Season 29 of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) will make its ESPN+ debut on Tues., June 1, 2021, featuring combatants from the bantamweight (135 lbs.) and middleweight (185 lbs.) divisions.
Coaches will be featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and top contender Brian Ortega, who collide for “The Great’s” 145-pound title at some point later this year. They’ll also do battle in the TUF 29 “Coaches Challenge” midway through the season.
Here is the full cast for TUF 29:
Bantamweight:
Daniel Argueta | 27 | 5-0 | Chicago, IL
Brady Hiestand | 21 | 4-1 | Spokane, WA
Dustin Lampros | 26 | 5-0 | Deerfield Beach, FL
Vince Murdock | 30 | 11-6 | Sacramento, CA
Mitch Raposo | 22 | 5-0 | Fall River, MA
Joshua Rettinghouse | 31 | 16-5 | Spokane, WA
Liudvik Sholinian | 30 | 9-1 | Kiev, Ukraine
Ricky Turcios | 27 | 10-2 | Houston, TX
Middleweight:
Aaron Phillips | 29 | 5-1 | Kotzbue, AK
Andre Petroski | 29 | 5-1 | Philadelphia, PA
Bryan Battle | 26 | 4-1 | Charlotte, NC
Ryder Newman | 25 | 3-1 | Las Vegas, NV
Tresean Gore | 26 | 3-0 | Decatur, GA
Miles Hunsinger | 30 | 7-0 | Las Vegas, NV
Kemran Lachinov | 30 | 10-3 | West Springfield, MA
Gilbert Urbina | 25 | 6-1 | Rio Grande Valley, TX
The top two contestants from each weight class will battle in the TUF 29 Finale later this year, with the winners earning the promotion’s glass trophy and a “six-figure” UFC contract.