Ringside Report

The Ultimate Fighter Finale show airs at 9pm Eastern time on Spike TV. Brendan Schaub will fight Roy Nelson for the Ultimate Fighter Season 10 title and a six-figure UFC contract. Kimbo Slice will make his official UFC debut against Houston Alexander, Marcus Jones will fight Matt Mitrione, Frankie Edgar will fight Matt Veach and Matt Hamill will face Jon “Bones” Jones in the main event.

In the preliminary fights:

Mark Bocek defeated Joe Brammer via submission in Round 1

John Howard defeated Dennis Hallman via knockout in Round 3

Brian Stann defeated Rodney Wallace via unanimous decision

Jon Madsen defeated Justin Wren via split decision

James McSweeney defeated Darrill Schoonover via TKO in Round 3

Marcus Jones v. Matt Mitrione (heavyweight)

Jones comes in with a leg kick and clinches Mitrione into the cage before tripping him down. Jones gets side-control of Mitrione but does little damage and Mitrione gets back to his feet. Mitrione lands a nice knee to the face in a Muay-Thai clinch but Jones clinches his opponent and pins him up against the cage. Mitrione lands an elbow and a high knee against the cage but Jones locks in a guillotine choke with two minutes remaining in the first round. Mitrione escapes the hold and steps away from a downed Marcus Jones. The referee separates the men and brings Jones back to his feet. Jones eats a left hand but scores a takedown of Mitrione but Mitrione quickly rises to his feet. Mitrione lands a big left hand but Marcus Jones takes him down and lands a big punch in side-control as the round comes to a close. Ringside Report Scores Round 1 for Marcus Jones: 10-9

Marcus Jones throws a big right hand but misses and gets caught with a left cross that knocks him out. Matt Mitrione defeats Marcus Jones via KO at 0:10 in Round 2

Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and TNA President Dixie Carter are shown ringside enjoying the show.

Frank Edgar v. Matt Veach (155 lbs.)

Veach dives in for an early takedown which Edgar avoids. Veach lands a left hook and tries for a single-leg takedown but Edgar escapes again. Edgar lands a head kick but Veach scores a takedown, Edgar quickly escapes but Veach picks up Edgar and slams him to the mat. Edgar takes little damage on the ground and gets to his feet but gets slammed again. Edgar gets to his feet and lands a nice body kick on Matt Veach. Veach lands a good counter-left hook and an uppercut but Edgar lands a jab. Edgar throws a body kick that Veach catches as the first round comes to a close. Ringside Report Scores Round 1 for Matt Veach: 10-9

Veach charges in for a takedown to start the second round but Edgar works to stop the takedown and escape Veach’s grip. Edgar lands a nice punching combo and follows up with two nice jabs. Edgar lands a big right hook that drops Veach. Edgar works some ground and pound from the full mount and takes Veach’s back to lock in a rear-naked choke to force the submission. Frank Edgar defeats Matt Veach via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:22 in Round 2

Joe Rogan does an interview with Hulk Hogan who announces that Monday January 4, TNA Impact will go head-to-head with Monday Night Raw and the WWE. This is big news for the pro wrestling industry and an interesting choice to announce the news on a UFC show.

Kimbo Slice v. Houston Alexander (215 lbs.)

Houston Alexander circles around Kimbo for the first 60 seconds of the fight, throwing only one leg kick that did not connect. Alexander continues to circle and lands a few inside leg kicks on Kimbo with little action after two minutes of the fight. Kimbo throws a right cross but Alexander lands a hard inside leg kick. Kimbo eventually lands with some jabs but Alexander circles away and avoids taking any clean shots. Houston Alexander continues to attack Slice’s arthritic knee with inside leg kicks as the first round comes to a close. The crowd boos after an unimpressive first round. Ringside Report Scores Round 1 for Houston Alexander: 10-9

Houston Alexander continues to circle and throw leg kicks in the second round, keeping a distance from Kimbo Slice. Kimbo finally manages to land a straight right hand that rocked Houston Alexander and followed up with a takedown. Slice mounted Alexander but Houston escaped and rose to his feet. Alexander threw a leg kick and slipped which allowed Slice to pounce and land some heavy punches on Alexander before pinning him against the cage. Slice scored a huge slam of Alexander but Houston again got back to his feet. Kimbo was able to score another takedown on Alexander and landed a big right hand from the full-mount. Alexander turned over and gave up his back to allow Kimbo to land some heavy punches and attempt a choke. Kimbo was unable to lock in the choke and got back in a mount, working some elbows on Alexander. Houston Alexander again turned to his back and was able to slide under Kimbo and get to his feet. Kimbo tried another slam but Houston countered and landed on him as the round came to a close. Ringside Report Scores Round 2 for Kimbo Slice: 10-9

Alexander throws another leg kick to start the final round and follows up with a jab that connects. Kimbo and Alexander land jabs simultaneously as both men look tired and battered. Alexander lands a jab that excites Kimbo as he urges his opponent to bring the fight. Alexander lands a big leg kick that dropped Kimbo Slice but Kimbo got back to his feet and scored a takedown. Kimbo landed a hammer fist and some body punches from half-guard with less than two minutes remaining. After some inaction on the ground the fighters were stood up with just one minute remaining. Alexander continues to throw leg kicks on Slice but Kimbo rushed back with a straight right hand. Alexander fired back and landed an elbow that rocked Slice but he recovered and both men faced off as the fight came to a close. Ringside Report Scores Round 3 for Kimbo Slice: 10-9

Kimbo Slice defeats Houston Alexander via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).

Jon “Bones” Jones v. Matt “The Hammer” Hamill (205 lbs.)

Jones threw a nice head kick early in the fight but Hamill scored with nice left hook and a leg kick. Jones landed a big body kick, Hamill attempted a spinning-back fist but missed. Hamill attempted a takedown but Jones stuffed the attempt and landed a spinning back fist. Jones clinched up with Hamill and tripped him down to the mat. Jones quickly transitioned into a full mount and landed a barrage of speedy and vicious elbows and fists that busted open Matt Hamill. Jones continued to land strikes on a defenceless Hamill but was stopped by the referee for an illegal elbow strike. Jones got to his feet but Hamill stayed down on the mat. The referee asked him if he wanted to continue but he was unresponsive and referee Steve Mazzagatti put a stop to the fight.

Matt Hamill defeats Jon Jones via disqualification due to illegal elbows.

That fight could have easily been ruled a no contest but the referee ruled it a disqualification. Jon Jones was dominant in this fight and would have won had it not been for the illegal strike. Jones was humble in the post fight interview and told Joe Rogan “everything happens for a reason.”

Dana White announces that Season 11 of The Ultimate Fighter will be coached by Tito Ortiz and the returning “Iceman” Chuck Liddell. Ortiz versus Liddell will happen for a third time. The next season of TUF will feature middleweight fighters.

Roy Nelson v. Brendan Schaub (TUF 10 Heavyweight Final)

Schaub scores a jab early in the fight, Nelson tries to take him down but Schaub avoids it and lands a flurry of punches on Nelson. Roy Nelson circles way and comes back in to take down Schaub and smother him in side-control. Schaub stays pinned down and takes some knees to the body but is able to scramble back to his feet. Schaub lands a right cross and a two-punch combo on Nelson who covers up. Schaub lands a jab but Nelson counters with a heavy right hand. The fighters continue to circle until Nelson lands a huge right hook that knocks down Brendan Schaub, Nelson follows up with another hard punch but Schaub is unconscious and the referee stops the fight.

Roy Nelson defeats Brendan Schaub via KO at 3:45 in Round 1 to become the winner of The Ultimate Fighter Season 10