The Ultimate Fighter

UFC Heavyweight Champion Antonio Nogueira and opposing coach Frank Mir greet this season's 32 Light Heavyweight and Lightweight fighters, each of whom must prove themselves in tournament bouts before they can go to compete for 2 UFC contracts.

16 more fighters square off in the last of the tournament fights. After throat-crushing choke outs and a controversial decision the winners head off to the house, but some may be too injured to continue.

Coaches Nogueira and Mir pick their teams. A night of drinking brings out the good, the bad and the ugly in lightweight Junie Browning. The first preliminary light heavyweight match-up is fought.

Drunken debauchery puts the future of two lightweights into question. And after a grueling preliminary battle a fighter's rage causes chaos in the Octagon.

A coach steps in as the pranks go too far. Team Nogueira trains with UFC World Champion Anderson Silva before two more light heavyweights face off in the Octagon.

Rolando's black belt is called into question by the other fighters. An act of disrespect at the fight announcement injects more hatred between the teams, leading up to the most intense lightweight showdown yet.

Mir punishes his team with a grueling workout regimen. Nogueira has a blowout with a fighter who's been talking smack. Two light heavyweights with opposing styles face-off in the Octagon.

The pranks at the house reach a new low. A fighter turns on his own teammate, offering up secret advice before a highly-anticipated lightweight bout.

Somebody gets knocked out at the house. Light heavyweight Kyle Kingsbury prepares to face Team Mir's #1 pick, Krzysztof Soszynski.

Habitual hugger John Polakowski turns means after Team Mir messes with their cereal. George Roop struggles with an injury before battling it out with John in the last of the preliminary fights. Dana and the coaches set the semifinal matchups.

In the first semifinal match, light heavyweight Ryan Bader of Team Nogueira takes on Team Mir's Eliot Marshall. Then the teams clash again when lightweight George Roop fights Phillipe Nover.

Team Quest teammates Vinny and Krzystztof face off in the last semifinal light heavyweight fight. Then, self-doubts and another incident at the house put Junie's fight against Efrain in jeopardy.

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir Finale saw two new seasons champions named with tangles in the lightweight and light-heavyweight divisions as Efrain Escudero took on Phillipe Nover and Ryan Bader faced Vinny Magalhaes.