Bantamweights & Featherweights Sought For TUF 14 Tryouts Later This Month

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is looking for bantamweight and featherweight fighters for the fourteenth season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series.
The news was posted by UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby on Wednesday who Tweeted (@seanshelby) this message.
Next TUF tryouts will be 135 lbs and 145 lbs. in NJ. Marriott Newark Liberty International March 21. 🙂
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Ultimate Fighter logoThe Ultimate Fighting Championship is looking for bantamweight and featherweight fighters for the fourteenth season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series.

The news was posted by UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby on Wednesday who Tweeted (@seanshelby) this message.

Next TUF tryouts will be 135 lbs and 145 lbs. in NJ. Marriott Newark Liberty International March 21. 🙂

The “TUF” tryouts take place on the Monday following the activities of UFC 128 which takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Sherdog.com has learned that the UFC is hoping to book current bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz and former WEC featherweight champ, Urijah Faber, into the coaching positions for the upcoming 14th season. Faber’s position on the show is dependent on a victory over Eddie Wineland at UFC 128.

Filming for “TUF 14″ is expected to start in May with the shows premiere on Spike TV in September.

The thirteenth season of “TUF” is set to premiere on March 30 on Spike TV. The show features a welterweight cast coached by UFC heavyweights Brock Lesnar and Junior dos Santos.