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The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on July 12, 2015 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Official fight card
Fight Card
Welterweight Jake Ellenberger vs. Stephen Thompson
Welterweight Kamaru Usman vs. Hayder Hassan The Ultimate Fighter 21 Final.
Welterweight Michael Graves vs. Vicente Luque
Welterweight Jorge Masvidal vs. Cezar Ferreira
Women's Strawweight Angela Magana vs. Michelle Waterson
Featherweight Maximo Blanco vs. Mike De La Torre
Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)
Middleweight Josh Samman vs. Caio Magalhães
Bantamweight Russell Doane vs. Jerrod Sanders
Middleweight Dan Miller vs. Trevor Smith
Welterweight George Sullivan vs. Dominic Waters
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Flyweight Darrell Montague vs. Willie Gates
Background
The event was originally expected to be held in South Florida. However on May 15, the event was moved to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A lightweight bout between former WEC & UFC Lightweight champion Benson Henderson and Michael Johnson was initially linked as the event headliner. However on May 15, a welterweight bout between Jake Ellenberger and Stephen Thompson was announced as the main event. Although never officially announced by the UFC, the bout between Henderson and Johnson will not take place at this event.
The welterweight finals of The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians are expected to take place at the event.
Márcio Alexandre Jr. was scheduled to face George Sullivan at the event. However, Alexandre pulled out of the fight during the week leading up to the event citing a rib injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Dominic Waters.
Jul 10 - Updated fight card & background