The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption is an upcoming installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter.^[1]

The series was officially announced by the UFC on January 15, 2017 during the UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn broadcast. Current UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt will be coaching opposite former champion T.J. Dillashaw. Both of them are former training partners.^[1] As the twenty-fifth season of the American entries of the series, the producers have opted to bring back previous participants from the previous seasons.^[1] The cast was announced on February 15.^[2]

This season will debut on April 19, 2017 on Fox Sports 1.^{[needs update][1]}

Cast

Coaches

Fighters

Per the UFC’s announcement, the cast will consist of welterweights that have all competed on The Ultimate Fighter on previous seasons; this includes former participants and winners of the show, as well as one current UFC fighter.^[1] The cast was announced on February 15, including former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger and The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight winner Joe Stevenson, The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn middleweight winner Eddie Gordon, as well as current UFC fighter James Krause.^[2]

• Team Dillashaw
  • James Krause (TUF 15), Jesse Taylor (TUF 7), Ramsey Nijem (TUF 13), Dhiego Lima (TUF 19), Joe Stevenson (TUF 2), Tom Gallicchio (TUF 22), and Gilbert Smith (TUF 17)

• Team Garbrandt
  • Seth Baczynski (TUF 11), Mehdi Baghdad (TUF 22), Eddie Gordon (TUF 19), Hector Urbina (TUF 19), Hayder Hassan (TUF 21), Julian Lane (TUF 16), and Justin Edwards (TUF 13)