Name↕ | Season↕ | Finale↕ | Division↕ | Winner↕ | Runner-up↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forrest Griffin | TUF 1: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell | Apr 9, 2005 | Light Heavyweight | Forrest Griffin | Stephan Bonnar |
Rashad Evans | TUF 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin | Nov 5, 2005 | Heavyweight | Rashad Evans | Brad Imes |
Kendall Grove | TUF 3: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock | Jun 24, 2006 | Middleweight | Kendall Grove | Ed Herman |
Travis Lutter | TUF 4: The Comeback | Nov 11, 2006 | Middleweight | Travis Lutter | Patrick Côté |
Nate Diaz | TUF 5: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn | Jun 23, 2007 | Lightweight | Nate Diaz | Manny Gamburyan |
Mac Danzig | TUF 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra | Dec 8, 2007 | Welterweight | Mac Danzig | Tom Speer |
Amir Sadollah | TUF 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest | Jun 21, 2008 | Middleweight | Amir Sadollah | C. B. Dollaway |
Ryan Bader | TUF 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir | Dec 13, 2008 | Light Heavyweight | Ryan Bader | Vinny Magalhães |
Ross Pearson | TUF 9: United States vs. United Kingdom | Jun 20, 2009 | Lightweight | Ross Pearson | Andre Winner |
Roy Nelson | TUF 10: Heavyweights | Dec 5, 2009 | Heavyweight | Roy Nelson | Brendan Schaub |
Court McGee | TUF 11: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz | Jun 19, 2010 | Middleweight | Court McGee | Kris McCray |
Jonathan Brookins | TUF 12: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck | Dec 4, 2010 | Lightweight | Jonathan Brookins | Michael Johnson |
Tony Ferguson | TUF 13: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos | Jun 4, 2011 | Welterweight | Tony Ferguson | Ramsey Nijem |
John Dodson | TUF 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller | Dec 3, 2011 | Bantamweight | John Dodson | T.J. Dillashaw |
Michael Chiesa | TUF 15: Live | Jun 1, 2012 | Lightweight | Michael Chiesa | Al Iaquinta |
Rony Jason | TUF: Brazil | Jun 23, 2012 | Featherweight | Rony Jason | Godofredo Pepey |
Colton Smith | TUF 16: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson | Dec 15, 2012 | Welterweight | Colton Smith | Mike Ricci |
Norman Parke | TUF: The Smashes | Dec 15, 2012 | Lightweight | Norman Parke | Colin Fletcher |
Kelvin Gastelum | TUF 17: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen | Apr 13, 2013 | Middleweight | Kelvin Gastelum | Uriah Hall |
Leonardo Santos | TUF: Brazil 2 | Jun 8, 2013 | Welterweight | Leonardo Santos | William Macario |
Chris Holdsworth | TUF 18: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate | Nov 30, 2013 | Bantamweight | Chris Holdsworth | Davey Grant |
Zhang Lipeng | TUF: China | Mar 1, 2014 | Welterweight | Zhang Lipeng | Wang Sai |
Yang Jianping | Ago 23, 2014 | Featherweight | Ning Guangyou | Yang Jianping | — |
Chad Laprise | TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia | Apr 16, 2014 | Welterweight | Chad Laprise | Olivier Aubin-Mercier |
Warlley Alves | TUF: Brazil 3 | May 31, 2014 | Middleweight | Warlley Alves | Márcio Alexandre Júnior |
Eddie Gordon | TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn | Jul 6, 2014 | Middleweight | Eddie Gordon | Dhiego Lima |
Alejandro Pérez | TUF: Latin America | Nov 15, 2014 | Bantamweight | Alejandro Pérez | José Alberto Quiñónez |
Carla Esparza | TUF 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned | Dec 12, 2014 | Women's Strawweight | Carla Esparza | Rose Namajunas |
Kamaru Usman | TUF 21: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians | Jul 12, 2015 | Welterweight | Kamaru Usman | Hayder Hassan |
Reginaldo Vieira | TUF: Brazil 4 | Aug 1, 2015 | Bantamweight | Reginaldo Vieira | Dileno Lopes |
Enrique Barzola | TUF: Latin America 2 | Nov 21, 2015 | Lightweight | Enrique Barzola | Horacio Gutiérrez |
Ryan Hall | TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber | Dec 11, 2015 | Lightweight | Ryan Hall | Artem Lobov |
Tatiana Suarez | TUF 23: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia | Jul 8, 2016 | Women's Strawweight | Tatiana Suarez | Amanda Cooper |
Martin Bravo | TUF: Latin America 3 | Nov 5, 2016 | Lightweight | Martin Bravo | Claudio Puelles |
Tim Elliott | TUF 24: Tournament of Champions | Dec 3, 2016 | Flyweight | Tim Elliott | Hiromasa Ougikubo |
Jesse Taylor | TUF 25: Redemption | Jul 7, 2017 | Welterweight | Jesse Taylor | Dhiego Lima |
Nicco Montaño | TUF 26: A New World Champion | Dec 1, 2017 | Women's Flyweight | Nicco Montaño | Roxanne Modafferi |
Brad Katona | TUF 27: Undefeated | Jul 6, 2018 | Featherweight | Brad Katona | Jay Cucciniello |
Juan Espino | TUF 28: Heavy Hitters | Nov 30, 2018 | Heavyweight | Juan Espino | Justin Frazier |
Ricky Turcios | TUF 29: Team Volkanovski vs. Team Ortega | Aug 28, 2021 | Bantamweight | Ricky Turcios | Brady Hiestand |
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