The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 23) is an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter.[1][2]
On January 17, 2016, during the live broadcast of UFC Fight Night 81, it was announced that the coaches for the season would be Joanna Jędrzejczyk and Cláudia Gadelha. The coaches are expected to face one another in a UFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout at the conclusion of the season.[1]
The UFC held open tryouts for the show on December 14, 2015. The casting call was for light heavyweight, women's bantamweight and women's strawweight fighters who were at least 21 years old and had a minimum of two wins in three professional fights.[3] Subsequently, it was announced that eight light heavyweight and eight women's strawweight competitors would compete on the show.[1] The cast was revealed on April 6, 2016.[4]
Cast
Teams
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Team Cláudia:
- Cláudia Gadelha, Head Coach
- Jair Lourenço, Assistant Coach
- Nenzão, Boxing Coach
- Ronaldo Cândido, Jiu Jitsu Coach
- Rafael Vinícius, Kickboxing Coach
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Fighters
- Team Joanna
- Light heavyweights: Josh Stansbury, Khalil Rountree, Myron Dennis and Elias Urbina IV.
- Women's Strawweights: JJ Aldrich, Jamie Moyle, Ashley Yoder and Helen Harper.
- Team Cláudia
- Light heavyweights: Andrew Sanchez, Eric Spicely, Abdel Medjedoub and Cory Hendricks.
- Women's Strawweights: Tatiana Suarez, Kate Jackson, Amanda Cooper and Lanchana Green.
- Fighters eliminated before entry round
- Light heavyweights: Kenneth Bergh, Muhammed Dereese, Jamelle Jones, Norman Paraisy, John Paul Elias, Phil Hawes, Marcel Fortuna and Trever Carlson.
- Women's Strawweights: Mellony Geugjes, Ashley Cummins, Alyssa Krahn, Jodie Esquibel, Kristi Lopez, Chel-c Bailey, Irene Cabello Rivera and Amy Montenegro.
Episodes
Episode 1: Ladies and Gents (April 20, 2016)[5]
- Dana White welcomed the 32 fighters, consisting of light heavyweights and women's strawweights, to the show. He introduced them to the coaches, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha.
- The preliminary fights began:
- Women's Strawweight - Amanda Cooper defeated Mellony Geugjes via submission (armbar) in the first round.
- Light heavyweight - Eric Spicely defeated Kenneth Bergh via submission (rear-naked choke) in the first round.
- Women's Strawweight - Lanchana Green defeated Ashley Cummins via TKO (knees and punches) in the second round.
- Light heavyweight - Khalil Rountree defeated Muhammed Dereese via TKO (punches and soccer kicks to the body) in the second round.
- Women's Strawweight - Jamie Moyle defeated Alyssa Krahn via submission (rear-naked choke) in the first round.
- Light heavyweight - Myron Dennis defeated Jamelle Jones via TKO (punches) in the first round.
- Women's Strawweight- Ashley Yoder defeated Jodie Esquibel via split decision after two rounds.
- Light heavyweight - Elias Urbina IV defeated Norman Paraisy via unanimous decision after three rounds.
- Women's Strawweight - JJ Aldrich defeated Kristi Lopez via unanimous decision after two rounds.
- Light heavyweight - Abdel Medjedoub defeated John Paul Elias via unanimous decision after two rounds.
- Women's Strawweight - Tatiana Suarez defeated Chel-c Bailey via unanimous decision after two rounds.
- Light heavyweight - Andrew Sanchez defeated Phil Hawes via unanimous decision after two rounds.
- Women's Strawweight - Kate Jackson defeated Irene Cabello Rivera via TKO (punches) in the second round.
- Light heavyweight - Cory Hendricks defeated Marcel Fortuna via unanimous decision after three rounds.
- Women's Strawweight - Helen Harper defeated Amy Montenegro via submission (armbar) in the first round.
- Light heavyweight - Josh Stansbury defeated Trever Carlson via submission (americana) in the first round.
- Dana White reminds the fighters that the winning fighter and coach will get a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
- White kicked off the tournament by flipping a coin to determine which team will pick the first fight. Team Cláudia wins the coin toss and opts to choose the first fighter.
- Women's Strawweights selection:
| Coach |
1st Pick |
2nd Pick |
3rd Pick |
4th Pick |
| Cláudia |
Tatiana Suarez |
Kate Jackson |
Amanda Cooper |
Lanchana Green |
| Joanna |
JJ Aldrich |
Jamie Moyle |
Ashley Yoder |
Helen Harper |
- Light Heavyweights selection:
| Coach |
1st Pick |
2nd Pick |
3rd Pick |
4th Pick |
| Cláudia |
Andrew Sanchez |
Eric Spicely |
Abdel Medjedoub |
Cory Hendricks |
| Joanna |
Josh Stansbury |
Khalil Rountree |
Myron Dennis |
Elias Urbina IV |
- Joanna announces the first fight and matches training partners Khalil Rountree against Cory Hendricks.
Episode 2: Friends and Foes (April 27, 2016)
- The fighters make there way into the TUF house and choose their bedrooms. However, there's a problem when Abdel Medjedoub arrives late and finds out there's only one bed left, which is in one of the female fighters' rooms. Being a Muslim and married he cannot be put in that situation so he asks Cory Hendricks, who is single, to room with the women. He takes "one for the team" and moves into their room.
- Hurt from his last fight to get into the house, Cory Hendricks gets his swollen feet checked out by orthopedic surgeon and even though the bones in his feet aren't broken, he suffers from a severe contusions to the soft tissue and must rest up before his next fight with his training partner Khalil Rountree.
- Things heat up between the coaches Joanna and Cláudia, and a lot of trash talk commences.
- Helen Harper gets sick and can't train with her team. She is found by Khalil huddled on the floor in kitchen cupboard with her hands shaking, and is taken to the doctor.
- Cory Hendricks defeated Khalil Rountree via submission (rear-naked choke) in the first round.
- Cláudia announces the first women's fight: Tatiana Suarez vs. JJ Aldrich.
Episode 3: Who I Am (May 4, 2016)
Tournament Bracket
Light heavyweight Bracket
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Women's Strawweight Bracket
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Legend
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The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on July 8, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] This event is a part of UFC International Fight Week.
Background
The event is expected to be headlined by a UFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout between current champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk and top contender Cláudia Gadelha.[1] The pairing previously met at UFC on Fox: dos Santos vs. Miocic in December 2014, with Jędrzejczyk winning via split decision.[6]
Scott Askham was expected to face Anthony Smith at the event, but pulled out on April 28 due to injury and was replaced by The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil winner Cezar Ferreira.[7]
Official fight card
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See also
References
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| Fight Nights
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| Fight Nights
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| The Ultimate Fighter
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