The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes is the second foreign version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter.
Like The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil, this version was filmed, in its entirety, outside Las Vegas, Nevada and consisted of 13 episodes with a live finale in Australia. The season tournament finale, along with the coaches fight, took place on 14 December 2012 at UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson.
The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes | |
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Genre | Reality, Sports |
Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
Starring | Dana White, Ross Pearson, and George Sotiropoulos |
Country of origin | Australia |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | FX Australia ESPN UK |
Release | September 19, 2012 |
The series was officially announced by the UFC in May 2012. The name The Smashes is a play on the 130-year-old cricket rivalry between England and Australia called "The Ashes." The UFC held open tryouts during June 2012. The casting call was for Lightweight and Welterweight fighters who are at least 21 years old and have a minimum of two wins in three professional fights.
On 12 July 2012, Dana White announced that the coaches for the season would be Ross Pearson and George Sotiropoulos to represent the UK and Australia respectively.
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Episode 1: National Pride
Episode 2: Freak or Unique
Episode 3: Wasabi
Episode 4: Pick Me!
Episode 5: Fight for Your Family
Episode 6: True Warrior
Episode 7: Unwise Words
Episode 8: Phone Home
Episode 9: Easy Route
Episode 10: Smash it UP
Episode 11: Friendly Fire
Episode 12: Little and Large
*James Vainikolo was due to fight Xavier Lucas for a spot in the next round to replace the injured Manny Rodriguez. Vainikolo did not make the weight therefore Lucas advanced to the semi-finals.
*Mike Wilkinson was injured in training and was replaced by Australian Richie Vaculik.
Team Australia | ||
Team UK | ||
UD | Unanimous Decision | |
SD | Split Decision | |
SUB | Submission | |
(T)KO | (Technical)KO |
The following $25,000 bonus were awarded to fights that took place during the TUF Smashes season:
UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | 15 December 2012 | |||
Venue | Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre | |||
City | Gold Coast, Australia | |||
Attendance | 5,133 | |||
Total gate | $900,000 | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson (also known as UFC on FX 6) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on 15 December 2012, at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gold Coast, Australia. Due to the time zone difference it aired live on 14 December in North America.
The event featured the final bouts of The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes. This was the first UFC event held in Queensland, and the first event in Australia to be held outside New South Wales.
Joe Martinez was the ring announcer in what would be his UFC octagon debut.
Australia's George Sotiropoulos and Britain's Ross Pearson headlined the card in a five-round main event. The pair had been coaching opposite one another on the hit reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes.
Kyle Noke was expected to face Seth Baczynski at the event. However, Noke was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by Mike Pierce.
Anthony Perosh was expected to face Joey Beltran at the event. However, Perosh was forced from the bout with a toe injury and replaced by Igor Pokrajac.
A bout between Ednaldo Oliveira and Krzysztof Soszynski was originally scheduled for this event. However, Oliveira was forced out of the bout with an injury and Sosynski was pulled from the event as well.
Eddie Mendez was expected to make his promotional debut at the event against Nick Penner. However, Mendez pulled out of the bout citing a shoulder injury and was replaced by fellow newcomer Cody Donovan.
Hacran Dias was expected to face Chad Mendes at the event. However just days before the event, Dias pulled out of the bout citing a shoulder injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Yaotzin Meza.
Main Card (FX) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Lightweight | Ross Pearson | def. | George Sotiropoulos | TKO (punches) | 3 | 0:41 | |
Welterweight | Robert Whittaker | def. | Brad Scott | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Norman Parke | def. | Colin Fletcher | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Héctor Lombard | def. | Rousimar Palhares | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:38 | |
Preliminary Card (Fuel TV) | |||||||
Featherweight | Chad Mendes | def. | Yaotzin Meza | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:55 | |
Light Heavyweight | Joey Beltran | vs. | Igor Pokrajac | No Contest | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Mike Pierce | def. | Seth Baczynski | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Welterweight | Ben Alloway | def. | Manuel Rodriguez | KO (front kick and punches) | 1 | 4:57 | |
Lightweight | Mike Wilkinson | def. | Brendan Loughnane | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Cody Donovan | def. | Nick Penner | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:35 |
Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses.
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