Cast for Season 22 of 'The Ultimate Fighter' revealed

The 32 men who make up the cast of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 22 were announced today with a wide variety of talent for the Team USA vs. Team Europe format.

UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor (18-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC) will lead Team Europe against former WEC featherweight champion Urijah Faber’s (32-8 MMA, 8-4 UFC) Team USA. While the two had a run-in ahead of UFC 189 – the event where McGregor captured his interim title – there will be no showdown between the coaches following the conclusion of the show.

Instead, McGregor will finally face off with UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo in a unification bout at UFC 194.

The full cast, broken down by team:

Team USA

Andreas Quintana (8-1), 24, Albuquerque, N.M.
Austin Springer (8-0), 27, Portland, Ore.
Billy Quarantillo (6-1), 26, Tampa, Fla.
Brandon Ricetti (7-1), 28, Chico, Calif.
Brennan Sevin (7-1), 29, Chauvin, La.
Chris Gruetzemacher (12-1), 29, Peoria, Ariz.
Jason Soares (8-0), 25, Miami, Fla.
Johnny Nunez (5-1), 29, Las Vegas, Nev.
James Jenkins (8-1), 29, Long Island, N.Y.
Jason Gonzalez (9-2), 25, Colton, Calif.
Julian Erosa (14-2), 25, Yakima, Wash.
Mike Flach (7-1), 27, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Ryan Hall (4-1), 30, Falls Church, Va.
Thanh Le (4-1), 29, New Orleans, La.
Tim Welch (12-5), 25, Glendale, Ariz.
Tom Gallicchio (19-8), 28, Perth Amboy, N.J.

Team Europe

Artem Lobov (11-10-1), 28, Dublin, Ireland
Abner Lloveras (19-7-1), 32, Barcelona, Spain
David Teymur (3-1), 25, Stockholm, Sweden
Djamil Chan (19-2), 24, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frantz Frank Slioa (4-0), 24, Stockholm, Sweden
Marcin Wrzosek (10-2), 27, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Martin Delaney (10-1), 36, Bathgate, Scotland
Martin Svensson (14-5), 30, Malmo, Sweden
Mehdi Baghdad (11-3), 29, Toulon, France
Mohamed Grabinski (10-1), 23, Dusseldorf, Germany
Paulo Boer (10-1-1), 29, Holland
Sascha Sharma (8-2), 27, Stuttgart, Germany
Saul Rogers (10-1), 25, Bolton, England
Sean Carter (10-1), 30, Essex, England
Thibault Gouti (10-0), 28, Avignon, France
Vladimir Sikd (10-0), 25, Frankfurt, Germany

The show premieres Sept. 9 on FOX Sports 1 with a two-hour season debut.

The finale event for the show is headlined by a bout between Chad Mendes and Frankie Edgar that could have major implications for the future of title challengers in the 145-pound division.

And for more on the UFC’s upcoming schedule, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.