The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale
| The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Date | December 15, 2012 | |||
| Venue | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | |||
| City |  Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 15, 2012 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]
Background
Shane Carwin was expected to face Roy Nelson in the event's headliner. However, Carwin suffered a knee injury and was replaced by Matt Mitrione.[2]
Official fight card
| Main Card (FX) | ||||||||
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| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
| Heavyweight | Matt Mitrione
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vs. | Roy Nelson
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| Welterweight | Mike Pyle
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vs. | James Head
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| Preliminary Card | ||||||||
| Welterweight | TJ Waldburger
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vs. | Nick Catone
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| Bantamweight | Johnny Bedford
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vs. |  Marcos Vinicius
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| Lightweight | Vinc Pichel
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vs. |  Rustam Khabilov
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| Bantamweight | Reuben Duran
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vs. | Hugo Viana
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| Flyweight | Jared Papazian
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vs. | Tim Elliott
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Announced Bouts
- Lightweight bout:
Melvin Guillard vs. Jamie Varner[4] - Heavyweight bout: Pat Barry vs. Shane del Rosario[5]
- Featherweight bout: Dustin Poirier vs. Jonathan Brookins[4]
- Lightweight bout: John Cofer vs. Mike Rio[6]
See also
References
- ^ Staff (2012-08-30). "TUF 16 Finale, not UFC on FX 6, slated for Dec. 15 in Las Vegas". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ Brett Okamoto (2012-11-15). "Sources: Mitrione replaces Carwin". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
- ^ "The Ultimate Fighter® 16 Finale". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ^ a b Staff (2012-11-01). "Guillard vs. Varner on for TUF Finale". UFC.com. Retrieved 2012-11-01. Cite error: The named reference "Gets" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Morgan, Matt; Erickson (2012-10-23). "Pat Barry vs. Shane Del Rosario targeted for December's TUF 16 Finale in Las Vegas". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
{{cite web}}: More than one of|first1=and|first=specified (help) - ^ Staff (2012-10-31). "John Cofer meets fellow 'TUF: Live' cast member Mike Rio at TUF 16 Finale". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
