The Ultimate Fighter 3 - Episodes

Episodes

Episode 1: Fresh Meat (Original Air Date: 6 April 2006)

  • Ortiz and Shamrock are introduced as the coaches.
  • Shamrock wins the coin-toss and decides to pick the first match-up.
  • Kalib Starnes defeats Mike Stine at 2:09 of round 1 via KO (punches)

Episode 2: The Basketball (Original Air Date: 13 April 2006)

  • Noah Inhofer defeats Jesse Forbes at 2:35 of Round 1 by submission (armbar).
  • Team Ortiz gains control of the match-ups.

Episode 3: Team Dagger (Original Air Date: 20 April 2006)

  • Kendall Grove defeats Ross Pointon at 3:45 of Round 1 via submission (rear naked choke).
  • Team Ortiz retains control of the match-ups.

Episode 4: Hitting it Hard (Original Air Date: 27 April 2006)

  • Michael Bisping defeats Kristian Rothaermel at 3:51 of Round 1 via TKO.
  • Team Ortiz retains control of the match-ups.

Episode 5: The Truce Is Over (Original Air Date: 4 May 2006)

  • The fighters watch UFC 57. After Randy Couture makes an announcement saying he retires, Ed Herman declares he will make it to the finals and win for Couture's honor.
  • Rory Singer defeats Solomon Hutcherson after 0:21 of Round 2 by KO (head kick).
  • Team Ortiz retains control of the match-ups.

Episode 6: The Letter (Original Air Date: 11 May 2006)

  • There is no fight in the episode, although Team Ortiz selects Josh Haynes to fight Tait Fletcher.
  • Noah Inhofer decides to quit the show and return to Yankton, South Dakota after receiving a letter informing him that his girlfriend back home believes he has cheated on her. It was never explained how it was possible for him to receive a letter when a strict policy denying all external communication was in place.
  • A previously eliminated fighter returns to take Inhofer's place, but it is not disclosed during the episode who this fighter is.

Episode 7: Mohawk (Original Air Date: 18 May 2006)

  • Jesse Forbes returns to Team Shamrock and takes Noah Inhofer's spot in the semi-finals.
  • Josh Haynes defeats Tait Fletcher via split decision after 2 rounds.
  • Officially, Team Ortiz retains control of the match-ups. However, as only two middleweights who have not yet fought remain, the next match will be Danny Abbadi vs. Ed Herman.

Episode 8: The Fuse Is Lit (Original Air Date: 25 May 2006)

  • Ed Herman defeats Danny Abbadi at 4:14 of Round 1 via submission (armbar).
  • Officially, Team Shamrock regains control of the match-ups. However, as only two light heavyweights who have not yet fought remain, the final first-round match will be Matt Hamill vs. Mike Nickels.

Episode 9 :The Golden Boy (Original Air Date: 1 June 2006)

  • Matt Hamill defeats Mike Nickels via unanimous decision after 2 rounds.
  • Hamill is sent to the hospital after his victory.
  • The way match-ups are determined appears to be changing, although it is not revealed exactly how.

Episode 10: Full House (Original Air Date: 8 June 2006)

  • Most of the first-round losers are brought back to live in the house and help train the semi-finalists.
  • White proposes that Ortiz and Shamrock play eight ball billiards (best 2 out of 3 games) for a US$10,000 prize. Shamrock wins 2 games to 0.
  • Despite winning the last match, Matt Hamill is declared out of the competition due to injury. Due to a broken nose sustained in the same fight, Mike Nickels is not an option to replace Hamill, as he was badly bruised and had a broken nose from his fight with Hamill.
  • To the surprise of White and both coaches, both Tait Fletcher and Kristian Rothaermel turn down offers to replace Hamill in the semi-finals.
  • Ross Pointon agrees to replace Hamill and fight in the higher 205-pound light heavyweight class despite originally entering the competition as a middleweight.
  • The semi-final match-ups are decided by White and the two coaches. Fighters on the same team are now eligible to face one another.
  • The middleweight semi-final match-ups are Kendall Grove vs. Kalib Starnes and Ed Herman vs. Rory Singer.
  • The light heavyweight semi-final match-ups are Jesse Forbes vs. Josh Haynes and Pointon matched up against Michael Bisping .
  • All semi-final matches will be three 5-minute rounds.
  • Kendall Grove defeats Kalib Starnes at 0:30 of Round 3 by verbal submission (rib injury). Grove advances to the Middleweight Finals.
  • The next semi-final match will be Herman against Singer.

Episode 11: The Jungle (Original Air Date: 15 June 2006)

  • Kalib Starnes returns from the hospital and reveals his ribs were dislocated during the previous fight.
  • Rory Singer finds his property defaced and blames Ed Herman and Jesse Forbes. Singer defaces their boxing gloves and lockers and rubs Herman's gloves against his naked buttocks. In retaliation, Herman hides Singer's boxing gloves and leg guards around the gym and urinates on his headgear. Singer finds his gear missing and goes outside to confront Herman. They get into an argument and Herman and Forbes reveal that it was Kendall Grove who had been defacing Singer's gear.
  • Matt Hamill returns and is surprised to find out that he is out of the competition due to medical suspension.
  • Ed Herman defeats Rory Singer at 2:31 of Round 2 via submission (rear naked choke). Herman advances to the Middleweight Finals.

Episode 12: Bangin' (Original Air Date: 15 June 2006)

  • Josh Haynes defeats Jesse Forbes at 0:18 of Round 2 via submission (guillotine choke). Haynes advances to the Light Heavyweight Finals.
  • The fighters (excluding Bisping and Pointon) party wildly before the last semi-final fight and the TUF house is trashed.
  • Michael Bisping defeats Ross Pointon at 2:13 of Round 1 by submission (strikes). Bisping advances to the Light Heavyweight Finals.

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