According Fightbomb.com, here are the confirmed Heavyweight contenders at TUF 10, set to premier on Spike TV on September 16.

The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale will be on December 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


COACHES:
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (CONFIRMED)
Rashad “Suga” Evans (CONFIRMED)


The coaches will fight in December 2009.100% CONFIRMED TUF 10 FIGHTERS:

Kimbo SliceKevin Ferguson aka Kimbo Slice
3-1 MMA Record
6′2 and 35 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (235lbs)
MIAMI, FLORIDA via NASSAU, BAHAMAS
PARTICIPATION CONFIRMED BY DANA WHITE via Yahoo
Street fight YouTube Legend.
“The King of Web Brawlers” - Rolling Stone
“I’m coming in to prove myself.. feed my family”
Bodyguard for pornography company “RealityKings”
Charged in 2002 for carrying a concealed weapon
Acting Debut on Nickelodeon’s show “Drake & Josh”
Not participant at TUF 10 tryouts but was given open invitation by Dana White.
______________________
Darrill SchoonoverDarrill Schoonover
10-0 MMA Record.
12-0 Amateur Record.
1-0 Pro Boxing Record.
6′2 and 24 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (220lbs)
COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS
Confirmed by Fightbomb
Former US Army Serviceman, ranked 3rd in the US Army for combatives.
Trains at Fighters Forge Combat Sports
Former XFC LHW Champ
Former Freestyle Cagefighting HW Champ
Former TAMMA LHW MMA Champ
Fort Hood Combatives HW Champ
MMA CITY profiled Darrill back in May and with a record of 10-0 is the early favorite to win the show.
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Roy Nelson
13-4 MMA Record
6′0 and 32 Years Old
HEAVYWEIGHT (265lbs)
LAS VEGAS, CALIFORNIA
MMAMADNESS SAYS HE IS 100% CONFIRMED
Trains with the Lion’s Den.
Former IFL and Last IFL Heavyweight Champion
Two fight losing streak to Jeff Monson and Andrei Arlovski
Nicknamed “Big Country”
_______________________
Justin Wren
10-1 MMA Record.
6′3 and 21 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (265lbs)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS
Confirmed by Fightbomb
Confirmed TUF 10 participation via Facebook
http://www.myspace.com/studheavyweight
Nicknamed “The Viking” and trains with Travis Lutter in Fort Worth
2x Highschool National Champ in Greco Roman
Wrestled for the University of Iowa State. 5x All-American
Lived in Olympic Training Center in Arlington.
_______________________
Brendan Schaub
4-0 Perfect MMA Record.
6′6 and 26 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (240lbs)
HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLORADO
Said publicly he was offered special spot on TUF 10.
There was a YouTube video but it has been taken down.
Confirmed by Fightbomb
Trains at Greg Jackson’s Camp, T’sKO Gym.
2008 Colorado Golden Gloves Boxing HW Champ.
2008 Colorado BJJ Absolute Advanced Grand Champ.
Main training partner is Shane Carwin among others.
Played Fullback for the Colorado Buffalos
Briefly with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and AFL’s Utah Blaze.
_______________________
Marcus Jones
4-2 MMA Record.
6′6 and 35 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (262lbs)
TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA
Confirmed by Fightbomb
Trains with Rob Kahn at Gracie Tampa.
Former NFL Defensive End for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Played 6 season with 24 sacks and 124 tackles.
Drafted 1st Round, 22 Overall in 1996
All-American Defensive Tackle at North Carolina.
“This is unreal,” Jones said at TUF 10 Tryouts.
“One day, I will tell my grandkids that I tried out for the UFC and I was a part of the greatest sport on the planet,” Jones said.
_______________________
Wes Sims
20-11 MMA Record
6′10 and 29 Years Old
HEAVYWEIGHT (260lbs)
LANCASTER, OHIO
MMAMADNESS SAYS HE IS 100% CONFIRMED
Trains with Team Hammer House
Nicknamed ‘The Project’ and ‘The Whole Show’
Famous for DQ by stomping Frank Mir’s head at UFC 43
_______________________
Abe Wagner
6-1 MMA Record
0-2 Amateur Record
6′4 and 29 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (260lbs)
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Confirmed by Fightbomb
VFC Heavyweight Champion
http://www.myspace.com/39001113
“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyrany of evil men”
Nicknamed “The Hurricane”
Idolizes CroCop
_______________________
Zak Jensen
7-3 MMA Record
6′5 and 26 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (265lbs)
HOPKINS/CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTAz
Confirmed by Fightbomb
Brutaal Heavyweight Champion
Trains with Gorilla Combat
Wrestled at Augsburg College
Pulled out of a fight vs Justin Wren on April 6
“Didn’t want to miss TUF tryouts or risk injury”
_______________________
Matt Mitrione
0-0 MMA Record.
6′3 and 30 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (265lbs)
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
Confirmed by Fightbomb
Trains with Jake O’Brien & Nicknamed “Meathead” Cuts weight down from 300lbs.
http://twitter.com/whatsyoureden
http://www.fanfuego.com/users/18353/profile.php
DT Played football for the Vikings, 49ers and Giants/’01 All-Big Ten selection in for Purdue
“I saw today that The Ultimate Fighter is having a heavyweight class this season. Seattle here I come!” - Mitrione (March 13th) on Twitter
“Heading to the gym now. Another day of whooping Jake O’brien….:-)” - Mitrione (March 4th) on Twitter
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Wes Shivers
0-1 Pro MMA Record
6-0 Amateur MMA Record
6′7 and 32 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (265lbs)
BRANDON, MISSISSIPPI
*Late Replacement of the 16 Heavyweights as Rex Richards lost spot
First Confirmed by MMAJunkie
Trains with Team Hammer Hill
Only pro fight was at superheavyweight.
Lineman at Mississippi State University
Drafted by Tennessee Titans in 2000. Played for Atlanta Falcons
_______________________
Mike Wessel
6-1 MMA Record
0-1 in the UFC
6′0 and ? Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (250lbs)
LITTLEROCK, ARKANSAS
Confirmed by Fightbomb
Offered trip to Vegas for Final Cuts
Trains out of Westside MMA
Trains with Roli Delgado and Matt Hamilton
Nicknamed “The Juggernaut”
Only loss was in the UFC to Antoni Hardonk via TKO
Former strength and conditioning coah of Univ of Arkansas
Former Professional Football Player.
_______________________
Scott Junk
6-2 MMA Record.
6′1 and 30 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (265lbs)
HILO, HAWAII
Confirmed by Fightbomb
Nicknamed “Punk Haole”
http://www.scottjunk.com/
Former MFC Heavyweight Champion - stripped of crown when the promotion replaced the HW division with Featherweights.
Former UFC fighter that may be given a second chance. Only losses are to Christian Wellisch and Ricco Rodriguez.
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Jim York
10-2 MMA Record
6′1 and 33 Years Old
HEAVYWEIGHT (265lbs)
NEW ZEALAND
Confirmed by Fightbomb
Not at Tryouts, Given Option of TUF10
Trains at Five Rings Dogo Gym
Has to Cut weight to make 265.
Nickname is “Big”
Wins over James Thompson and Brad Morris
_______________________
Jon Madsen
2-0 MMA Record
Confirmed by Fightbomb
HEAVYWEIGHT (240lbs)
SOUTH DAKOTA, USA
Trains with Matt Huges’ HITSquad
Collegiate Wrestler
_______________________
Tom Blackledge
8-6 MMA Record
6′3 and 27 Years Old.
HEAVYWEIGHT (231lbs)
(WIGAN) MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Trains at Wolfslair Academy
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29 Responses

