Ultimate Fighting Championship is simultaneously taking over both the sport and reality television world. Oddly enough, this fighting craze is spreading due to stations airing a once taboo sport.

When asked about his take on UFC and the new craze it is creating, senior George A. said, “UFC is completely new; it takes boxing and wrestling to another level.

“Ultimate Fighting allows men to legally pummel each other. It’s such a great catch for T.V.”

Millions tuned in for the second season of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike T.V. The show airs Monday at 11:05 pm where you will see reality networks’ next gold mine.

Twenty mixed martial artists live in a house to create the turn out for the season, and every week, there is a challenge and a fight which will eliminate a fighter. Also, the fights rotate weight classes between welterweight (up to 170 lbs.) and heavyweight (225-265lbs.)

Reality television has thrived off the scenario of strangers living in one house. Yet The Ultimate Fighter stands out because of the main attraction, an intense fight every episode.

On the last season of The Ultimate Fighter, fights broke out in and out of the house, complimenting the bloody noses and deep cuts. That mixture of reality and reality TV was the balance that caused audiences to crave a second season.

Although these are rookie fighters, many have fight experience. However, their trainers are also an attraction for this revolutionary show. Collegiate wrestler and amateur boxer turned fighter Matt Hughes is the welterweight champion and coaches Team Hughes.

Rich Franklin, ex-math teacher-turned-middleweight champion, coaches Hughes’s rival team on the show. Coaching 10 heavyweights and 10 welterweights, Franklin uses a mixture of grappling and speed striking.

“If Franklin was my math teacher, I would definitely think twice about any comment in class,” said senior Nick St. G.

As in all sports, viewers are waiting for female recognition and women fighters. On the other hand, is this the one sport that is an exception to a woman fighter?

Viewers may ask themselves where the estrogenic fighters are; however, girls have a much different attitude than a male viewer.

Becky T., junior, said, “Girls fighting would be dirty. Women are for the runway.”