The Ultimate Fighter is a reality show that pits 16 up-and-coming fighters in an MMA tournament where the winner gets a six-figure UFC contract. The catch, all these fighters have to live in the same house for the entirety of the season.
As one would imagine putting 16 trained MMA fighters in a house for an extended period is more or less an insane idea. With all of their alcohol-induced craziness and repressed rage, some wildly embarrassing things are bound to happen. In order to generate buzz for their careers and the show as well, many fighters have made absolute fools of themselves at various points.
10 Jesse Taylor Pees
Season seven of TUF coached by Rampage Jackson and Forrest Griffin saw the addition of an exciting middleweight Jesse Taylor. Taylor was a strong middleweight and won all of his matches on the show. Jesse was also a character outside of the octagon, he was inclined to drink heavily outside of the gym which lead him to act like the class clown. One of his favorite things he would do to make everyone laugh would be to pee his pants which he went on to due many times and in many places throughout the show.
9 Chris Leben Spritz
Season one of TUF saw everyone's favorite bad boy Chris Leben. The original prankster of the show would go on to annoy most of his housemates with drunk antics but there was one moment in particular that sticks out.
Chris Leben peed on his fellow fighter Jason Thacker's bed and then proceeded to rub the pee into the bed to prank Thacker. The first pee-related prank on TUF of what would become many, in some ways Leben was a trendsetter.
8 The Sushi Incident
In what is arguably the most disgusting moment in TUF history during season 8 of TUF after being pranked by Tom Lawlor peeing on their fruit bowl Kyle Kingsbury was out to get revenge.
So he decided to take it out on Dave Kaplan's sushi. He ejaculated onto a prepackaged sushi container of Kaplan's and as he puts it "added a special sauce" to the sushi which Kaplan later ate.
7 BJ Penn's Team Choices
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At the beginning of the show usually, coaches will pick fighters back and forth until all the fighters are picked like an old-school backyard football game. Season 5 of TUF placed Jens Pulver and BJ Penn as coaches.
Whilst picking teams BJ Penn knew he was the more popular fighter and attempted to get into Jens' head by asking the fighters who wanted nothing to do with Jens Pulver as a coach. More than half raised their hands forcing Pulver to have members on his team that he knew didn't want to be there. But the joke was on Penn as two of Pulver's students made it to the finale of the season.
6 Rampage Jackson Door Incident
Rampage Jackson is well known for flipping that switch and turning into a cold-blooded killer when he steps into the octagon. During season 10 of TUF Rampages team had a tough start to the tournament losing seven of the first eight fights.
This made Rampage mad, he turned into that cold-blooded killer and went crazy on the door to the team's locker rooms tearing it into shreds and almost ripping it off the wall entirely.
5 Jesse Taylor Kicked Off
Jesse Taylor was exceptionally good at making a fool of himself during his time on season 7 of TUF. After successfully winning his way onto the finale of season 7 despite his absurd antics Jesse decided to take some time to kick back in Vegas.
He ended up harassing multiple casino employees stating he is a UFC fighter and eventually ended up kicking out the window of the limo that was driving him around. Shortly after Dana White dropped him from the finale and kicked him off the show.
4 Tony Ferguson Drinks Too Much
Season 13 of TUF saw the introduction of a fan favorite in Tony Ferguson as well as a not very well-known fighter in Charlie Rader. Rader had taken to fighting to earn money so he could contest custody of his child.
One night on the show after a few drinks Tony and Charlie got in a playful scuffle that turned heated quickly. It ended in Tony being held back by other housemates shouting "Where's your kid" at Charlie.
3 Snake In The Grass
TUF 22 saw coaches Urijah Faber and Conor McGregor opposite each other. Urijah being the founder of team alpha male brought some of his star pupils along for training in the likes of Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw.
Conor recognized that TJ was on his way out at Team Alpha Male and was ready to begin training entirely with his striking coach who had left Team Alpha Male in Duane Ludwig. McGregor is no stranger to controversy started a fight calling TJ a snake in the grass for being there with Faber.
2 Andy Wang Gets Kicked Off BJ Penn's Team
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BJ Penn on the 5th season of TUF was not a stickler for the rules. After struggling to maintain control of his team he decided to do something that no coach on the show has ever done before him. Cut a fighter for lack of motivation.
Andy Wang had set BJ Penn off to the point where BJ kicked him off his team. Wang was subsequently sent to be on Pulver's team. Wang lost his only fight on the show to Brandon Melendez. Wang also is infamously known for crying excessively on the show.
1 Dave Kaplan's "Iron Chin"
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TUF season 8 saw an embarrassing drunk moment between teammates Tom Lawlor and Dave Kaplan. Believing he had an iron chin and could not be knocked out Kaplan pressed Lawlor to hit him as hard as he could.
Lawlor then proceeded to put Kaplan to sleep folding him over, Kaplan was even snoring. Minutes later Kaplan woke up and was ok but later said he wasn't out he just got knocked over.