The Ultimate Fighter 18: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate season premiere live discussion

At the conclusion of UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Teixeira, the 18th season of The Ultimate Fighter premieres on Fox Sports 1. Tonight is an historical moment for TUF, as Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate are the first female lead coaches in the show's history, and the season will also feature men's and women's bantamweights.

Cat Zingano actually TKO'd Tate in April to earn the coaching spot opposite Rousey, but a knee injury forced her out of both the coaching gig and the promised year-end title shot. Tate already lost to Rousey in Strikeforce, but she was the only woman (before Liz Carmouche did so in 2013) to take Rousey past the 1 minute mark of the opening round. The two will rematch in the co-main event of UFC 168: Silva vs. Weidman on December 28th.

As for the TUF fighters themselves, here's a full list of the fighters you will see on tonight's show:

Women's Bantamweight Fighters

Shayna Baszler (15-8), 33, Sioux Fall, S.D.
Revelina Berto (3-1), 24, Winter Haven, Fla.
Jessamyn Duke (2-0-1), 27, Richmond, Ky.
Tonya Evinger (11-6), 32, Lake St. Louis, Mo.
Laura Howarth (4-0), 26, Hove, East Essex, ENG
Tara LaRosa (21-3), 35, Albuquerque, N.M.
Valerie Letourneau (4-3), 30, La Prairie, CAN
Bethany Marshall (4-1), 25, Newport News, Va.
Sarah Moras (3-1), 25, Kelowna, CAN
Margaret "Peggy" Morgan (2-0), 33, Nashua, N.H.
Gina Mazany (3-0), 25, Seattle, Wash.
Roxanne Modafferi (15-10), 30, Pittsfield, Mass.
Julianna Pena (4-2), 24, Spokane, Wash.
Raquel Pennington (3-3), 24, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Jessica Rakoczy (1-3), 36, Las Vegas, Nev.
Colleen Schneider (4-3), 31, Las Vegas, Nev.

Male Bantamweight Fighters

Christopher Beal (7-0), 28, Somis, Calif.
Cody Bollinger (14-3), 22, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Louis Fisette (6-1), 23, Winnipeg, CAN
Rafael Freitas (6-0-1), 29, Albuquerque, N.M.
David Grant (8-1), 27, Bishop Auckland, ENG
Tim Gorman (9-2), 30, West Des Moines, Iowa
Anthony Gutierrez (4-0), 22, Lee's Summit, Mo.
Emil Hartsner (4-0), 23, Luberod, SWE
Joshua Hill (9-0), 26, Binbrook, CAN
Chris Holdsworth (4-0), 25, Woodland Hills, Calif.
Patrick Holohan (9-0-1), 25, Dublin, IRL
Sirwan Kakai (9-1), 23, Coconut Creek, Fla.
Daniel Martinez (18-4), 28, San Diego, Calif.
Matthew Munsey (4-1), 26, Hollywood, Fla.
Lee Sandmeier (9-0), 30, Knoxville, Iowa
Michael Wootten (6-0), 24, Liverpool, ENG

The finalists will compete for the $100,000 contract on November 30th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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