Meet 'The Ultimate Fighter 8' contenders

With UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former titleholder Frank Mir leading the way, Season 8 of The Ultimate Fighter starts Sept. 17 at 10 p.m. ET on SpikeTV. Say hello to the show's newest 32-man crew.

LIGHTWEIGHT

	Jose Aguilar Age: 25 MMA Record: 17-3-0 Trains With: Grapplers Edge Location: Las Cruces, N.M.
	Fernando Bernstein Age: 25 MMA Record: 2-0-0 Trains With: Progressive Martial Arts Location: San Clemente, Calif.
	Junie Allen Browning Age: 22 MMA Record: 2-0-0 Trains With: Four Seasons Martial Arts Location: Lexington, Ky.
	Rolando Delgado Age: 26 MMA Record: 7-3-1 Trains With: We$t$ide Fight Team Location: North Little Rock, Ark.
	Joseph Duarte Age: 24 MMA Record: 3-0-0 Trains With: Unleashed Training Facility/Alliance MMA Location: San Diego
	Charles Diaz Age: 30 MMA Record: 14-4-0 Trains With: Team EFX Location: El Cajon, Calif.
	Efrain Escudero Age: 22 MMA Record: 10-0-0 Trains With: Southwest Martial Arts Location: Tempe, Ariz.
	Brandon Garner Age: 26 MMA Record: 4-1-0 Trains With: Team ROC Location: Raleigh, N.C.
	David Kaplan Age: 28 MMA Record: 3-1-0 Trains With: Lloyd Irvin Team Location: Las Cruces, N.M.
	Brian McLaughlin Age: 23 MMA Record: 5-0-0 Trains With: Team Gracie Tampa Location: Tampa, Fla.
	Wesley Murch Age: 25 MMA Record: 4-2-0 Trains With: Trojan Gym Location: Bristol, U.K.
	Shane Nelson Age: 24 MMA Record: 11-3-0 Trains With: B.J. Penn's MMA Academy Location: Hilo, Hawaii
	Phillipe Nover Age: 24 MMA Record: 5-0-1 Trains With: Team Insight Location: Brooklyn, N.Y.
	Ido Pariente Age: 30 MMA Record: 13-4-0 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
	John Polakowski Age: 26 MMA Record: 3-1-0 Trains With: The Pit Location: San Luis Obispo, Calif.
	George Roop Age: 26 MMA Record: 7-3-0 Trains With: Ultima MMA Location: Tucson, Ariz.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

	Ryan Bader Age: 24 MMA Record: 7-0-0 Trains With: Arizona Combat Sports Location: Chandler, Ariz.
	Antwain Britt Age: 29 MMA Record: 4-0-0 Trains With: Bombsquad MMA Location: Virginia Beach, Va.
	Jules Bruchez Age: 30 MMA Record: 3-2-0 Trains With: Ronin Dojo Location: Lafayette, La.
	Lance Evans Age: 30 MMA Record: 4-2-0 Trains With: TKO MMA Location: Niagara Falls, N.Y.
	Karen Grigoryan Age: 26 MMA Record: 5-0-0 Trains With: RusFighters Sport Club Location: Russia
	Jason Guida Age: 30 MMA Record: 26-13-0 Trains With: Hellhouse Gym Location: Chicago
	Ryan Jimmo Age: 26 MMA Record: 6-1-0 Trains With: Titans MMA Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
	Kyle Kingsbury Age: 26 MMA Record: 7-1-1 Trains With: American Kickboxing Academy Location: Sunnyvale, Calif.
	Tom Lawlor Age: 24 MMA Record: 6-2-0 Trains With: American Top Team Location: Oviedo, Fla.
	Ryan Lopez Age: 25 MMA Record: 5-3-0 Location: Oklahoma City
	Vinicius Magalhaes Age: 23 MMA Record: 2-2-0 Trains With: Team Quest Location: Temecula, Calif.
	Eric Magee Age: 23 MMA Record: 3-1 Trains With: South Shore Sports Fighting Location: Rockland, Mass.
	Eliot Marshall Age: 27 MMA Record: 5-1-0 Trains With: Eastern Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Location: Boulder, Colo.
	Sean O'Connell Age: 24 MMA Record: 1-0-0 Location: Salt Lake City
	Shane Primm Age: 23 MMA Record: 1-0-0 Trains With: Team Gracie Tampa Location: Tampa, Fla.
	Krzysztof Soszynski Age: 30 MMA Record: 16-8-1 Trains With: Team Quest Location: Temecula, Calif.