TUF 22, Episode 1 recap and teams set

The twenty-second season of the Ultimate Fighter premiered tonight on FOX Sports and featured Team Conor McGregor versus Team Urijah Faber.

McGregor and Faber butt heads from the outset. The Notorious claims he doesn’t view Faber as a competitor because he already smoked his Team Alpha Male teammate, Chad Mendes, at UFC 189 earlier this year.

White explains teams will be formed through 16 upcoming matchups. Sixteen Americans will face off and 16 Europeans will do the same to determine which eight to advance to the house for each team.

McGregor and Faber join White cageside to evaluate the talent.

With the preliminary bouts to determine who makes it into the house, the teams are set:

TEAM FABER (USA)

1. Ryan Hall

2. Thanh Le

3. Julian Erosa

4. Billy Quarantillo

5. Jason Gonzalez

6. Tom Gallicchio

7. Chris Gruetzemacher

8. James Jenkins

TEAM MCGREGOR (EUROPE)

1. David Teymur

2. Mehdi Baghdad

3. Saul Rogers

4. Frantz Slioa

5. Abner Lloveras

6. Martin Svensson

7. Marcin Wrzosek

8. Sascha Sharma

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