Official Light Heavyweight Cast for TUF 23 Announced

[Better Every Day]

I thought it might be sensible to have separate threads for the strawweight cast announcement and for the light heavyweight cast announcement.

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16 light heavyweight fighters:

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.


Cast revealed for 'The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia'
The newest cast for "The Ultimate Fighter" has been announced with strawweights and light heavyweights taking center stage
By Damon Martin @DamonMartinApr 6, 2016

http://www.foxsports.com/watch/the-...led-joanna-jedrzejczyk-claudia-gadelha-040616

 

[CountOfSoCal]

Happy to see they were smart enough to put Rountree in there.

 

[ZafroTexas]

Anybody know any of these guys any favorites here? I think Phil Hawes is the best fighter here. I bet he wins

 

[chunglii]

Surprised they're giving Norman another shot. Rountree is/was a sparring partner of Anderson right?

 

[MilesAbove]

Happy to see they were smart enough to put Rountree in there.

And they put his teammate Hendricks on there... could get interesting.

Hendricks is a monster..... big'ole legs for the kicking.

 

[Dick]

They are giving the french guy that quit mid-fight like 10 seasons ago another chance? Bizarre.

 

[mattandbenny]

One of Rountree, DeReese, Hawes & Stansbury for me.

 

[graveyardman]

Sanchez looked awesome in his RFA title fight with Poppie. That could have easily been a UFC prelim level fight.

Roundtree probably only "true" LHW, should have good advantage over most.

 

[krisking84]

Kenneth bergh will suprise alot of people. Dude is a monster. Extremly atlethic and violent. My dark horse.

 

[mattandbenny]

Roundtree probably only "true" LHW, should have good advantage over most.

He's only 5'10" and had the last 3 of his fights at MW. Stansbury and DeReese true LHW's.

My top 5 rankings:
1) Khalil Rountree
2) Phil Hawes
3) Josh Stansbury
4) Mo DeReese
5) Andrew Sanchez

Can't wait for this series.

 

[SimenB]

Kenneth Bergh is a fucking BEAST. I expect great things from him.

 

[DrGlaze]

This is a good cast. Some top middlewight prospects mixed in there too. Josh Stansbury is my pick to take it, but the UFC should consider keeping a lot of these guys.