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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The Ultimate Fighter's 21st season was officially unveiled on Saturday during the UFC's "Welcome to the Show" kickoff press conference, and it will change up the format a bit for the 10th year of the program's existence.
The show will be leaving Las Vegas and heading to South Florida, where eight welterweights from rival gyms American Top Team and Blackzilians will square off for an up to $500,000 team prize.
According to a further report from FoxSports.com, the money will be divvied up based on wins and losses during the season, along with a chunk to the gym that ultimately wins the tournament. Throughout the series, the fights will take place in each respective gym, with control of fight picks and location going to each week's winner.
Below is the list of fighters competing from each team:
AMERICAN TOP TEAM
Marcelo Alfaya (16-7, 1NC) Porto Alegre, Brazil
Steve Carl (21-4), Belle Plain, Iowa
Nathan Coy (14-5), Vallejo, Calif.
Michael Graves (4-0), Toledo, Ohio
Hayder Hassan (6-1), Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Sabah Homasi (8-4), New Brunswick, N.J.
Uros Jurisic (5-0), Ljubljana, Slovenia
Steve Montgomery (8-2), Florence, S.C.
BLACKZILIANS
Valdir Araujo (14-5), Gama, Federal District, Brazil
Carrington Banks (3-0), Peoria, Ill.
Luiz Buscape (16-5), Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil
Jason Jackson (4-2), Kingston, Jamaica
Vincente Luque (7-4-1), Westwood, NJ
Andrews Nakahara (4-2-2), Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Felipe Portela (8-2), Brasilia, Brazil
Kamarudeen Usman (5-1), Auchi, Nigeria
ATT's Dan Lambert and Blackzilians' Glenn Robinson will be the featured heads of the two teams this season, which will premiere on Fox Sports 1 on April 22.
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