The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale
Encyclopedia
The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale is an upcoming mixed martial arts
event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship
on December 3, 2011 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
, Nevada
, United States
.
– Team Bisping vs Team Mayhem in the Featherweight
and Bantamweight
divisions.
With Fox Sports set to take over UFC broadcasting rights in January 2012 this was expected to be the last live UFC event to be broadcast on Spike TV. However it has been announced that Spike TV will air preliminary bouts until the end of their deal. The card will be shown in the UK on FX.
The preliminary bouts will be streamed on Facebook and are expected to mainly consist of cast members of the show.
Akira Corassani
was originally slated to fight Steven Siler at this event. However, Corassani suffered an injury and was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced by Josh Clopton.
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
event to be held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
on December 3, 2011 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Background
Featured will be the finalists from The Ultimate Fighter 14The Ultimate Fighter 14
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller is the fourteenth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship -produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter....
– Team Bisping vs Team Mayhem in the Featherweight
Featherweight (MMA)
The featherweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Pancrase's featherweight division, which groups competitors within 136 to 145 lb...
and Bantamweight
Bantamweight (MMA)
The bantamweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*The King of the Cage bantamweight class with upper limit at 145 lb...
divisions.
With Fox Sports set to take over UFC broadcasting rights in January 2012 this was expected to be the last live UFC event to be broadcast on Spike TV. However it has been announced that Spike TV will air preliminary bouts until the end of their deal. The card will be shown in the UK on FX.
The preliminary bouts will be streamed on Facebook and are expected to mainly consist of cast members of the show.
Akira Corassani
Akira Corassani
Hamid Akira Corassani is a Swedish professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Corassani has made a name for himself fighting mainly in Western Europe. He is a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs...
was originally slated to fight Steven Siler at this event. However, Corassani suffered an injury and was forced to pull out of the bout. He was replaced by Josh Clopton.
Main card
- Middleweight bout:
Michael BispingMichael BispingMichael Gavin Joseph Bisping is an English mixed martial artist born in Cyprus but living in Clitheroe, Lancashire. He currently fights as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion, former Cage Rage light...
vs.
Jason Miller - Featherweight TUF Finale: Dennis BermudezDennis BermudezDennis Bermudez is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division and formerly in the lightweight division. Bermudez has been a professional MMA competitor since 2009. He has made a name for himself mainly fighting on the east coast. He is a competitor on Spike TV's...
vs.
Diego BrandaoDiego BrandaoDiego Brandao is an Brazilian professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Brandao has made a name for himself fighting in the United States and in his home country of Brazil. Brandao has competed against top competitors such as a Brian Foster, Matt Veach, and... - Bantamweight TUF Finale: T.J. DillashawT.J. DillashawTylor Jeffery "T.J." Dillashaw is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2010, Dillashaw has made a name for himself fighting throughout the West Coast. He is a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs...
vs. John DodsonJohn Dodson (fighter)Johnathan Dodson III is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2004, Dodson has made a name for himself fighting mainly in the Southwest region. He is a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller.-Early life:Dodson... - Lightweight bout: Tony Ferguson vs.
Yves EdwardsYves Edwards|-| Win| align="center" | 41-17-1| Rafaello Oliveira| TKO | UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson| | align="center" | 2| align="center" | 2:44| Washington, D.C||-| Loss| align="center" | 40-17-1| Sam Stout| KO... - Bantamweight bout: Johnny BedfordJohnny BedfordJohnny Bedford is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Bedford has made a name for himself fighting all over the United States, mainly the Midwest region. Bedford has competed for top organizations such as Bellator Fighting Championships....
vs. Louis Gaudinot
Preliminary card
- Featherweight bout: Marcus Brimage vs. Stephen Bass
- Bantamweight bout: Dustin PagueDustin PagueDustin Pague is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Pague has made a name for himself fighting all over the East coast region. He is currently the Ring of Combat bantamweight champion. He is a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate...
vs. John Albert - Bantamweight bout:
Roland Delorme vs. Josh Ferguson - Featherweight bout: Steven Siler vs. Josh Clopton
- Featherweight bout: Bryan CarawayBryan CarawayBryan Caraway is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division and formerly the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Caraway has made a name for himself fighting for Strikeforce, EliteXC, and World Extreme Cagefighting. He is a competitor on...
vs. Dustin Neace