The Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs. UK - The Smashes

The series was officially announced by the UFC in May 2012.[3] The name The Smashes is a play on the 130-year-old cricket rivalry between England and Australia called "The Ashes."[1] The UFC held open tryouts during June 2012. The casting call was for Lightweight and Welterweight fighters who are at least 21 years old and have a minimum of two wins in three professional fights. On 12 July 2012, Dana White announced that the coaches for the season would be Ross Pearson and George Sotiropoulos to represent the UK and Australia respectively.

• Ep 1

  1.National Pride

  19-09-2012

  16 of the most talented unsigned mixed martial artists from Australia and the United Kingdom enter the house for the first time. After the fighters get acquainted, two welterweight...

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• Ep 2

  2.Freak or Unique

  26-09-2012

  UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos visits the fighters in the house. Tensions rise between the British team and Australian Ben Wall. And two fighters battle it out to becom...

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• Ep 3

  3.Action in the House Heats Up

  03-10-2012

  Team Australia retaliate against the UK's poster prank. Colin Fletcher and Ben Wall are persuaded so snort lines of Wasabi and Peri Peri sauce. A UK fighter has difficulty making w...

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• Ep 4

  4.Pick Me!

  10-10-2012

  Team Australia are fed up with Team UK's lack of cleanliness. The pranks get out of hand as the teams retaliate against one another for escalating attacks on each other's dressing...

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• Ep 5

  5.Fight For Your Family

  17-10-2012

  Team Australia are agitated by the UK team's late night partying. A UK fighter threatens to leave the show. Colin 'The Freak Show' Fletcher entertains his team by wearing a women's...

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• Ep 6

  6.True Warrior

  24-10-2012

  The Australian team is ripped apart when one of their fighters is forced to leave the competition. The UK's Colin 'The Freak Show Fletcher reinvents himself as an Australian. And t...

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• Ep 7

  7.Unwise Words

  31-10-2012

  Penrith's James Vainikoto settles into the house as a replacement for an injured fighter and is told to ready himself to fight at short notice. Team UK takes the mischief to a whol...

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• Ep 8

  8.Phone Home

  07-11-2012

  The welterweight division is shaken up once again. UFC president Dana white is furious with the conduct of some of the fighters which he calls "the worst thing that could possibly...

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• Ep 9

  9.Easy Route

  14-11-2012

  Temperatures rise between coaching staff and teammates. Bad news destroys the dream of one fighter. After 8 dynamic battles, Dana white talks to the fighters, then chooses the semi...

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• Ep 10

  10.Smash It Up

  21-11-2012

  Ross Pearson and George Sotiropoulos battle it out in the coaches' challenge, and two teammates fight to decide the first lightweight finalist.

• Ep 12

  12.Little And Large

  05-12-2012

  Episode 12 saw both teams plan their tactics for the final fight of the competition between Colin Fletcher (UK) and Richie Vaculik (AUS).

• Ep 13

  13.UFC® on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson

  15-12-2012

  After 12 episodes and 12 fantastic fights, the following bouts will determine the winners of The Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs. UK–The Smashes. The winners will receive an exclusi...

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