Aaron Meisner Selected for “The Ultimate Fighter 7?

Undefeated middleweight Aaron Meisner (3-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) has been selected as a cast member for “The Ultimate Fighter 7.”

A source close to the show confirmed the selection for MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com), though our friends at fiveouncesofpain.com were the first to reveal Meisner as a cast member.

“The Ultimate Fighter 7,” which debuts April 2 on Spike TV, features UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson and season-one winner Forrest Griffin as coaches. Unlike past seasons, the show will feature 32 — not 16 — middleweight fighters vying for a UFC contract. As MMAjunkie.com exclusively reported, every potential cast member will have to fight as soon as the show begins. The 16 winners earn a spot in the house, and the 16 losers are knocked out of the competition.

Meisner, part of the Daddis Fight Camp in Philadelphia, comes from a Muay Thai background, and he’s the current WKA North American Muay Thai champion.

Like many other cast members chosen for the show, Meisner was covered by the media during his tryout process. Back in November, the 29-year-old was featured by the International Herald Tribune during his trip to the show’s open tryouts in New Jersey. He was painted as a “normal” guy and part-time personal trainer (with a cheerleader who’s a Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader) who was trying to make the show on merit rather than an outrageous personality.

During the tryout, 149 hopefuls showed up, and Meisner was one of the 20 who advanced to the next round.

Meisner has had three victories in three professional fights, and all three came via knockout. Most recently, he stopped Chris Reedy (who was 3-2 at the time) with an 85-second TKO at an October 2007 Combat in the Cage event.

With Meisner, the latest rumored cast includes:

1. Paul Bradley (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
2. Matt Brown (7-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
3. Steve Byrnes (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
4. Timothy Credeur (9-2 MMA, 0-0UFC)
5. C.B. Dollaway (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
6. Mike Marrello (6-1-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
7. Prince Mclean (4-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
8. Aaron Meisner (3-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
9. Jeremiah Riggs (1-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
10. David Roberts (5-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
11. Amir Sadollah (0-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
12. Brandon Sene (2-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
13. Dan Simmler (0-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
14. Jesse Taylor (6-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
15. Luke Zachrich (7-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC)

For the latest news about “The Ultimate Fighter 7,” check out the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.