Author: MMA Fighting Newswire

The 19th season of the Ultimate Fighter will feature the middleweights and light heavyweights, according to UFC officials Wednesday.

The tryouts for this season of the UFC reality show will occur Tuesday, Aug. 27, at The Westin in Indianapolis. The two coaches were not named in the release. It will be the day before UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2.

The 18th season of The Ultimate Fighter will debut Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 11 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1. Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey will be the coaches.

For more information on tryouts, check it out below.

The Ultimate Fighter 19 candidates must be between 21 and 34 years old, be able to legally live and work in the United States, have a minimum of three professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights, and hold a verifiable winning record. Applications, which should be completed and brought to the tryouts, can be found online here. Tryout details are provided below:

Where:
The Westin Indianapolis
50 S Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46204
*Tryouts will be held in the CAPITOL ROOM

When:
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Registration begins at 7:00AM
Tryouts begin at 9:00 AM.

Fighters will be required to grapple & hit pads. Please bring appropriate gear.

A lightweight match-up between Melvin Guillard and Ross Pearson will be the co-main event for the upcoming UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Munoz on Oct. 26, UFC Tonight‘s Ariel Helwani reported Tuesday.

Guillard has only won two of his last six fights, but did knock out Mac Danzig in the second round at UFC on FOX 8 on July 27 in his last Octagon appearance.

Pearson has won his last two fights and four of his last six overall. He knocked out Ryan Couture in the second round this past April on UFC on FUEL TV 9.

Michael Bisping will square off against Mark Munoz in the main event of the show at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England.

In his first vlog for the UFC on FOX Sports 1 event, UFC president Dana White shows a behind-the-scenes look at UFC 162. It shows an upset Chris Leben after his loss to Andrew Craig, Chris Weidman’s reaction after defeating Anderson Silva, and much more.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Jose Aldo’s fourth-round TKO win over Chan Sung Jung was a costly one.

At the UFC 163 post-fight press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 145-pound champion revealed he injured his right foot during the fight, and an X-ray exam confirmed it was broken. As a result, Aldo isn’t expected to fight again this year.

“He broke his foot two minutes into the fight,” Andre Pederneiras, Jose Aldo’s head coach, told MMAFighting.com on Sunday. “The first kick he threw landed on (Jung’s) knee”.

With his foot injured, Aldo was forced to change his game plan during the fight and use less leg kicks, one of his main weapons in his undefeated run in the UFC and WEC. However, he was still able to score his second knockout win in the UFC, the 14th of his MMA career.

Aldo’s doctors couldn’t tell him when he would be able to return just yet, but it won’t be anytime soon.

“We are talking to the UFC doctor, Marcio Tannure, but he’ll probably take a medical suspension for the next two or three months,” Pederneiras said. “It’s up to the doctors now.”

UFC flyweight contender Ian McCall spoke to Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour about fighting Iliarde Santos at UFC 163 in Brazil, his feeling on being robbed of a rightful decision of Demetrious Johnson, why Johnson looked ‘spectacular’ against John Moraga, his explanation of why he believes he’s squandered his UFC run and much more.

RIO DE JANEIRO – The UFC 163 weigh-ins took place Friday afternoon at the HSBC Arena. Watch the highlights above.