With a knee injury forcing “The Ultimate Fighter: 16″ coach Shane Carwin off next months finale, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has turned to Matt Mitrione to replace the former interim heavyweight champ. Mitrione will now meet Carwin’s opposing coach Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson in the main event.
The TUF 16: Finale is expected to take place on December 15, 2012 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The card will also feature the TUF season final.
The current official card appears as follows:
Main Card (FX)
Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson vs. Matt Mitrione
Welterweight bout: Mike Pyle vs. James Head
Preliminary Card
Welterweight bout: TJ Waldburger vs. Nick Catone
Bantamweight bout: Johnny Bedford vs. Marcos Vinicius
Lightweight bout: Vinc Pichel vs. Rustam Khabilov
Bantamweight bout: Reuben Duran vs. Hugo Viana
Flyweight bout: Jared Papazian vs. Tim Elliott
Announced bouts
Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Jamie Varner
Heavyweight bout: Pat Barry vs. Shane del Rosario
Featherweight bout: Dustin Poirier vs. Jonathan Brookins
Lightweight bout: John Cofer vs. Mike Rio