THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 2:
COACHES: RICH FRANKLIN & MATT HUGHES
HOSTS: DANA WHITE & RANDY COUTURE
DEBUTED: AUGUST 22ND 2005

TEAM FRANKLIN:
WELTERWEIGHTS:
Marcus Davis - UFC Record 9-5
Melvin Guillard - UFC Record 12-9-1
Jorge Gurgel - UFC Record 3-4
Anthony Torres - UFC Record 0-0

HEAVYWEIGHTS:
Rashad Evans - UFC Record 14-8-1
Brad Imes - UFC Record 0-2
Keith Jardine - UFC Record 6-7-1
Seth Petruzelli - UFC Record 0-4
TEAM FRANKLIN COMBINED UFC RECORD: 44-33-3
TOTAL FIGHTS: 80

TEAM HUGHES:
WELTERWEIGHTS:
Josh Burkman - UFC Record 6-12-1
Luke Cummo - UFC Record 3-4
Sammy Morgan - UFC Record 0-2
Joe Stevenson - UFC Record 8-8
Jason Von Flue - UFC Record 1-2

HEAVYWEIGHTS:
Dan Christison - UFC Record 1-1
Rob MacDonald -UFC Record 1-2
Tom Murphy - UFC Record 0-0
Mike Whitehead - UFC Record 0-1
TEAM HUGHES COMBINED UFC RECORD - 20-32-1
TOTAL FIGHTS - 53

WELTERWEIGHT WINNER: JOE STEVENSON (Defeated Luke Cummo in the finals)
HEAVYWEIGHT WINNER: RASHAD EVANS (Defeated Brad Imes in Finals)

UFC CHAMPIONS:
Rashad Evans - Defeated Forrest Griffin to Win Light Heavyweight Championship

UFC CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS:
Joe Stevenson (Lost to BJ Penn in a Lightweight Championship Bout)

COACHING THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER
Rashad Evans - Coached a season against Rampage Jackson

MOST UFC FIGHTS:
01. Rashad Evans - 23
02. Melvin Guillard - 22
03. Josh Burkman - 19

SEASON 2 ULTIMATE FIGHTER FINALE (11/5/05)
MAIN EVENT: Diego Sanchez Defeats Nick Diaz by Unanimous Decision
Rashad Evans Defeats Brad Imes By Split Decision (Wins Season 2 of TUF, Heavyweight)
Joe Stevenson Defeats Luke Cummo By Unanimous Decision (Wins Season 2 of TUF, Middleweight)
Kenny Florian Defeats Kit Cope By Sub in Rd. 2
Preliminary Card:
Josh Burkman Defeats Sam Morgan by KO in Rd. 1
Melvin Guillard Defeats Marcus Davis by TKO (Doctor Stoppage) in Rd. 2
Keith Jardine Defeats Kerry Schall by TKO in Rd. 2

NO BONUS"‘S WERE AWARDED (But If They were We Predict They’d Be)
FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Diego Sanchez Vs. Nick Diaz
KO OF THE NIGHT: Melvin Guillard
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: Kenny Florian

COACHES FIGHT:
Matt Hughes & Rich Franklin were in different weight classes, therefore never fought each other.

WRAP UP:
Season 2 featured two champions as coaches w/ the middleweight Champion Rich Franklin coaching welterweight champion Matt Hughes. The season featured another future UFC champion in Rashad Evans. Evans won the season as a heavyweight and would win the title at Light Heavyweight. The finale saw season 1 winner Deigo Sanchez defeat UFC Legend Nick Diaz.