
- 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
Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts
Honors & Awards
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Knockout of the NightPat Barry vs. Shane Del Rosario | $40,000 bonus to Barry
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Submission of the NightTJ Waldburger vs. Nick Catone | $40,000 bonus to Waldburger
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Fight of the NightTim Elliott vs. Jared Papazian | $40,000 bonus to each fighter


Referees
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Herb Dean
Nelson vs. Mitrione (11), Brookins vs. Poirier (8), Waldburger vs. Catone (4) -
Steve Mazzagatti
Ricci vs. Smith (10), Pyle vs. Head (7), Viana vs. Duran (3) -
Kim Winslow
Barry vs. Del Rosario (9), Bedford vs. Vinicius (6), Cofer vs. Rio (2) -
Chris Tognoni
Khabilov vs. Pichel (5), Elliott vs. Papazian (1)
Fight Predictions
Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale is closed for new predictions. 982 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.
Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale Leaderboard
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80%20%
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44%56%
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86%14%
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75%25%
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83%17%
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78%22%