UFC to release full fight videos of 'TUF 18' elimination bouts

Season 18 of “The Ultimate Fighter” premiered on Wednesday, the start of a groundbreaking season for the UFC’s long-running reality competition series.

For the first time, women are competing for a chance to become “The Ultimate Fighter” – and living in the same house with their male counterparts on the show.

Wednesday’s two-hour season-opening episode on FOX Sports 1 featured the elimination fights to get into the house – eight women’s fights and eight men’s fights, all in the bantamweight division.

Some fights were shown in full. Others, however, had to be shown as highlight packages due to time constraints on the broadcast.

But on Saturday, promotion officials told MMAjunkie.com, the UFC will release all the elimination fights in their entirety – and uncensored. The promotion will host the full fight videos at UFC.com starting Saturday at 3 p.m. ET (noon PT).

Fans can view the fights in full – with the full audio as White and head coaches Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate observed the bouts and, ultimately, the fighters who would make it onto the show.

“The Ultimate Fighter” airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT) on FOX Sports 1. On Nov. 30, the show’s finalists meet at the TUF 18 Finale at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, and on Dec. 28, Rousey defends her title against Tate in the co-main event of UFC 168 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, also in Las Vegas.

Catch new episodes of “The Ultimate Fighter 18: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate” every Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT) on FOX Sports 1. MMAjunkie.com recaps each episode of the reality series.