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‘TUF 21’ Recap: Episode 1

It’s time for another season of “The Ultimate Fighter,” but this edition of Ultimate Fighting Championship’s flagship reality show comes with a few differences.

Season 21 marks the first American edition of “TUF” to be filmed outside the UFC home base of Las Vegas. This time around, the teams are preselected: rival South Florida gyms American Top Team and Blackzilians each will send eight welterweights to the show. The 16 fighters will live together in a Miami-area house, but unlike past editions of “TUF,” contestants will get to train at their home gyms with their own coaches.