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1* AccidentalInnuendo: Dana: "This isn't ''Series/{{Survivor}}''! You don't vote people off, you beat them off! ... That didn't sound good, did it?"
2* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Matt Hughes' decision to hold a Bible reading session, using it to compare himself to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther Queen Esther]]. Matt Serra, his bitter rival and opposing coach, certainly did not hold back his disdain for the act.
3* BrokenBase: The show at first divided the hardcore base. Many thought the show was great for getting exposure of the sport to the mainstream (and/or just enjoyed the show), while others bemoaned the influx of noobs to the online forums who didn't know anything about the history of the sport or any fighters who weren't on the show (with a little ItsPopularNowItSucks thrown in). Now, most have learned to accept the show or just completely ignore it.
4* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
5** Stephan Bonnar's comeback to Diego Sanchez' question, "Who are you, my dad?"
6** Dana showing up for the coach's challenge in Season 10 wearing a PRIDE t-shirt (Japan's PRIDE was once UFC's biggest organizational rival, since bought out by UFC after allegations of Yakuza involvement).
7** In Season 12's premiere, after the fourteen contestants have won their fights to get into the house, coach Josh Koscheck was eyeing Michael Johnson, an athletic and well-rounded wrestler. However, GSP knows that Koscheck has a personal relationship with contestant Marc Stevens, so he writes up a list of his supposed top picks with Stevens' name written in giant letters at the top, holding it so that Koscheck can see it. Koscheck's team wins first pick of the fighters, but Kos spies GSP's top pick and decides that he needs to secure Stevens with his first pick. GSP whispers, "It works!" to his coaches and proceeds to steal Johnson out from under Koscheck.
8** In Season 12, Team Koscheck came in riding high on their first win after three consecutive losses and having finally gotten under GSP's skin by taunting the losing Spencer Paige. With match-making privilege, they match their #1 pick Marc Stevens against GSP's #6 Cody [=McKenzie=], who is known for his "[=McKenzietine=]", a modified guillotine choke that negates the usual escape method of passing to side control. Come fight night, Stevens follows his wrestler's instincts and almost immediately dives head first into a [=McKenzietine=], and reacts by shifting to side control. Stevens is unconscious sixteen seconds into the fight. While GSP tells his team to be respectful in victory, Team Koscheck is left in shell-shocked silence until a glassy-eyed Nam Phan simply says, "Wow." In the second fight of the episode, Jonathan Brookins (whose claim to fame thus far was then-WEC-featherweight-champion Jose Aldo taking more than two rounds to defeat him) comes out and, in less than a minute, lateral throws the big-talking ''judoka'' Sevak Magakian, jumps on his back and rear-naked chokes him, putting the score at 5-1 for Team GSP.
9* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
10** Upon his victory, season 11 winner Court [=McGee=] fought back ManlyTears. ([=McGee=] had been a heroin addict who turned his life around in 2006 by getting clean.) Also, [=McGee=] gave his son the middle name Charles, after his [=TUF=] coach Chuck Liddell.
11** Brian Ortega, after winning a Coach’s Challenge and scoring $10,000, asked for an extra $2,000. He then proceeded to give his entire winnings to the opposing team, letting them walk home with $1500 each (the amount his team won). When asked why, he just said it felt like the right thing to do.
12* MemeticMutation:
13** Dana White's "Do you want to be a fuckin' fighter?" It became the show's unofficial motto and is immortalized on a placard in the training center.
14** Kari Parisyan's "Do you know who I am, bro?"
15** Rampage's insulting nickname "Titties" to an opposing fighter.
16** Ken Shamrock's "I'll beat you into a living death!" to Tito Ortiz.
17** Julian Lane's "Let me bang, bro!"
18** Thanks to Andy Wang, "Stand and Wang" became standard terminology for whenever an accomplished grappler tries to strike, despite his deficiencies in that area.
19** Pretty much the entirety of the brawl between Wanderlei Silva and Chael Sonnen, especially Silva's "Wannanow!?" and Sonnen saying "I can‘t let you get close".
20* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The exciting barn burner Light Heavyweight finale fight of Season 1 between Forrest Griffin and Stephan Bonnar. A fight so pivotal in the history of US MMA, Dana White constantly lists it as ''the'' reason ''The Ultimate Fighter'' got renewed after the first season and led to the rise of the sport's popularity in the US. Both fighters were inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in spite of and essentially have jobs with the UFC for life. One could argue Forrest could have entered on his other merits, but essentially, it's all because of THIS FIGHT.
21* NarmCharm: In ''TUF Brasil'', [[http://cdn1.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/3496939/WANDERLEI_large.jpg Wanderlei Silva]].
22* TheScrappy:
23** Now and forever, Josh Koscheck. He amazingly manages to come off ''worse'' as a coach in Season 12 than he did as a fighter in Season 1, since he goes from merely "dumb, immature jock" to "dumb, ''gullible'', immature jock who turns half of his team into dumb, immature jocks that lose badly and are poor winners".
24** Also from Season 1, Chris Leben, due to his abrasive and melancholy attitude, and being at the root of the majority of the drama that season. His return after Nate was injured made many fans groan.
25** ''TUF Brasil'' also had a share of fighters who were desliked. Pepey (arrogant) and Mutante (always protected by Vitor Belfort) from season 1 and Viscardi (disrespectful towards Minotauro) and Juliano Ninja (arrogant) from season 2 are good examples.
26* StopHavingFunGuys: Matt Hughes, who so detests flashy moves and such, that he cut a promo calling out Rashad Evans for showboating during a fight in Season 2.
27* TearJerker: After losing her fight, [[{{Adorkable}} Roxanne Modaferri]] is her usual upbeat self until she is alone; only then does she completely break down.

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