The full roster for The Ultimate Fighter 23 was announced Wednesday on UFC Tonight. The season will feather two divisions: men’s light heavyweight and women’s strawweight.
The initial cast of 16 in each division will be winnowed to 8 on the first episode, as everyone tries to fight into the house. Series debuts on 20 April.
Once into the house the fighters will be formed into two teams, coached by UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and #1 contender Claudia Gadelha.? The pair reportedly did not get along on the set and even got into a full-blown fist fight. This is of course ideal for reality television.
Men’s Light Heavyweights
Kenneth Bergh, 3-0, 26, Oslo, Norway
Trevor Carlson, 10-2, 27, Spring Creek, Nev.
Muhammed DeReese, 5-0, 27, Titusville, Fla.
Myron Dennis, 12-4, 27, Oklahoma City
John Paul Elias, 3-0, 27, Fresno, Calif.
Marcel Fortuna, 8-1, 30, Tubarao, Brazil
Phil Hawes, 3-0, 27, Little Ferry, N.J.
Cory Hendricks, 3-0, 27, Lynden, Wash.
Jamelle Jones, 6-2, 28, Atlantic City, N.J.
Abdel Medjedoub, 3-0, 30, Mila, Algeria
Norman Paraisy, 15-4-2, 1 NC, 30, Paris, France
Khalil Rountree, 4-0, 26, Las Vegas
Andrew Sanchez, 7-2, 27, Shiloh, Ill.
Eric Spicely, 8-0, 29, Stoughton, Mass.
Joshua Stansbury, 7-2, 31, East Liverpool, Ohio
Women’s Strawweights
J.J. Aldrich, 2-1, 23, Aurora, Colo.
Chelsea Bailey, 2-0, 23, Chewelah, Wash.
Amanda Cooper, 1-1, 24, Bath, Mich.
Ashley Cummins, 3-3, 28, St. Louis, Missouri
Jodie Esquibel, 5-1, 29, Albuquerque, N.M.
Mellony Geugjes, 0-1, 23, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lanchana Green, 2-1, 26, Darlington, England
Helen Harper, 4-1, 28, Farnborough, England
Kate Jackson, 7-2-1, 29, Lostwithiel, England
Alyssa Krahn, 3-1, 28, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Kristi Lopez, 2-0, 33, Quartz Hill, Calif.
Amy Montenegro, 7-2, 32, Forks, Wash.
Jamie Moyle, 3-1, 27, Las Vegas, Nev.
Irene Rivera, 6-2, 22, Barcelona, Spain
Tatiana Suarez, 3-0, 25, Fontana, Calif.
Ashley Yoder, 4-1, 28, Indianapolis, Ind.





