The Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs. UK - The Smashes (2012)
Release Date
19 Sep, 2012
Total Episode/Season
12/1
Synopsis
The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes is the second foreign version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. Like The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil, this version was filmed, in its entirety, outside Las Vegas, Nevada and consisted of 13 episodes with a live finale in Australia. The season tournament finale, along with the coaches fight, took place on 14 December 2012 at UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson.
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Season 1
18 Sep, 2012
The series was officially announced by the UFC in May 2012.[3] The name The Smashes is a play on the 130-year-old cricket rivalry between England and Australia called "The Ashes."[1] The UFC held open tryouts during June 2012. The casting call was for Lightweight and Welterweight fighters who are at least 21 years old and have a minimum of two wins in three professional fights. On 12 July 2012, Dana White announced that the coaches for the season would be Ross Pearson and George Sotiropoulos to represent the UK and Australia respectively.
Actors
Dana White
George Sotiropoulos
Ross Pearson
Robert Whittaker
Richie Vaculik
Colin Fletcher
Norman Parke
Brendan Loughnane
Mike Wilkinson