The Ultimate Fighter 17, Episode 4 Review
In Episode 4, Team Jones gets on the board with the first notable upset of the season, as Collin Hart controlls Kevin ‘The King’ Casey for a unanimous 20-18 decision.
Team Sonnen 2, Team Jones 1.
Next week: Bubba McDaniel vs Kelvin Gastelum.
Here’s who remains:
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Current MMA Rankings Updated
Notable Info
- Men’s Strawweight rankings now available. We will start this division with a limit of 120 pounds, which will include “tweener” divisions like URCC Pinweight (119lb) and Pancrase “Regular” Flyweight (120lb). We may decide to cut this off at a lower weight to put the aforementioned divisions into Flyweight, or move it up by one pound (so that it also includes all 55kg fights) in the future.
- Men’s Flyweight changed from “Under 131 pounds” to 121-129lb.
- Men’s Bantamweight changed from 131-138lb to 130-138lb.
The Ultimate Fighter 17, Episode 3 Review
In Episode 3, Team Sonnen widens the lead and keeps control of the matchups as Uriah Hall knocked out Adam Cella with a brutal spinning kick that left Cella unconscious for several minutes.
Team Sonnen 2, Team Jones 0.
Next week: Kevin Casey vs Collin Hart.
Here’s who remains:
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Current & All-Time MMA Rankings Updated: 02-03-2013
Notable Info
- Featherweight expanded to 400 (was 350).
- Women’s Flyweight expanded to 20 (was 15).
- Strawweight division (120lbs and under) now available in All-Time Rankings. Flyweight changed to 121-129lbs and Bantamweight to 130-138lbs. These changes will also be reflected in next week’s standard rankings.
New Feature: Fighter Team Affiliation
We’ve added another new feature – the team/gym affiliation for ranked fighters is now displayed in the Fighter Info popup (along with other interesting stats – you can view when you hover over a fighter’s name in our ranking pages).
In the future, we’ll add the ability to filter rankings on the Team Affiliation, as well as some other cool stuff.
Thank forum member kedbecker for this suggestion!
Future Ranking System Additions/Changes
Changes in the Next Update
- Featherweight will be expanded to Top 400 (from 350). This is to accommodate the increased strength of the division.
- Women’s Flyweight division will be expanded to Top 20 (from 15).
- The Lightweight division limit will be reduced from 162 to 161. 162lb fights will now be considered Welterweight fights. There may be some fluctuations in the rankings as a result of this change.
Near-Future Changes
- New division rankings for Men’s Strawweight “115lb” division.
- Re-alignment of weight range considered for Men’s Flyweight and Bantamweight divisions.
The Ultimate Fighter 17: Episode 2 Recap
In Episode 2, the first team-vs-team bout took place and Team Jones took their first casualty as Gilbert Smith was knocked out in the second round, courtesy of a flying knee from Luke Barnatt.
Interestingly, a number of Team Jones voiced a vote of no confidences in their teammate prior to the fight, and even asked the coaches to change the matchup as they felt Gilbert’s conditioning was not up to par. Coach Jones stuck by his pick, and though Smith lost it turned out his conditioning had little to do with it.
Team Sonnen 1, Team Jones 0.
Here’s who remains:
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The Ultimate Fighter 17: Episode 1 Recap
Here we go again, with another season of the seemingly endless Ultimate Fighter series. This one is featuring fourteen middleweights, and coached by the reigning UFC lightheavyweight champion Jon Jones and his next challenger Chael Sonnen. As has been the case in most recent seasons, the show starts out with 28 fighters facing off in the first episode, with the winners moving into the ‘TUF’ house and the losers going home.
Some notable facts, thus far:
- Sweden’s Tor ‘The Hammer’ Troeng is the only Top 50 ranked fighter on the season, head and shoulders above the remaining pool.
- Only fourteen fighters are in the house instead of the usual sixteen; two of the first-round losers will be brought back in ‘wildcard’ spots.
- Most of the preliminary matchups were won by the higher ranked fighter (11/14)
- There is a much more even distribution of ranked fighters among the two teams than in Season 16 (which was ultimately won by the unranked Colton Smith)
After the fights are over, coaches pick their teams, and here’s how they stack up: