Spike TV's 'The Ultimate Fighter 3' Goes Into Production in Las Vegas

Bitter Rivals and UFC Legends Ken Shamrock and Tito Ortiz

to Serve as Coaches

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The best up-and-coming mixed
martial artists from around the world have convened in Las Vegas in
pursuit of one goal -- to be named the "Ultimate Fighter" and to be
given a contract in the Ultimate Fighting Championship(R)
organization. For the third season of Spike TV's highly successful
reality series, The Ultimate Fighter, UFC legends and bitter rivals
Ken Shamrock "The World's Most Dangerous Man" and Tito Ortiz will
train and coach the participating light-heavyweights and
middleweights.

Production on The Ultimate Fighter 3 begins on Monday, January 16 and
continues in Las Vegas for about the next 6 weeks. The Ultimate
Fighter 3 premieres Thursday, April 6 at 11:00pm ET/PT. The series is
hosted by Dana White, UFC President.

During the thirty-eight day competition, the 18 men will endure a
grueling regimen of jiu-jitsu, judo, Muay Thai, karate, boxing and
wrestling. The intense competition between the fighters will continue
after they leave the gym -- at the Ultimate Fighter(TM) House. These
warriors will be forced to live with each other, knowing that any day
they could be forced to fight each other in the UFC Octagon(TM).

Opponents from each team will be selected to square0off in battle,
officially weighed in and then, in front of their teammates, coaches,
and the sanctioning Nevada Athletic Commission, the two combatants
face off in three five-minute rounds.

For the finale in June, the four semi-finalists will fight in a LIVE
television broadcast with a location to be determined. In the end, one
light-heavyweight and one middleweight will be crowned the new
Ultimate Fighter(TM).

The Ultimate Fighter 2 airing this past fall drew a higher rating
(2.7) in the hard-to-reach demographic Men 18-34 than the following in
4th Qtr '05: ESPN's Saturday Night ACC Football; the NBA on ESPN and
TNT (Tues., Wed., and Thurs.); ESPN's "World Series of Poker" (Tues.),
FX's "Nip Tuck" (Tues.) and MTV's "The Real World" (Tues.).

Craig Piligian of Pilgrim Films and Television, Frank Fertitta III,
Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White of Zuffa, LLC, and Kevin Kay of Spike TV
are the show's executive producers. Brian J. Diamond is Vice
President, Sports & Specials, Spike TV and Co-Executive Producer.
Peter V. Symuleski serves as Executive in Charge of Production for
Spike TV.

Spike TV, the first network for men, is available in 88 million homes
and is a division of MTV Networks. MTV Networks, a division of Viacom
International Inc. SOURCE Spike TV