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With “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 29 in full swing, the attention of the mixed martial arts fan base is once again pulled in the direction of the venerable reality series. Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski and presumptive title challenger Brian Ortega are guiding a cast of bantamweight and middleweight hopefuls through the classic tournament format, and the only visible difference from the original run is that the show was taped at the UFC Apex rather than the “TUF house.”
While Volkanovski and Ortega have authored a new entry in the show’s annals, it will be at least a few years before the true winners and losers of “TUF 29” are known.