The upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 23 will be coached by 125-pound champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and No. 1 contender Claudia Gadelha, who lead a pool of strawweight and light heavyweight prospects. 32, to be exact, and they will fight for one of 16 open slots in the premiere episode on Weds., April 20, 2016 at 10 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.
The “TUF 23” cast includes:
Strawweight
J.J. Aldrich, 2-1, 23, Aurora, Colo.
Chelsea Bailey, 2-0, 23, Chewelah, Wash.
Amanda Cooper, 1-1, 24, Bath, Mich.
Ashley Cummins, 3-3, 28, St. Louis, Mo.
Jodie Esquibel, 5-1, 29, Albuquerque, N.M.
Mellony Geugjes, 0-1, 23, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lanchana Green, 2-1, 26, Darlington, England
Helen Harper, 4-1, 28, Farnborough, England
Kate Jackson, 7-2-1, 29, Lostwithiel, England
Alyssa Krahn, 3-1, 28, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Kristi Lopez, 2-0, 33, Quartz Hill, Calif.
Amy Montenegro, 7-2, 32, Forks, Wash.
Jamie Moyle, 3-1, 27, Las Vegas, Nev.
Irene Rivera, 6-2, 22, Barcelona, Spain
Tatiana Suarez, 3-0, 25, Fontana, Calif.
Ashley Yoder, 4-1, 28, Indianapolis, Ind.Light Heavyweight
Kenneth Bergh, 3-0, 26, Oslo, Norway
Trevor Carlson, 10-2, 27, Spring Creek, Nev.
Muhammed DeReese, 5-0, 27, Titusville, Fla.
Myron Dennis, 12-4, 27, Oklahoma City, Ok.
John Paul Elias, 3-0, 27, Fresno, Calif.
Marcel Fortuna, 8-1, 30, Tubarao, Brazil
Phil Hawes, 3-0, 27, Little Ferry, N.J.
Cory Hendricks, 3-0, 27, Lynden, Wash.
Jamelle Jones, 6-2, 28, Atlantic City, N.J.
Abdel Medjedoub, 3-0, 30, Mila, Algeria
Norman Paraisy, 15-4-2, 1 NC, 30, Paris
Khalil Rountree, 4-0, 26, Las Vegas, Nev.
Andrew Sanchez, 7-2, 27, Shiloh, Ill.
Eric Spicely, 8-0, 29, Stoughton, Mass.
Joshua Stansbury, 7-2, 31, East Liverpool, Ohio
Elias Urbina, 3-0, 22, Weslaco, Texas
TUF 23 will run for 12 episodes and conlcude with a live finale on July 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by Jedrzejczyk vs. Gadelha, as part of International Fight Week.
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