The Ultimate Fighter 24 flyweight cast revealed

[Edge Guerrero]

By Dave Doyle  @davedoylemma

The cast for the 24th stateside installment of The Ultimate Fighter has been revealed.

Sixteen regional flyweight champions from all over the world will convene in the infamous Las Vegas fighter house in a single-elimination tournament.

In a first for the reality series, the winner of the tournament, which begins airing on FOX Sports 1 in September, will get a shot at the UFC flyweight championship currently held by Demetrious Johnson on the TUF 24 Finale card on Dec. 3 in a Las Vegas venue to be determined.

The fighters will be broken up into eight-man teams coached by a pair of 125-pound contenders: Longtime standout Joseph Benavidez (24-4) and former Olympic wrestling gold medalist Henry Cejudo (10-1), who will square off at the TUF Finale.

The entire TUF cast, along with their respective promotions, are listed below:



Source http://www.mmafighting.com/2016/7/19/12232326/the-ultimate-fighter-24-flyweight-cast-revealed

- Yes, it`s a slow day today. :mrgreen:

[Jehannum]

I don't watch enough other orgs to know most of these guys, but I'm still excited, and could be one of the best seasons of TUF in a long time, plus no women and no mixed divisions.

I'm also presuming they're all getting paid to enter this season because they are champions moving to the UFC. The finalists and some others will be on the finale, and I'd kinda expect all of them to be signed, seeing as all were talked into this and it's about growing the division so they don't have to scrap it

[Masato]

That poor japanese kid, lol

Will be rough

[Edge Guerrero]

That poor japanese kid, lol

Will be rough

- The xenophobic referees are tough adversaries.

[Luigi]

If they are looking for flyweights they should bring in the Thais and teach them some grappling.