With the drama of the The Ultimate Fighter 18 beginning to crank up, fans of the show can’t help but reminisce on the studs who’ve used it as a launching pad and the duds who’ve failed to make a mark in the UFC.
In September 2007, then-UFC welterweight champ Matt Serra coached against former champ Matt Hughes in the sixth season of the celebrated reality franchise.
Serra infamously earned a title shot and landed his position opposite Hughes by winning The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback.
Of the 16 welterweights who took to the TUF house vying for a multi-fight contract, only a handful became UFC mainstays, and only one has a winning record with the company.
As a part of Bleacher Report’s weekly remembrance of the show, here’s a glimpse at the cast of The Ultimate Fighter 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra.