The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale will take place next weekend in Las Vegas and the UFC has officially added Robert Drysdale vs. Keith Berish, Adriano Martins vs Juan Manuel Puig Carreon, and Jumabieke Tuerxun vs. Leandro Issa to the fight card.
UFC officials added the fights to the official fight card on the UFC website today.
The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale will come from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will be headlined by a trilogy bout as Frankie Edgar meets B.J. Penn.
Drysdale (6-0) will be making his UFC debut and all of his victories have come by submission. This is the third time the UFC has booked him for a fight and this will be his first fight since April of last year. Berish (5-0) is also making his UFC debut and he has won his last four fights in the first round. His last two victories have come by submission and one of those wins came in eighteen seconds against TUF 19 contestant Patrick Walsh.
Martins (25-7) won his UFC debut last year as he submitted Daron Cruickshank at UFC Fight Night 32. He returned in January on the main card of UFC on FOX 10 and was defeated by Donald Cerrone in the first round. Carreon (11-2) has won six straight fights and this will be his UFC debut. His last three wins have come by stoppage in the first round and the last two wins have been by submission.
Tuerxun (14-1) opened his career with fourteen straight victories before being defeated by Mark Eddiva in his UFC debut in March. Seven of his victories have come by stoppage, with four of those being by submission. Issa (11-4) also lost his UFC debut earlier this year as he was submitted by Russell Doane at UFC Fight Night 34 in January. He has won eight of his last ten and seven of his career wins have come by submission.
The current fight card for The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale is below.
Frankie Edgar (16-4-1) vs. B.J. Penn (16-9-2)
TBA vs. TBA – TUF 19 Light Heavyweight Final
TBA vs. TBA – TUF 19 Middleweight Final
Derrick Lewis (10-2, 1NC) vs. Guto Inocente (6-2)
Justin Scoggins (9-0) vs. Dustin Ortiz (13-3)
Kevin Lee (7-1) vs. Jesse Ronson (13-4)
Jumabieke Tuerxun (14-1) vs. Leandro Issa (11-4)
Adriano Martins (25-7) vs, Juan Manuel Puig Carreon (11-2)
Sarah Moraes (3-1) vs. Alexis Dufresne (5-0)
Robert Drysdale (6-0) vs. Keith Berish (5-0)