The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson | |
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Genre | Reality, Sports |
Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
Starring | Dana White, Shane Carwin, and Roy Nelson |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | FX |
Release | September 14, 2012 |
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson is the sixteenth main installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter .
This season reverted to the taped format, after The Ultimate Fighter: Live's 12-week live format. The previous season saw the show be revamped. Prior seasons of the show were filmed in six weeks, edited and aired several months after filming was completed, whereas The Ultimate Fighter: Live was being filmed over thirteen weeks, featuring live fights. This season returned the old taped format, but stayed on Friday nights
Abandoning the usual open tryouts for the show, the UFC and FX interviewed candidates directly, with many interviewees being former-tryout participants. On July 12, 2012, Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin were announced as the coaches for the season.
Episode 1: Bring It!
Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick | 5th Pick | 6th Pick | 7th Pick | 8th Pick |
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Carwin | Sam Alvey | Bristol Marunde | Mike Ricci | Neil Magny | James Chaney | Eddy Ellis | Igor Araujo | Matt Secor |
Nelson | Dom Waters | Michael Hill | Cameron Diffley | Colton Smith | Jon Manley | Nic Herron-Webb | Joey Rivera | Julian Lane |
Episode 2: What We Do
Episode 3: We Have Control
Episode 4: Can't Fix Stupid
Episode 5: Unleash the Beast
Episode 6: One Mission
Episode 7: Summer Camp
Episode 8: Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Elimination Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finale | |||||||||||
Joey Rivera | MD | |||||||||||||
Sam Alvey | 2 | |||||||||||||
Joey Rivera | 2 | |||||||||||||
Jon Manley | MD | |||||||||||||
Jon Manley | SUB | |||||||||||||
James Chaney | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jon Manley | 3 | |||||||||||||
Colton Smith | UD | |||||||||||||
Nic Herron-Webb | 2 | |||||||||||||
Igor Araujo | MD | |||||||||||||
Igor Araujo | 2 | |||||||||||||
Colton Smith | UD | |||||||||||||
Colton Smith | MD | |||||||||||||
Eddy Ellis | 2 | |||||||||||||
Colton Smith | UD | |||||||||||||
Mike Ricci | 3 | |||||||||||||
Dom Waters | 3 | |||||||||||||
Mike Ricci | UD | |||||||||||||
Mike Ricci | UD | |||||||||||||
Michael Hill | 2 | |||||||||||||
Michael Hill | SD | |||||||||||||
Matt Secor | 3 | |||||||||||||
Mike Ricci | KO | |||||||||||||
Neil Magny | 1 | |||||||||||||
Julian Lane | 2 | |||||||||||||
Bristol Marunde | UD | |||||||||||||
Bristol Marunde | 2 | |||||||||||||
Neil Magny | UD | |||||||||||||
Cameron Diffley | 2 | |||||||||||||
Neil Magny | UD | |||||||||||||
Team Carwin | ||
Team Nelson | ||
UD | Unanimous Decision | |
MD | Majority Decision | |
SD | Split Decision | |
SUB | Submission | |
KO | Knockout | |
Fighters were awarded $25,000 bonuses. Fans chose the winners of the season bonuses.
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | December 15, 2012 | |||
Venue | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Attendance | 2,427 [1] | |||
Total gate | $569,075 [1] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It took place on December 15, 2012, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. [2]
Shane Carwin was expected to face Roy Nelson in the event's headliner. However, Carwin suffered a knee injury and was replaced by Matt Mitrione. [3]
A bout between Melvin Guillard and Jamie Varner was previously linked to this card. But due to an illness, Varner had to be removed from the card thus scrapping the fight, and rebooking to UFC 155. [4]
Main card (FX) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Roy Nelson | def. | Matt Mitrione | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:58 | |
Welterweight | Colton Smith | def. | Mike Ricci | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | [a] |
Heavyweight | Pat Barry | def. | Shane del Rosario | KO (punches) | 2 | 0:26 | |
Featherweight | Dustin Poirier | def. | Jonathan Brookins | Submission (D'Arce choke) | 1 | 4:15 | |
Preliminary card (Fuel TV) | |||||||
Welterweight | Mike Pyle | def. | James Head | TKO (knee and punches) | 1 | 1:55 | [b] |
Bantamweight | Johnny Bedford | def. | Marcos Vinicius | KO (punches) | 2 | 1:00 | |
Lightweight | Rustam Khabilov | def. | Vinc Pichel | KO (suplex and punches) | 1 | 2:15 | [c] |
Welterweight | TJ Waldburger | def. | Nick Catone | Technical Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 1:04 | |
Preliminary Card (Facebook) | |||||||
Bantamweight | Hugo Viana | def. | Reuben Duran | KO (punch) | 1 | 4:05 | |
Lightweight | Mike Rio | def. | John Cofer | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 4:11 | |
Flyweight | Tim Elliott | def. | Jared Papazian | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–25, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses. [6]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. [7]