Mike Pyle
A welterweight bout between Mike ‘Quicksand’ Pyle (23-8-1) and James Head (9-2) appears to be on tap for the TUF 16 Finale, which is expected to take place this December.
Pyle Tweeted (@Mike_Pyle) the news on Sunday night.
– I’ll be fighting James head in Vegas dec 15 !!!
The TUF 16 Finale is expected to occur on December 15, 2012 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will feature the finale for season sixteen of the reality series as well as a heavyweight tilt between coaches Shane Carwin and Roy ‘Big Country’ Nelson.
Pyle is 5-1 over his last six fights, winning his last two fights by finishing Josh Neer on UFC on FX 3 via knockout and Ricardo Funch via TKO at UFC 142. ‘Quicksand’ suffered a first round TKO loss to Rory MacDonald at UFC 133.
Head has won his last two dropping down to welterweight for both of those victories. He was last in action in July at UFC 149, after beating Brian Ebersole via split decision for his second win at 170-lbs. And submitted Papy Abedi at UFC on FUEL TV 2 in the first round by submission.