The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team Dos Santos Finale, (more commonly known as The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale), was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

 on June 4, 2011 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

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, Nevada

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, United States

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.

Background

Featured were the finalists from The Ultimate Fighter 13

The Ultimate Fighter 13

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos is the thirteenth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter....

– Team Lesnar vs Team Dos Santos in the Welterweight

Welterweight (MMA)

The welterweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*The UFC's & Strikeforce's welterweight division, which groups competitors within 156 to 170 lb...

 division.

Jonathan Brookins

Jonathan Brookins

Jonathan Brookins is a mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight and lightweight divisions. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Brookins has mostly fought in Florida, as well as competing in The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck...

 was expected to face Jeremy Stephens

Jeremy Stephens

Jeremy Dean Stephens is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter from Des Moines, Iowa. Stephens is currently signed under the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion, fighting in their lightweight division....

 at this event, but was forced from the bout with an eye injury and replaced by Danny Downes

Danny Downes

-Mixed martial arts career:Since turning professional in 2007, Downes has competed for several smaller organizations, while compiling an undefeated record and obtaining wins in promotions such as King of the Cage, with all of his fights taking place in his native Wisconsin...

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The day before the fights, the UFC confirmed via Twitter that all six preliminary fights will stream live on the UFC's Facebook

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 page.

Preliminary card (Facebook)

• Bantamweight bout:   Reuben Duran
  Reuben Duran
  Reuben Duran is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Duran has made a name for himself fighting in California...
  
   vs.   Francisco Rivera

Duran defeated Rivera via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:57 of round 3.

• Bantamweight bout:   Scott Jorgensen
  Scott Jorgensen
  Scott Roger Jorgensen is an American mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Bantamweight division and is a member of the Twisted Genetiks Fight Team based out of Boise, Idaho. He is considered a perennial top 5 ranked bantamweight fighter...
  
   vs.   Ken Stone
  Ken Stone (fighter)
  Ken Stone is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the bantamweight division of the UFC. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Stone had fought mostly in regional promotions on the east coast, before signing with Zuffa.-Background:...
  
  

Jorgensen defeated Stone via KO (punches) at 4:01 of round 1. This bout aired on the Spike TV broadcast following the Ferguson vs Nijem bout.

• Welterweight bout:   Clay Harvison
  Clay Harvison
  Clayton Harvison is a American mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Harvison has made a name for himself fighting in his homestate of Georgia. He was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs...
  
   vs.   Justin Edwards
  Justin Edwards (fighter)
  Justin Ross Edwards is an American mixed martial artist competing in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Edwards has made a name for himself fighting in the Midwest. He was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos...
  
  

Harvison defeated Edwards via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

• Welterweight bout:   Ryan McGillivray
  Ryan McGillivray
  Ryan McGillivray is a Canadian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, McGillivray was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos.-Early life:...
  
   vs.   Shamar Bailey
  Shamar Bailey
  Shamar Bailey is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Bailey has made a name for himself fighting in the Midwest, and his 1-1 stint with Strikeforce. He was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs...
  
  

Bailey defeated McGillivray via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

• Featherweight bout:   Josh Grispi
  Josh Grispi
  Josh Richard Grispi is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the UFC featherweight division.-Background:Grispi started mixed martial arts training when he was 13. It was suggested to him by his dad as an outlet when he got kicked out of a paintball facility after repeated scuffles with...
  
   vs.   George Roop
  George Roop
  George H. Roop is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir, winning his preliminary and first round fights...
  
  

Roop defeated Grispi via TKO (body punch) at 3:14 of round 3. This bout aired on the Spike TV broadcast following the Jorgensen vs Stone bout.

• Lightweight bout:   Jeremy Stephens
  Jeremy Stephens
  Jeremy Dean Stephens is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter from Des Moines, Iowa. Stephens is currently signed under the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion, fighting in their lightweight division....
  
   vs.   Danny Downes
  Danny Downes
  -Mixed martial arts career:Since turning professional in 2007, Downes has competed for several smaller organizations, while compiling an undefeated record and obtaining wins in promotions such as King of the Cage, with all of his fights taking place in his native Wisconsin...
  
  

Stephens defeated Downes via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–26, 30–26).

Main card

• Welterweight bout:   Chuck O'Neil
  Chuck O'Neil
  Chuck O'Neil is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, O'Neil has fought all over the Massachusetts area, building an 8-3 record on the regional circuit even having a 1-0 stint in Bellator Fighting Championships...
  
   vs.   Chris Cope
  Chris Cope
  Chris Cope is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Cope has made a name for himself fighting on the regional circuit in California. He was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos...
  
  

Cope defeated O'Neil via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Kyle Kingsbury
  Kyle Kingsbury
  Kyle Loren Kingsbury is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. Currently, Kyle is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championships , fighting in their light heavyweight division.- Early life :Kingsbury attended Monta...
  
   vs.   Fabio Maldonado
  Fabio Maldonado
  Fabio Rogerio Maldonado is a Brazilian boxer and mixed martial artist. Fabio Maldonado trains at the training center of Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antônio Rogério Nogueira in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
  
  

Kingsbury defeated Maldonado via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

• Middleweight bout:   Ed Herman vs.   Tim Credeur
  Tim Credeur
  Timothy Wallace Credeur II is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7 and was defeated by fellow cast member Jesse Taylor in the semi-finals. He was then brought back into the competition following the disqualification of Taylor. He fought C.B...
  
  

Herman defeated Credeur via TKO (punches) at 0:48 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Anthony Pettis
  Anthony Pettis
  Anthony Pettis is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Pettis has made a name for himself mainly fighting in his home state of Wisconsin. He is a former fighter for the World Extreme Cagefighting , where he was the...
  
   vs.   Clay Guida
  Clay Guida
  Clayton Charles Guida is an American mixed martial artist and currently fighting in the UFC as a lightweight. Guida was the first Strikeforce Lightweight Champion and held the title until being defeated by Gilbert Melendez at Strikeforce: Revenge...
  
  

Guida defeated Pettis via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

• Welterweight bout:   Ramsey Nijem
  Ramsey Nijem
  Ramsey Nijem is a Palestinian-American mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight and lightweight divisions. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Nijem has made a name for himself fighting in Utah. He was a finalist on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs...
  
   vs.   Tony Ferguson
  Tony Ferguson (fighter)
  Tony Ferguson is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division for the UFC. Ferguson was the winner of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs...
  
  

Ferguson defeated Nijem via KO (punches) at 3:54 of round 1 to become the Season 13 Welterweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Kyle Kingsbury vs.   Fabio Maldonado
• Knockout of the Night:   Tony Ferguson
• Submission of the Night:   Reuben Duran

Reported Payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the UFC and also do not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.

• Tony Ferguson: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Ramsey Nijem: $8,000
• Clay Guida: $74,000 ($37,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Pettis: $10,000
• Ed Herman: $48,000 ($24,000 win bonus) def. Tim Credeur: $10,000
• Kyle Kingsbury: $20,000 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Fabio Maldonado: $10,000
• Chris Cope: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Chuck O'Neil: $8,000
• Jeremy Stephens: $40,000 ($20,000 win bonus) def. Danny Downes: $4,000
• George Roop: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Josh Grispi: $15,000
• Shamar Bailey: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Ryan McGillivray: $8,000
• Clay Harvison: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Justin Edwards: $8,000
• Scott Jorgensen: $29,000 ($14,500 win bonus) def. Ken Stone: $5,000
• Reuben Duran: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Francisco Rivera: $4,000