The series was officially announced by Bellator and Spike TV at a press conference on February 5, 2013. The coaches and trainers for the series, which will feature 32 welterweight fighters, will be Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, Greg Jackson, and Joe Warren. The 32 fighters will be competing for a spot in Bellator's welterweight tournament. The weekly series will culminate in a live season finale on Spike TV with the winner advancing into the fall welterweight tournament. It debuted on Spike TV on June 19, 2013. The first seven shows aired on Wednesday nights at 10pm. However, due to declining ratings, Spike opted to move the show's final three episodes to Thursday at 11pm to follow Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Chip Pollard, Christopher Curtis, Brendan Tierney, Darryl Cobb, Josh Quayhagen, Rob Mills, Tom Gallicchio, Brett Nakamura, Joe Williams, Steve Montgomery, Jacob Ortiz, Marcus Aurelio, Dom O'Grady, Artenas Young, Gareth Joseph, Frank Carrillo, Andy Uhrich
Episodes
;Episode 1: "Fight to Choose"
An introduction video explained the Fight Master concept where fighters are allowed to pick their own coaches.
The introduction of the four coaches, Randy Couture, Frank Shamrock, Greg Jackson and Joe Warren.
The elimination round continued with the final five fights:
The final fight was scheduled to be Frank Carrillo against Joe Riggs. However, Carrillo injured his left shoulder while warming up and was unable to fight. With the approval of the athletic commission, Mills was allowed to re-enter the tournament.
;Episode 4: "Training Day"
The 15 advancing fighters move into the house and start training with the coaches.
Due to being one fighter short, Shamrock is allowed to bring back a fighter who lost; he chose Joe Williams.
The coaches rank the fighters in order of 1 through 16 and the fighters are randomly chosen in order to pick their fights
Two elimination fights were held.
;Episode 5: "Strikers and Wrestlers"
Two more elimination fights were held.
Norwood chose Bronzoulis to be his opponent.
Gonzalez chose Joe Williams to be his opponent.
;Episode 6: "Old School, New School"
Two more elimination fights were held.
Welch chose Barnes to be his opponent.
Top seed Riggs chose Scallan to be his opponent.
;Episode 7: "Who is the Underdog Now?"
The final two elimination fights were held.
Souza chose Cutts to be his opponent.
Matthews chose Bradley to be his opponent.
;Episode 8: "Friend or Foe?"
The coaches rank the remaining fighters; Joe Riggs is once again the top seed.
Cole Williams chose Barnes to be his opponent.
Bellator fighter Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal shows up to watch the next match.
The final four fighters are ranked by the coaches with Cole Williams superseding Joe Riggs as the new top seed.
Williams chose Riggs to be his opponent.
Bradley and Bronzoulis were the final two contestants.
The two finalists, Riggs and Bronzoulis, faced off in the cage with their coaches Jackson and Couture, respectively.
Coach selections
First Round Rankings
Second Round Rankings
Tournament Bracket
Finale
The finale between Joe Riggs and Mike Bronzoulis was expected to take place on September 7, 2013 at Bellator 98. However, on September 3, Riggs sustained a significant eye injury and the bout was postponed. The finale took place at Bellator 106 on November 2, 2013.
