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The Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs. UK - The Smashes
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2012
Overview: The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes is the second foreign version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. Like The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil, this version was filmed, in its entirety, outside Las Vegas, Nevada and consisted of 13 episodes with a live finale in Australia. The season tournament finale, along with the coaches fight, took place on 14 December 2012 at UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson.
Status: Returning Series
Release date: September 19, 2012
Number of season: 1
Number of episode: 12
Top Cast
Dana White
as UFC President
George Sotiropoulos
as Head Coach
Ross Pearson
as Head Coach
Benny Alloway
as Self
Xavier Lucas
as Self
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Season
Season 1
September 18, 2012.
12 Episodes
Overview: The series was officially announced by the UFC in May 2012.[3] The name The Smashes is a play on the 130-year-old cricket rivalry between England and Australia called "The Ashes."[1] The UFC held open tryouts during June 2012. The casting call was for Lightweight and Welterweight fighters who are at least 21 years old and have a minimum of two wins in three professional fights. On 12 July 2012, Dana White announced that the coaches for the season would be Ross Pearson and George Sotiropoulos to represent the UK and Australia respectively.
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