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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC released the cast list on Tuesday for the second international edition of The Ultimate Fighter, dubbed "The Smashes," pitting a team of Australian fighters against a team of U.K. fighters under coaches George Sotiropoulos and Ross Pearson. The full cast is below:
Team Australia:
Lightweights:
Grant Blackler, 23, Sunshine Coast
Patrick Iodice, 19, GoldCoast
Richie Vaculik, 29, Sydney
Ben Wall, 23, Brisbane
Welterweights:
Ben Alloway, 31, GoldCoast
Xavier Lucas, 31, Perth
Manuel Rodriguez, 27, Sydney
Robert Whitaker, 21, Sydney
Team UK
Lightweights:
Colin Fletcher, 29, Sunderland
Norman Parke, 25, Bushmills, Nth Ireland
Michael Pastou, 30, Essex
Mike Wilkinson, 24, Leigh
Welterweights:
Luke Newman, 22, London
Bola Omoyele, 30, London
Valentino Petrescu, 30, Essex
Brad Scott, 23, Melksham
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