The Ultimate Fighter 34 is set to make its debut on Paramount+ the same day as the UFC’s Freedom 250 card at the White House.
The show launches June 14, 2026.
Looking to piggyback off that spectacle, TUF 34 will feature bantamweights and women’s strawweights looking to fight their way into the UFC. The show, well-known to UFC fans, first launched in 2005 and is credited with saving the then-struggling mixed martial arts promotion, thanks to a blistering final between Forrest Griffin and the late Stephan Bonnar.
This year’s edition of The Ultimate Fighter will feature two UFC Hall of Famers as coaches: Daniel Cormier, and Michael Bisping. Don’t expect a coach’s fight in this one, as both men are long-since retired.
Neither man is a stranger to the reality fighting show. Bisping won The Ultimate Fighter 3 at light heavyweight in 2006, and coached opposite Dan Henderson as part of Season 9. He also coached Season 14 against Jason “Mayhem” Miller.
While fellow UFC champ Daniel Cormier never competed on the show, he has coached on it previously. He served as coach on The Ultimate Fighter 27 against rival heavyweight Stipe Miocic, and returned last year to coach on TUF 33 as well.
Following the show’s debut, the 12-episode season will air on Tuesday nights on Paramount+.
