TUFfest 25 Moments

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The TUFfest (Toughest) 25 Moments was a special episode of The Ultimate Fighter in which the producers of the show and the shows viewers picked the Top 25 Moments of the six seasons. The show aired on Spike TV on October 23, 2007

[edit] The Top 25

25. PILLOWS AND PEE

24. SHONIE'S F BOMBS

  • Season:The Ultimate Fighter 4
  • Moment: After learning he has to fight his own teammate, Shonie Carter decides to train with the opposite team. And after they try to reject him, he curses them out.

23. MIKEY'S WALL CRASH

  • Season:The Ultimate Fighter 4
  • Moment: After being eliminated from the competition, Mikey Burnett decides to run into the living room wall at the house, several times, wearing goggles.

22. BISPING GETS DRUNK

21. NO FIGHT FOR MATT

20. BLOOD BATH

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 4
  • Moment: Edwin Dewees defeats Gideon Ray by decision in the bloodiest fight ever in TUF, and possibly ever in the UFC. After Ray cut Dewees on top of his head, Edwin poured blood out so much that it looked as if his blond hair had been dyed red.

19. SHAVING KENDALL

18. SHAMROCK VS TAIT

17. SERRA'S RANT

16. NATE VS KARO

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 5
  • Moment: After Manny Gamburyan has won his fight, his cousin, UFC Fighter Karo Parisyan has a heated argument with Nate Diaz, Manny's teammate. Words almost lead to a slugfest between the two, after Nate believes Karo has disrespected and looks down on him. This situation could have stemmed from the tension between Nate and Karo after Karo fought Nate's brother, Nick Diaz at UFC 49 and defeated him by split decision.

15. SCARECROW

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 2
  • Moment: In a competition for the right to pick the next fight, The Fighters have to do the scarecrow exercise, in which one heavyweight stands straight with his arms out, making a T, and one welterweight shifts around his body without touching the ground. For Team Hughes, Joe Stevenson and Mike Whitehead go for almost 2 hours and complete 208 rotations. And To their surprise, Team Franklin forfeits the competition, much to the dismay of welterweight Jorge Gurgel who believed that he and his teammate Brad Imes could beat Team Hughes' 208 rotations.

14. 2ND CHANCE FOR ROSS

13. GABE FAILS

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 5
  • Moment: After coming in to the competition 22 lb (10.0 kg) overweight, Gabe Ruediger collapses in the sauna, and fails to make weight, eliminating him from the competition.

12. BOBBY SUCCEEDS

11. NOAH BAILS

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 3
  • Moment: Noah Inhofer decides to leave the house after learning that his girlfriend of six months is upset with him back home, because she believes he cheated on her.

10. SAMMY CRIES

9. PING PONG CHALLENGE

8. SHOWBOATER

7. THE FEUD

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 3
  • Moment: Coaches Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz get into a big argument after another of Shamrock's fighters has been eliminated, and they almost get into a fight in the middle of the training center.

6. SELL VS SMITH

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 4
  • Moment: At the Finale of the show, Pete Sell and Scott Smith fight in a very crowd-pleasing match, that ends when Sell hits Smith in the body, and Smith hunches over in pain, but while Sell charges in for the kill, Scott Smith delivers a Right hook that Knocks out Pete.

5. BACKYARD BRAWL

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 5
  • Moment: After Marlon Sims knocks Noah Thomas out of his chair, Noah punches him, and the two get into a fight, which ends with Marlon slamming Noah on the concrete, and the back of Noah's head bleeding. The two were kicked out of the house, and were told that neither will ever fight in the UFC.

4. WACKY B.J.

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 5
  • Moment: At the team selection process, B.J. Penn drops a bomb and asks the fighters which ones want to be on his team, and don't want anything to do with the other coach, Jens Pulver. Several fighters raised their hands, but Dana White mandated that the teams be selected by the established method.

3. CHRIS GOES BERSERK

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 1
  • Moment: After being called a "Fatherless Bastard" by Bobby Southworth, Chris Leben goes to sleep outside on the lawn. While he is sleeping, Bobby and Josh Koscheck pour the hose on him, sending Chris into a tirade where he breaks the glass on the front door, cutting his hand. He also breaks one of the doors in the house, where Forrest Griffin Had been sleeping.

2. DANA'S SPEECH

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 1
  • Moment: Dana White makes the most famous speech in UFC History, when he asks all of the castmates, "Do you want to be a Fucking Fighter?". He goes on to talk about how this is the dream of all these people and they are getting a once in a lifetime opportunity, so they should take this very seriously.

1. GREATEST IN HISTORY

  • Season: The Ultimate Fighter 1
  • Moment: At the finale of the show, Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar fight in an absolute slugfest, that Dana White called "The Greatest Fight in UFC History". Din Thomas from season 4 also stated that this fight "Put MMA on the map". Forrest came out on top by a very close, yet unanimous decision to win the Light Heavyweight trophy, and the six-figure UFC contract. However, because of the greatness of the fight, Stephan was also awarded a six-figure contract.