The UFC announced the cast for the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter. TUF 23: Team Joanna vs. Team Claudia will feature Women’s Strawweights as well as Men’s Light-Heavyweights. The Season will start with 16 Strawweights and 16 Light-Heavyweights who will fight for their spot in the Ultimate Fighter house.

The season premiere will air April 20 at 10pm et on TSN. Champions for each division will be crowned on the TUF 23 Finale on July 8 in Las Vegas. The Finale will also feature the coaches Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha doing battle for the Strawweight Title.

The lone Canadian announced as part of the cast is Alyssa “Pumpkin Spice” Krahn. The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan native from Complete Fitness and Martial Arts enters the tournament with a 3-1 pro MMA record.


Strawweights:

J.J. Aldrich (2-1) 23, Aurora, Colo.
Chelsea Bailey (2-0) 23, Chewelah, Wash.
Amanda Cooper (1-1) 24, Bath, Mich.
Ashley Cummins (3-3) 28, St. Louis, Miss.
Jodie Esquibel (5-1) 29, Albuquerque, N.M.
Mellony Geugjes (0-1) 23, Amsterdam
Lanchana Green (2-1) 26, Darlington, England
Helen Harper (4-1) 28, Farnborough, England
Kate Jackson (7-2-1) 29, Lostwithiel, England
Alyssa Krahn (3-1) 28, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Kristi Lopez (2-0) 33, Quartz Hill, Calif.
Amy Montenegro (7-2) 32, Forks, Wash.
Jamie Moyle (3-1) 27, Las Vegas, Nev
Irene Rivera (6-2) 22, Barcelona, Spain
Tatiana Suarez (3-0) 25, Fontana, Calif.
Ashley Yoder (4-1) 28, Indianapolis, Ind.

Light-Heavyweights:

Kenneth Bergh (3-0) 26, Oslo, Norway
Trevor Carlson (10-2) 27, Spring Creek, Nev.
Muhammed DeReese (5-0) 27, Titusville, Fla.
Myron Dennis (12-4) 27, Oklahoma City
John Paul Elias (3-0) 27, Fresno, Calif.
Marcel Fortuna (8-1) 30, Tubarao, Brazil
Phil Hawes (3-0) 27, Little Ferry, N.J.
Cory Hendricks (3-0) 27, Lynden, Wash.
Jamelle Jones (6-2) 28, Atlantic City, N.J.
Abdel Medjedoub (3-0) 30, Mila, Algeria
Norman Paraisy (15-4-2) 1 NC, 30, Paris
Khalil Rountree (4-0) 26, Las Vegas, Nev.
Andrew Sanchez (7-2) 27, Shiloh, Ill.
Eric Spicely (8-0) 29, Stoughton, Mass.
Joshua Stansbury (7-2) 31, East Liverpool, Ohio
Elias Urbina (3-0) 22, Weslaco, Texas


Source: http://topmmanews.com/2016/04/07/tuf-23-cast-revealed-including-lone-canadian-alyssa-krahn/