UFC announces contestants in 'The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia'
FOX Sports has announced the 16 light heavyweight men and 16 strawweight women participating in season 23 of "The Ultimate Fighter."
The coaches for the upcoming season will be strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and top contender Claudia Gadelha, and the first episode will air April 20.
The strawweight fighters will be:
Alyssa Krahn, 3-1, 28, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Amanda Cooper, 1-1, 24, Bath, Mich.
Amy Montenegro, 7-2, 32, Forks, Wash.
Ashley Cummins, 3-3, 28, St. Louis, Mo.
Ashley Yoder, 4-1, 28, Indianapolis, Ind.
Chelsea Bailey, 2-0, 23, Chewelah, Wash.
Helen Harper, 4-1, 28, Farnborough, England
Irene Rivera, 6-2, 22, Barcelona, Spain
Jamie Moyle, 3-1, 27, Las Vegas, Nev.
JJ Aldrich, 2-1, 23, Aurora, Colo.
Jodie Esquibel, 5-1, 29, Albuquerque, N.M.
Kate Jackson, 7-2-1, 29, Lostwithiel, England
Kristi Lopez, 2-0, 33, Quartz Hill, Calif.
Lanchana Green, 2-1, 26, Darlington, England
Mellony Geugjes, 0-1, 23, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tatiana Suarez, 3-0, 25, Fontana, Calif.
The light heavyweights will be:
Abdel Medjedoub, 3-0, 30, Mila, Algeria
Andrew Sanchez, 7-2, 27, Shiloh, Ill.
Cory Hendricks, 3-0, 27, Lynden, Wash.
Elias Urbina, 3-0, 22, Weslaco, Texas
Eric Spicely, 8-0, 29, Stoughton, Mass.
Jamelle Jones, 6-2, 28, Atlantic City, N.J.
John Paul Elias, 3-0, 27, Fresno, Calif.
Joshua Stansbury, 7-2, 31, East Liverpool, Ohio
Kenneth Bergh, 3-0, 26, Oslo, Norway
Khalil Rountree, 4-0, 26, Las Vegas, Nev.
Marcel Fortuna, 8-1, 30, Tubarao, Brazil
Muhammed DeReese, 5-0, 27, Titusville, Fla.
Myron Dennis, 12-4, 27, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Norman Paraisy, 15-4-2, 1 NC, 30, Paris, France
Phil Hawes, 3-0, 27, Little Ferry, N.J.
Trevor Carlson, 10-2, 27, Spring Creek, Nev.
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