The Ultimate Fighter Live
Officials with the Ultimate Fighting Championship have added six new bouts to the upcoming “The Ultimate Fighter: Live” Finale card, set for Friday, June 1, 2012.
Five of the new matchups are between members of the reality series tv show and one non-”TUF” bout.
All of the bouts were officially added by the UFC to the event fight card on Wednesday.
The Ultimate Fighter Live Finale is set for June 1, at The Pearl in Las Vegas, Nevada and is headlined by a welterweight match between Jake Ellenberger vs. Martin Kampmann.
The non-”TUF” bout has UFC newcomer, bantamweight fighter Eric Perez (10-4), replacing Byron Bloodworth (6-2) in a match versus John Albert (7-2).
In action from the “TUF: Live” cast are Justin Lawrence (3-0) and John Cofer (7-1). Lawrence was eliminated in the quarterfinals and was a member of Team Cruz. Cofer was a member of Team Faber and was elimnated in the preliminary round.
Myles Jury (9-0) meets Chris Saunders (9-2). Jury was a member of Team Cruz, while Saunders was a member of Team Faber. Jury was eliminated by Al Iaquinta in the preliminary round and Saunders was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Vinc Pichel.
Daron Cruickshank (10-2) takes on Chris Tickle (7-4). Cruickshank was a member of Team Faber, losing in the quarterfinals, and Tickle, who was a member of Team Cruz, was also eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Cristiano Marcello (12-4) of Team Faber was eliminated in the preliminary round, takes on Team Cruz’s Sam Sicilia (10-0), who was also eliminated in the preliminary round.
And finally Jeremy Larsen (8-2) takes on Joe Proctor (7-1). Larsen was a member of Team Cruz and was eliminated in the preliminary round. Proctor was a member of Team Faber and lost in the quarterfinals.