crowned as Michael Chiesa faces Al Iaquinta in an all Team Faber finale in Las Vegas. Also: Jake Ellenberger vs Martin Kampmann in a welterweight bout. Also: Max Holloway vs. Pat Schilling; Jonathan Brookins vs. Charles Oliveira; Justin Lawrence vs. John Cofer.
Dec. 3, 2011, midnight
Network: ESPN
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 904 min.
Released: Jan. 17, 2005
Last Air Date: Aug. 12, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-14
Common sense age: 14+
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