Ultimate Fighter 8 Cast Revealed!
Sports Illustrated (SI.com) have released the list of cast members for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. Ultimate Fighter 8 will feature 32 cast members 16 from the light-heavyweight division and 16 from the lightweights. The coaches this season will be UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and fellow heavyweight Frank Mir. The next season is set to start this September 17th and to end December 13th with another live finale.
LIGHTWEIGHT
- Jose Aguilar
- Fernando Bernstein
- Junie Allen Browning
- Rolando Delgado
- Joseph Duarte
- Charles Diaz
- Efrain Escudero
- Brandon Garner
- David Kaplan
- Brian McLaughlin
- Wesley Murch
- Shane Nelson
- Phillipe Nover
- Ido Pariente
- John Polakowski
- George Roop
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT
- Ryan Bader
- Antwain Britt
- Jules Bruchez
- Lance Evans
- Karen Grigoryan
- Jason Guida
- Ryan Jimmo
- Kyle Kingsbury
- Tom Lawlor
- Ryan Lopez
- Vinicius Magalhaes
- Eric Magee
- Eliot Marshall
- Sean O’Connell
- Shane Primm
- Krzysztof Soszynski
UFC Fight Night 14: Fighter Salaries
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has released the fighter salaries for the recent UFC Fight Night 14. The total amount of salary paid which includes fight bonuses comes to $723,000. Tim Sylvia of Affliction earned more in his 36 second fight than every UFC fighter combined.
Here are the salaries paid by the UFC for Fight Night 14
- Anderson Silva ($200,000) d. James Irvin ($20,000)
- Brandon Vera ($200,000) d. Reese Andy ($15,000)
- Frankie Edgar ($51,000) d. Hermes Franca ($42,000)
- Cain Velasquez ($14,000) d. Jake O’Brien ($11,000)
- Kevin Burns ($10,000) d. Anthony Johnson ($9,000)
- CB Dollaway ($45,000) d. Jesse Taylor ($8,000)
- Tim Credeur ($16,000) d. Cale Yarbrough ($8,000)
- Rory Markham ($37,000) d. Brodie Farber ($3,00O)
- Nate Loughran ($8,000) d. Johnny Rees ($4,000)
- Brad Blackburn ($10,000) d. James Gaboo ($3,000)
- Shannon Gugerty ($6,000) d. Dale Hartt ($3,000)

