Open fighter tryouts for Season 19 of “The Ultimate Fighter” are slated for Aug. 27 in Indianapolis, with 185- and 205-pound fighters invited. Middleweights also were featured on Season 17 of the show, which was coached by light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger Chael Sonnen . But the last time light heavyweights were contestants on the show was Season 8, which was coached by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Frank Mir , with Ryan Bader emerging as the winner. Indianapolis’ Westin Hotel will host the tryouts for the show, which is expected to begin filming in early 2014 for a broadcast later that spring on FOX Sports 1.
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Indianapolis gets ‘TUF 19′ tryouts Aug. 27 for middleweights, light heavyweights – MMA Junkie