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Dramatic Seizure on The Ultimate Fighter 21 Sends Contestant Home

Reality television documents unscripted real-life situations featuring a cast of contestants, but often times the “reality” isn’t exactly real. Participants are typically isolated away from any contact with the general public and temporarily removed from the current events happening in the world.

Every now and then something occurs during the filming that cracks the fabricated reality façade, and reminds the contestants that there are things more important than their reality show pursuits.

The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians pits two rival training camps against each other, but there was no team mentality when American Top Team member Steve Montgomery suffered a seizure while preparing to cut weight during this week’s episode.