Let’s go Brendan Schaub. Pull’n for ya here in Colorado.

jon madisen is bad ass most likely the first to start shit in the house but can back it up .hopefully he wins got to train with him and he is fast and hits hard .good luck jon

I wish I could be a fly on the wall of the TUF house. I would like to see Darrill Schoonover get the contract myself.

I wonder how long they will allow Kimbo to last, i kinda wonder if they will do what they did on tuf 9 and build kimbo up like they did the brits. Who knows, Dana is all about ratings. Because the hws that they brought in arent scrubs like the americans they brought in to face the brits on 9.

Have to agree with you on that… the Americans got their asses kicked on TUF 9. I think the Brits just wanted it more.

What if Kimbo wins TUF 10? That would be a freakin ratings bonanza for UFC.

That would be a ratings dream for White but reality is Kimbo is tough MF but everyone in that house is tough with most likely better skill sets than a brawler. we shall c.

Kimbo has a long way to go against seasoned MMA fighters. If he wins (which I think will be a stretch), does he get an immediate shot at Lesnar/Mir winner?

glad to see the heavyhitters are back.kimbo wont last

Kimbo is a piece of dog squeeze. He will never make as a UFC fighter. He is a chump that was exposed by a chump last fall.

You never know what Dana White will pull out of his ass to make a buck, but if Kimbo were to win TUF 10, I don’t see why not. Its not as if there is any rhyme or reason half the time (just look at the current situation), although I would hope that the UFC somehow gets Fedor in the mix here after Trilogy is done with.

