The 12th season of Spike TV’s popular original series, “The Ultimate Fighter,” will feature 28 of the best up-and-coming mixed martial artists, including Mike “The Marine” Richman, in the lightweight division (155 lbs) competing for a six-figure contract with the preeminent mixed martial organization in the world, The Ultimate Fighting Championship®

The fighters for this season’s “The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck” have all gathered in Las Vegas with one goal – to become the next “The Ultimate Fighter.” As in prior seasons, 14 of these competitors will win a preliminary bout to gain a place in the Ultimate Fighter House, one step closer to their ultimate goal, whereas the losers of these bouts are sent home.

The new season premieres Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 10:00 PM ET/PT Meet the competitors:

Watch for Michael at the 3:44 mark

Derrick Getzel v Mike Richman

We’ve got a crowd favorite in the house. People are on their feet before the fight even begins. Richman bears an uncanny resemblance to George St. Peirre. He even has the bad boy skin trunks. Comes in with a series of lightening-quick punches. Follows with knees. His combos are quick and vicious: punch to knee to elbow to knee to knee to knee to punch. All this happens in seconds. But Getzel has a chin, just takes it and keeps going, surprises Richman with a takedown, and lands a couple elbows. Richman look solid on the ground, rotates his leg for a omoplata. Getzel moves out of it. Richman regains his feet. It’s hard to keep with the speed of this fight. Richman is lethal, but totally composed. He’s not rushing the fight. Just competing at top speed. Bam. Done. Richman ends it with a choke. He steals the show and most likely has the Strikeforce contract.

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Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

Sept 13, 2009

On Saturday night in St. Paul, Minnesota, Ambition Promotions unveiled their first in a series of events dubbed “The Crucible,” an eight man tournament with the winner getting a contract with Strikeforce.

The main event of the evening was an exciting three minutes of action, with the crowd at their loudest for the bout’s entirety.

Mike Richman came out the uber-aggressor in this one…..

…..throwing bomb after bomb to a resilient Derrick Getzel. Getzel took the punishment and got in for a takedown and nearly got to mount before Richman countered and got back to his feet. Getzel again went for a takedown, but this time Richman sprawled nicely, locked on a choke and rolled through with it to finish off Getzel and take the final spot in the semifinals.

Ambition Promotions is the promoting arm of Ambition Training Academy, home to Strikeforce’s Brett Rogers. This card on Saturday was their first ever event, and as raucous crowd throughout the night could attest, the first event was a success.

“We met our expectations,” said Joey Clark, Co-Owner of the Ambition Training Academy. “This is the beginning of something way bigger. As long as we can get a certain amount of activity this thing can springboard even further.”

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Minnesota Low Blows.com

MNLB says, “I’ve made a few calls to try and find out what happened, because I personally was very much looking forward to seeing Richman fight again. Just thought I’d let all you Richman fans know, that if you were hoping to see the “Ultimate Assassin” in action on February 13th, you’re in luck. Richman will be fighting across town on the same night at Myth Nightclub for Brutaal MMA.”

Minnesota MMA

It will be no-holds barred action on Friday night, June 27, as Elko Speedway and Champions Entertainment Centre will play host to a full night of ultimate fighting known as Cage Combat.

Local fighters include Burnsville’s Mike Richman.