1.4k shares SHARE TWEET SMS SEND EMAIL LAS VEGAS – The 16 cast members who compete on the upcoming 10th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” were revealed today during the UFC Fan Expo at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Previously rumored participants who were officially introduced during today’s fan festival included former EliteXC headliner Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson, former IFL heavyweight champion Roy “Big Country” Nelson, NFL veteran Marcus Jones and others. Check out the full list of all 16 heavyweight cast members, with their bios, below. “The Ultimate Fighter 10” finished taping just this week with former UFC light heavyweight champions Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson serving as coaches. The competition reality series debuts Sept. 16 on Spike TV, which first introduced “TUF” in early 2005, following a broadcast of UFC Fight Night 16 live from Oklahoma City. This season’s edition of “TUF” is the first to feature heavyweights since season two in 2005 and thefirst ever to focus solely on the weight class. However, unlike “TUF 2,” most of the UFC hopefuls are true heavyweights and are unlikely to drop to light heavyweight as show winner Rashad Evans and cast members such as Keith Jardine and Mike Whitehead did. In addition to the surprise casting of EliteXC vet Ferguson, the former headliner of a major (but now-defunct) UFC competitor, (www.mmajunkie.com) first reported last month that “TUF 10” will also feature four former , including Jones, Matt Mitrione, Brendan Schaub and Wes Shivers. Check out the full cast below (records provided by Spike TV). Zak Jensen (11-2): The 6-foot-4, 265-pound 26-year-old Jensen was a collegiate wrestler and football player at Northern Illinois University and Augsburg College. After college, he found success in “Tough Man” competitions and Golden Gloves competitions and eventually made the move to MMA in 2007. Marcus Jones (4-1): The 6-foot-6, 260-pound 35-year-old Jones is the most prolific of the show’s NFLquartet. While playing defensive end at the University of North Carolina, Jones was an All-American and the 1995 ACC Defensive Player of the Year and became the 1996 first-round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. After eight successful years in the NFL, he joined Gracie Tampa and made the transition to MMA. Scott Junk (6-2): The 6-foot-1, 265-pound 30-year-old Junk was a former Division II All-American football player at Southwest Oklahoma State. After college, Junk began training in mixed martial arts, earning his way into the UFC in 2007. Junk, who took the fight on less-than-two-weeks’ notice, suffered a first-round submission loss to Christian Wellisch. John Madsen (3-0): The 6-foot, 240-pound 29-year-old Madsen grew up in South Dakota, where he earned all-conference and all-state honors in football, wrestling and track. After defeating current UFC champion Brock Lesnar in a high-school wrestling match, Madsen went on to earn a Division II wrestling national championship atSouth Dakota State University. Madsen currently trains at Matt Hughes’ H.I.T. Squad. James McSweeney (12-4): The 6-foot-4, 230-pound 28-year-old Englishman McSweeney started with a striking background, beginning his training in kickboxing at 6 years old before moving to Thailand to train full-time. After amassing a 136-9 combined record in multiple kickboxing organizations, McSweeney moved in with former UFC champion Rashad Evans and now trains full time at Greg Jackson’s MMA in New Mexico. Matt Mitrione (0-0): The 6-foot-3, 275-pound 30-year-old was a two-position football All-American while in high school. After attending Purdue University and earning All-Big Ten honors, Mitrione played six seasons in the NFL as a member of the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings. Following a devastating injury, Mitrione returned to his childhood passion of combat sports and began training with UFC veterans Chris Lytle and Jake O’Brien.  Roy Nelson (14-4): The 6-foot-1, 265-pound 33-year-old was