Completed MMA Event

The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale

The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale
  • Friday 12.01.2017 at 10:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Fox Sports 1 | Prelims: UFC Fight Pass
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: WME-IMG
  • Venue: Park Theatre
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Dan Hellie, Daniel Cormier
  • Ring Announcer: Joe Martinez
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Daniel Cormier
  • TV Ratings: 501,000 avg. viewers (361k FS1 prelims, 566k peak)
  • MMA Bouts: 11
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Fight of the Night
    Nicco Montaño vs. Roxanne Modafferi   |   $50,000 bonus to each fighter
  • Performance of the Night
    Eric Spicely vs. Gerald Meerschaert   |   $50,000 bonus to Meerschaert
  • Performance of the Night
    Joe Soto vs. Brett Johns   |   $50,000 bonus to Johns

Referees

  • John McCarthy
    Montaño vs. Modafferi (11)Murphy vs. Honchak (9)Bennett vs. Fábián (7)
  • Herb Dean
    O'Malley vs. Ware (10)
  • Jason Herzog
    Spicely vs. Meerschaert (8)
  • Mark Smith
    Soto vs. Johns (6)Sanchez vs. Janes (4)Beck vs. Dobson (2)
  • Chris Tognoni
    Marks vs. De La Rosa (5)Ostovich vs. Gevorgyan (3)Robertson vs. Whitmire (1)

Fight Predictions

Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale is closed for new predictions. 1,030 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.

Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale Leaderboard

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