Travis “The Serial Killer” Lutter was born on May 12th, 1973 in Fort Worth, Texas. Travis opened his MMA career by appearing on Spike TV’s The Ultimate Fighter 4 television show. He defeated Pete Sell in the semi-final founds before facing off against and defeating Canadian heavyweight fighter Patrick Cote to win the show and a six-figure multi-fight contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
One of the bigger perks that came with the win on The Ultimate Fighter was a guarteed title match against the then-UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva. February 3rd, 2007 brought both fighters together for the pre-fight weigh-in. Lutter’s first attempt weighed him at 187 pounds, two pounds above the 185 that was needed to make the weight class. After a second attempt two hours later that registered him at 186.5, UFC management kept the scheduled bout but reduced it to a three round non-title fight. With many upset fans and spectators, Lutter went on to lose the fight anyway, falling to a combination of strikes and a triangle choke in the second round. UFC management quickly announced that Lutter would not receive a make-up title match automatically; he had blown his chance.
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