TUF future plans include WEC
With the season 12 debut of the “Ultimate Fighter” just a couple of weeks away, the UFC is mapping out…
With the season 12 debut of the “Ultimate Fighter” just a couple of weeks away, the UFC is mapping out the future of the reality show that will include an international flavor and a WEC version of the show coming soon. White also confirmed the flyweight division in the WEC, in a move that could be completed before the end of the 2010 calendar year.
The WEC has long been rumored to get a version of the “Ultimate Fighter” tailor made for the smaller weight classes currently running in the promotion, and it looks like another division, 125 pounds, will be added soon, possibly in 2010.
“As we continue to do more fights, continue to travel around, we need more weight divisions,” White said. “So we’re going to be adding weight divisions and getting those lighter weights in there.”
“What we’re starting to do now is we’re working on ways to get the “Ultimate Fighter” in other countries. We’re going to start getting the “Ultimate Fighter” in each of these different countries, and try to figure out, when we have the finales, the finales will be different countries coming together and everybody fights,” White confirmed.
“Once we get this rolling and we get the “Ultimate Fighter” in all these different countries, technology is our friend, there’s more ways to watch this stuff. So people will be able to watch the “Ultimate Fighter” from these different countries too, online or however, but that’s our long term goal.”
