Completed MMA Event

The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale

• Saturday 12.15.2012 at 09:00 PM ET
• U.S. Broadcast: FX | Prelims: Fuel TV
• Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
• Venue: The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel
• Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
• Enclosure: Octagon
• TV Announcers: Mike Goldberg, Joe Rogan
• Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
• Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
• Ticket Revenue (live gate): $318,525
• Attendance: 2,500
• TV Ratings: 1.3M average viewers
• MMA Bouts: 11
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Fight Card

• KO/TKO, Punches
  2:58 Round 1 of 5

  11

  

  Roy Nelson

  

  Climbed to 18-7

  Main Event 265 5 x 5

  Matt Mitrione

  

  Fell to 5-2

  
• Tournament Championship
  Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 15:00 Total

  10

  

  Colton Smith

  

  Climbed to 3-1

  Co-Main Event 170 3 x 5

  Mike Ricci

  

  Fell to 7-3

  
• KO/TKO, Punches
  0:26 Round 2 of 3, 5:26 Total

  9

  

  Pat Barry

  

  Climbed to 8-5

  Main Card 265 3 x 5

  Shane Del Rosario

  

  Fell to 11-2

  
• Submission, D'Arce Choke
  4:15 Round 1 of 3

  8

  

  Dustin Poirier

  

  Climbed to 13-2

  Main Card 145 3 x 5

  Jonathan Brookins

  

  Fell to 13-6

  
• KO/TKO, Knee and Punches
  1:55 Round 1 of 3

  7

  

  Mike Pyle

  

  Climbed to 24-8

  Prelim 170 3 x 5

  James Head

  

  Fell to 9-3

  
• KO/TKO, Punches
  1:00 Round 2 of 3, 6:00 Total

  6

  

  Johnny Bedford

  

  Climbed to 19-9

  Prelim 135 3 x 5

  Marcos Vinicius

  

  Fell to 20-4

  
• KO/TKO, Slam and Punches
  2:15 Round 1 of 3

  5

  

  Rustam Khabilov

  

  Climbed to 15-1

  Prelim 155 3 x 5

  Vinc Pichel

  

  Fell to 7-1

  
• Submission, Triangle Choke
  1:04 Round 2 of 3, 6:04 Total

  4

  

  TJ Waldburger

  

  Climbed to 16-7

  Prelim 170 3 x 5

  Nick Catone

  

  Fell to 9-4

  
• KO/TKO, Punch
  4:05 Round 1 of 3

  3

  

  Hugo Viana

  

  Climbed to 7-0

  Prelim 135 3 x 5

  Reuben Duran

  

  Fell to 8-4

  
• Submission, Armbar
  4:11 Round 3 of 3, 14:11 Total

  2

  

  Mike Rio

  

  Climbed to 9-1

  Prelim 155 3 x 5

  John Cofer

  

  Fell to 7-4

  
• Decision, Unanimous
  3 Rounds, 15:00 Total

  1

  

  Tim Elliott

  

  Climbed to 9-3

  Prelim 125 3 x 5

  Jared Papazian

  

  Fell to 14-9