Thoughts on the new TUF format (Blackzilians vs ATT)

[Aiseop]

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The representation for each team will consist of eight welterweights from each academy and reportedly, all 16 fighters will live in the same house as it has been done in the previous seasons.

A change that is expected from the format of previous shows, is that the house will be located somewhere around the Fort Lauderdale area, to keep the proximity to the respective academies the fighters will be representing, as they will still be training in those gyms during the duration of the show.

The actual fights will be taking place at the fighter's gyms and the fighter who wins each fight will also win a very important "home court advantage" for the next fight.

Here are the 16 fighters that are scheduled to appear as part of this new season of TUF:

AMERICAN TOP TEAM:

-Hayder Hassan (6-1), Fort Lauderdale, Fl
-Marcelo Alfaya (16-7, 1NC) Porto Alegre, Brazil
-Michael Graves (4-0), Toledo, OH
-Nathan Coy (14-5), Vallejo, CA
-Sabah Homasi (8-4), New Brunswick, NJ
-Steve Carl (21-4), Belle Plain, IO
-Steve Montgomery (8-2), Florence, SC
-Uros Jurisic (5-0), Ljubljana, Slovenia

BLACKZILIANS:

-Andrews Nakahara (4-2-2), Sao Paolo, Brazil
-Carrington Banks (3-0), Peoria, IL
-Jason Jackson (4-2), Kingston, Jamaica
-Kamarudeen Usman (5-1), Auchi, Nigeria
-Felipe Portela (8-2), Brasilia, Brazil
-Luiz Buscape (16-5), Paraiba, Brazil
-Valdir Araujo (14-5), Ilheus, Bahia, Brazil
-Vincente Luque (7-4-1), Westwood, NJ

[Nick Paul]

I think it's awesome. The show has gotten stale with the old format and I think this is a bad ass way to shake things up

[Zach Maslany]

Exactly they needed a change and team vs team is dope!

[Craig Murray]

Completely badass. The sort-of teams they divide TUF into have always been weird. Real teams are going to bring a whole new dimension to the show.

[Aiseop]

I especially like the "home gym" fights and the "home court" advantage gained with a victory. Can't wait for the cameos.

[Mick Broster]

In my opinion they should lose the fighters house. The whole big brother/ reality show aspect is shit.
I'm not interested in watching grown men and women bitch and pull childish "pranks"
Show the training, show the fighting, fuck the rest