Overview
- The UFC, which announced the season Thursday, set a June 14 Paramount+ premiere for the 12-episode run.
- The season features 16 prospects, with eight men’s bantamweights and eight women’s strawweights fighting for UFC contracts.
- Daniel Cormier and Michael Bisping return as head coaches for a third stint each, with Cormier becoming the first to coach consecutive seasons.
- New episodes will stream on Tuesdays after the debut, and past seasons of The Ultimate Fighter will land on Paramount+ in late May.
- Early social media reaction skewed negative, with fans calling the pairing dull and noting the show now rarely ends with a coaches’ fight.