TUF 1 cast poses alongside coaches Lidell and Couture. Photo: Disclosure
The year 2006, more specifically between the months of January and April, was remarkable in the history of the UFC. At the time, the first season of the show aired in the United States. The Ultimate Fighter, reality show of the main MMA event on the planet. To this day, president Dana White never tires of repeating the importance of the original TUF for the development of the organization and mixed martial arts as a sport. Showing once again his gratitude to the program, the director suggested that he may nominate the entire cast for the Ultimate Hall of Fame.
“I think it is an obligation. I think everyone from the (first) season should be inducted (to the Hall of Fame). Without a doubt, this group of people changed the game”, said White, in an interview with the website of the North American channel “FOX Sports”. “I've been thinking that the entire cast should be (inducted into the Hall of Fame). Even Canadian Jason Thacker. The group of people we had, the way the synergy worked and the way things happened… This season really started everything”, he added.
O The Ultimate Fighter 1 was led by coaches Randy Couture and Chuck Lidell and had Diego Sanchez as middleweight champion. But the biggest moment of the season was the final of the light heavyweight category tournament between Forrest griffin and Stephen Bonnar. The fight is constantly highlighted as the landmark of the historic turning point for the UFC, which has since grown to become one of the main sporting organizations on the planet. The fight also earned White a lot of praise. “There has never been a more important fight in MMA, with the exception of perhaps UFC 1”, declared the director at the time. Last year, Bonnar and Griffin were inducted into the Hall of Fame together.
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