A heavyweight bout has been officially added to The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale on July 6th in Las Vegas as Derrick Lewis will meet Guto Inocente.
The fight booking was recently made official by the UFC.
The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale will come from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on July 6th and will be headlined by the trilogy fight between Frankie Edgar and B.J. Penn.
Lewis (10-2, 1NC) made his UFC debut last month as he won his fourth straight fight with a TKO win over Jack May in the first round. He is unbeaten in his last seven fights and all of his wins have come by TKO/KO or submission.
Inocente (6-2) will be making his UFC debut in this fight as he is also on a four fight winning streak. The former Strikeforce heavyweight has won five of his six fights by stoppage and his last fight took place in 2012 where he defeated Virgil Zwicker by unanimous decision.
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
Kevin Lee (7-1) vs. Jesse Ronson (13-4)
Justin Scoggins (9-0) vs. Dustin Ortiz (13-3)
Derrick Lewis (10-2, 1NC) vs. Guto Inocente (6-2)