The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The season featured a heavyweight and a welterweight division, with 9 fighters initially in each division. The UFC coaches for this season were welterweight and middleweight champions Matt Hughes and Rich Franklin. Season 1 coach and former UFC champion Randy Couture hosted and designed the team challenge segments, which if won would allow the winning team to pair a fighter from their team against another in elimination matches. The finale aired on November 5, 2005, and it set a ratings record for the UFC with a 2.0 overall rating. This season featured no coaches' fight because Hughes and Franklin had refused to fight each other, owing to their friendship. Although released on DVD in 2005, it has been set for re-release on September 18, 2007. For many years, Season 2 was the only season where all fights that took place were considered as professional MMA bouts by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. However, this has recently been changed and they are now considered to be exhibition bouts.

Cast

Coaches

Fighters

• Burkman was replaced by Von Flue due to injury on episode 2.

Others

Episodes

Episode 1: A New Crop (Original Air Date: August 22, 2005) Episode 2: The Teams Are Picked (Original Air Date: August 29, 2005) Episode 3: No Pain, No Grain (Original Air Date: September 5, 2005) Episode 4: Strategy (Original Air Date: September 12, 2005) Episode 5: Leave It In The Octagon (Original Air Date: September 19, 2005) Episode 6: Slugfest (Original Air Date: September 26, 2005) Episode 7: No Respect (Original Air Date: October 3, 2005) Episode 8: Knees And Elbows (Original Air Date: October 10, 2005) Episode 9: Mental Game (Original Air Date: October 17, 2005) Episode 10: Killer Instinct (Original Air Date: October 24, 2005) Episode 11: Heavyweight Semi-Final (Original Air Date: 31 October 2005) Episode 12: Semi-Finals Countdown (Original Air Date: November 1, 2005)

Welterweight bracket

Heavyweight bracket

Legend

The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on November 5, 2005. Featured were the finals from The Ultimate Fighter 2 in both the Welterweight and Heavyweight divisions as well as a main event between Diego Sanchez and Nick Diaz.

Results