CORRECTION: Cung Le was mistakenly reported as the individual coach for this season. He will in fact, be steering the season in a Dana White like role. The coaches are unknown as of yet.

The word is out. The UFC has officially released the cast of their TUF China offering. It's a list of names that will be almost entirely unknown to American audiences (and most likely global audiences as well) with one big name to kick the whole thing off. The show will be headlined by UFC middleweight and action movie star Cung Le. Le will be performing in Dana White's role, appearing at times to keep the show on track and provide advice to fighters and coaches throughout the season. The coaches for the show, are as of yet, unreported.

The show, titled Rookie Exposure in China, will most likely see fighters compete in the lightweight division as the cast features fighters who have spent their careers competing at anywhere between featherweight and welterweight. Of course they could be running a dual tournament format like they did with TUF Brazil 1, only time will tell.

Anyhow, here's a look at the cast:

Albert Cheng



Dong Xin



He Wei Jian



Li Jun Han



Shih Liang



Wang Sai



Yang JianPing



Zhang Lipeng



Allen Chong



Fu Chang Xin



Li Jin Ying



Ning Guang You



An Ying Wang



Wu Qi Ze



Yao Zhi Kui



Zhi Qing Xiang



Zhang Lipeng, Yang JianPing, and Wang Sai all have around ten recorded fights, but everyone else is pretty green. So, it should be interesting to see what, if any, actual high caliber talent shakes out of this show. Of course, as with most TUF seasons (and doubly so for international seasons) top talent isn't really the point as much as it is getting the UFC exposure with new audiences. If a couple of these fighters end up sticking around in the UFC and getting into some exciting scraps, that'd be a nice bonus.

The show's first episode will air at 10 PM (local time) on December 7th. It will be hosted by Chinese sportscaster and celebrity Huang Jianxiang. Be sure to stay tuned to Bloody Elbow for more Ultimate Fighter news as well as breakdowns, interviews, announcements and event coverage for UFC 167.

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