A who's who of women's mixed-martial art talent was on display in Las Vegas for Dana White, Joe Silva and Sean Shelby.
Notables included Bellator, Invicta, Strikeforce, Cage Warriors, RFA, and even HookNShoot and Smackgirl veterans, such as Nina Ansaroff, Heather Jo Clark, Randa Markos, Justine Kish, Jessica Penne, Lisa Ellis, Aisling Daly, Michelle Ould and many more.
If this season was just using these 36 girls (including a get into the house fight) it would already be one of the most stacked seasons in Ultimate Fighter history. But, no. We get 8 more fighters, consisting of some of the elite of the elite at 115lbs, and... just Good Lord Almighty, this, at least on paper, is absolutely incredible.
Claudia Gadelha and Juliana Lima withdraw from TUF.
It's unfortunate that Jessica Aguilar, the number one strawweight, and Claudia Gadelha, my number two, will not be in the running to be crowned the inaugural UFC Strawweight Champion. As for Lima, I guess she didn't really 'withdraw' as I'm pretty sure she'd still be in it if it was up to her. But still, this season. Mhm, this season. Let's go.
And TUF 20 has a premiere date. September 10th 2014!
Auh. It's not even summer yet!
Here are the 36 fighters in alphabetical order via Wombat Sports (I bolded fighters I have ranked in my personal ranking)
Audrey Alvarez
Maria Andaverde
Nina Ansaroff
Chelsea Bailey
Kathina Catron
Angelica Chavez
Holly Cline
Heather Jo Clark
Aisling Daly
Sharice Davids
Lisa Ellis
Claire Fryer
Charlene Gellner
Paulina Granados
Helen Harper
Angela Hill
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
Justine Kish
Jennifer Liou
Kristi Lopez
Jillian Lybarger
Angela Magana
Randa Markos
Amy Montenegro
Melissa Myers
Michelle Ould
Jessica Penne
Tyra Parker
Mandy Polk
Diana Rael
Laura Salazar
Sarah Schneider-Chance
Tessa Rose Simpson
Danielle Taylor
Karina Taylor
Ashley Yoder
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