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The Ultimate Fighter 4

The Ultimate Fighter 4 : The Comeback
Genre Reality, Sports
Created by Craig Piligian, Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White
Starring Dana White
Country of origin  United States
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network Spike TV
Original release August 17 – November 11, 2006
Chronology
Preceded by The Ultimate Fighter 3
Followed by The Ultimate Fighter 5
The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale
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A poster or logo for The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale.
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date November 11, 2006
Venue Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Event chronology
UFC 64: Unstoppable The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale UFC 65: Bad Intentions

The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback is the fourth season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It premiered on August 17, 2006, immediately after the conclusion of UFC Fight Night 6. The finale was aired on November 11, 2006.

This series featured a change from the usual Ultimate Fighter format. Instead of UFC hopefuls, the cast was composed of fighters that had fought in the UFC but had yet to win a UFC title. The winners in the middleweight and welterweight divisions earned a UFC title shot in their division and a $100,000 purse, along with a $100,000 sponsorship deal with Xyience. Instead of coaches, prominent trainers and UFC fighters acted as advisors. Randy Couture, Georges St-Pierre, Marc Laimon, the grappling instructor from seasons 1 and 2, and Mark DellaGrotte, Kenny Florian's kickboxing trainer, were the advisers. The cast still lived in seclusion in the Las Vegas house.

The rules were the same as in The Ultimate Fighter 3, where preliminary round matches were two rounds with a sudden victory round in case of a tie, and all fighters had to win a preliminary match before advancing to the semi-final round. The team that had won the last match decided the next match, with a coin toss deciding which team set the first matchup.

The winners of each division were scheduled to have their title shot during the first half of 2007. Matt Serra defeated Georges St-Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Championship, while Lutter lost to Anderson Silva in a non-title bout. The bout was originally to be for Silva's UFC Middleweight Championship, however, the bout was changed to a non-title bout when Lutter failed to make weight.


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