Episode
The Ultimate Fighter: Light Heavyweight Semi-Finals
Overview
The light heavyweight semi-finals are up. Stephan Bonnar fights his close friend and training partner Mike Swick in the first bout. Forrest Griffin finds out if his cut has healed enough to fight Sam Hoger or give up his chance for the contract to alternate Bobby Southworth.
Details
- Series
- The Ultimate Fighter
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2005-04-04
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Light Heavyweight Semi-Finals is Episode 12 in The Ultimate Fighter of The Ultimate Fighter. It aired on 2005-04-04. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 11: Middleweight Semifinal #2
Forrest is still up in the air about his future in the contest, but he does get his stitches out and the healing is progressing nicely. The fighters continue their battle for the remaining spot in the middleweight finals.
Episode 13: The Ultimate Fighter Finale
In a 2 1/2 hour extravaganza and for the first time on free broadcast television, the TUF finals will be live from Las Vegas on April 9th. In the middleweight division, Kenny Florian faces Diego Sanchez, and in the Light Heavyweight division, Forrest Griffin will take on Stephan Bonnar. Both of these final matchups will be undercards to the UFC matchup between Ken Shamrock and Rich Franklin.
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Episode 5: Un-Caged
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Episode 4: On The Ropes
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