Wow how easy it is to say things about Kimbo on the internet or anyone else for that matter. All these guys are bad or else they wouldn’t even be considered. Try telling Kimbo what a chump he is to his face, might not be so easy lol.

KIMBO IS ONE BAD A— MO FO HE IS TOUGHER THAN TOUGH AND WITH HIS CONDITIONING AND CONTINUED TRAING HE COULD DO BIG THINGS , THAT SAID , EVERY FIGHT COULD BE ANY MANS FIGHT IT’S WHOS GONNA PLAY SMARTER OR WHOS GONNA LAND THAT KO PUNCH

Good luck, Abe. Everybody here in Omaha is pulling for you. Darrill and Kimbo may be the ones to beat, but you can show them what a man from our fair city can do.

Kimbo will get his rear handed to him first fight. He has not fought a real fighter.

I hope Kimbo wins it, because we need more big name fighters in the Heavyweight division.

HAHAHA KIMBO SLICE…….. won’t make it in the UFC, he’s an Internet Brawler who couldn’t make it in the EliteXC without his opponents being paid to “Take it Easy”…… he’s gonna get a rude awakening in the UFC and I hope he gets crushed in the Pre-House fights.

Kimbo Slice WILL not win the TUF 10. He hits hard but if you watch the fights on the internet, he fought nobody’s. He lost to a guy who was a cop. He beat Tank but man he is so old. Then he got knocked out by a nobody. Look at the second guy they are putting in the TUF 10 mix up, His record looks great and I am sure he would beat the hell out of Slice. I guess we will have to see what happens.

TUF 10 i think is going 2 be exciting cuz now we get 2 see some heavy weights and lets see wat kimbo got 2 bring.We all know he can brawl but has he stepped his game 2 another level?We about 2 find out.In the future Kimbo vs Brock

FS Fight Gear is wishing Darrill Schoonover all the best of luck. It would be great to see a Texas Fighter win the show.

joe, are you kidding me? nobody said that kimbo wasnt tough to the everyday working man, We are talking about trained mma fighters here. And it is true, everybody has a punchers chance, but give me a break, the worst guy on here has more training than kimbo, and from what i hear , kimbo is untrainable. Like i said, the only way he is gonna last in that house is if Dana makes it happen for ratings. i would take any of the top ten light hws and put them against kimbo, hell i wopuld put chris leben against kimbo lol

Kimbo won’t make it without his boys. I watched the fight where the cop (white guy) was kicking his Arse and his “boys” had to jump in and help. He’s a big coward in my eyes after that fight. I hope he gets knocked out. He’s a lot like Brock. All Braun, no brains. Big body, no skills.

i agree kimbo wont last long, only if he gets pitted against the inexperienced ex-ballers. however im disagreeing with the brock comment. hes a 4 time all american wrestler, thats more cred than most of these guys have. also im sick of you guys bashing him because he wrestled in the wwe…..so what! those guys are great athletes as well you cant be soft and do that sh!t 4 days a week.

I am extactic to see Kimbo Slice exposing himself to real coaches and training. He has the potential to become a great champion, as does anyone with the right influences and training methods…

GO KIMBO!!

lets go meat springfields got ur back

For all you guys that think that Dana would push Kimbo through just for ratings, I think you are all crazy. If you look back in the past Dana had nothing good to say about what happened with Kimbo in EliteXC and really didn’t have much good to say about his abilities. Yes Dana likes the ratings (it is his job), but he doesn’t want to see the UFC become a laughing stock. He is probably offering this chance to Kimbo just because he wants to stop hearing about how everyone thinks he is great. Kimbo getting his butt kicked will shut up all those Monday morning quarterbacks.

First of all, how are any of you going to support Brock? He had 3 fights in the UFC in which he lost one, and was given a title shot. Whats up with that? How many fighters have had to kill for that chance. I hope Meir breaks his leg this time. Second of all, Kimbo is a second rate Bob Sapp. All size one trick pony. If he wins, I will be convinced that the UFC is fixed. But that GSP VS. Alves fight coming up is gonna be the fight of the century. And who else wants to see Anderson Silva fight Lyoto????? That would be the best fight.

Dana is giving Kimbo a chance just like he did Floyed Mayweather Jr.. Just different reasons. He wanted to shut Floyeds mouth. He just wants to expose Kimbo. Dana is a smart dude. Oh and Brock is no joke. Give the man Credit he did beat Randy and dont give me this shit about Randy being to old we have all seen what his ass can do. Watch Brock train sometime…kind of like Sean Shirk except bigger.

say what you want, saturday is gonna be exciting

It’s easy to say diss on tonight’s card and call it weak, and compared to normal cards maybe it is a little on the weak side.

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