The Ultimate Fighter 2

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The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It premiered on August 22, 2005. 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. [1]

Contents 1 Cast 1.1 Coaches 1.2 Fighters 1.3 Hosts 2 Results 2.1 Finale 2.2 Welterweight bracket 2.3 Heavyweight bracket 3 Footnotes

[edit] Cast

[edit] Coaches

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

[edit] Fighters

Listed as originally assigned.

• Welterweights
  • Team Hughes: Joe Stevenson, Luke Cummo, Josh Burkman, Jason Von Flue, Sammy Morgan
  • Team Franklin: Kenny Stevens, Marcus Davis, Jorge Gurgel, Anthony Torres, Melvin Guillard

• 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

[edit] Hosts

• Dana White
• Randy Couture

[edit] 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 in the first round.

Episode 4

• Team Franklin wins the welterweight challenge.
• Joe Stevenson defeats Marcus Davis when Marcus taps out in 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, most notably in the final seconds of the first round and virtually throughout the third.

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 reblancing.
• 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 in 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 in 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.

[edit] Finale

The Ultimate Finale 2
Details
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	November 5, 2005
Venue	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Event chronology
The Ultimate Finale 1	The Ultimate Finale 2	The Ultimate Finale 3

• Undercard
  • Keith Jardine defeats Kerry Schall by TKO (leg kicks).
  • Melvin Guillard defeats Marcus Davis by TKO (cut).
  • Josh Burkman defeats Sammy Morgan by KO (slam).
• Main card
  • Kenny Florian defeats world-renowned Muay Thai fighter, Kit Cope, by submission (rear naked choke) at 0:37 of the second round.
  • Welterweight Final - Joe Stevenson defeats Luke Cummo by unanimous decision, winning the TUF championship in the Welterweight division.
  • Heavyweight Final - Rashad Evans defeats Brad Imes by a split decision and wins a six figure contract, winning the TUF championship in the Heavyweight division.
  • Main Event - Diego Sanchez defeats Nick Diaz by unanimous decision.

[edit] Welterweight bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	Franklin	Jason Von Flue
	Hughes	Joe Stevenson
						Hughes	Joe Stevenson
						Hughes	Luke Cummo
	Hughes	Sammy Morgan [1]
	Hughes	Luke Cummo

[edit] Heavyweight bracket

	Semifinals					Final
	Franklin	Rashad Evans
	Franklin	Keith Jardine[2]
						Franklin	Rashad Evans
						Hughes	Brad Imes
	Franklin	Seth Petruzelli
	Hughes	Brad Imes

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Never fought in eliminations.
2. ^ Never fought in eliminations.

The Ultimate Fighter - Season 2
Josh Burkman | Dan Christison | Luke Cummo | Marcus Davis | Rashad Evans | Melvin Guillard | Jorge Gurgel | Brad Imes | Keith Jardine | Eli Joslin | Rob MacDonald | Sammy Morgan | Tom Murphy | Seth Petruzelli | Kerry Schall | Kenny Stevens | Joe Stevenson | Anthony Torres | Jason Von Flue | Mike Whitehead Coaches: Rich Franklin | Matt Hughes