Ryan Bader Advances To The Finals of The Ultimate Fighter 8

After back-to-back episodes of The Ultimate Fighter 8 last night featuring the semifinals of season’s lightweight and light heavyweight tournaments, the finals are now set with lightweights Phillipe Nover and Efrain Escudero meeting for the season eight 155-pound crown and light heavyweights Ryan Bader and Vinny Magalhaes squaring off for the 205-pound TUF 8 title.

The Ultimate  Fighter 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale takes place on Saturday, December 13th at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

The Spike TV-broadcast main card kicks off with controversial lightweight Junie Browning facing off against against Dave Kaplan. Also, as previously announced, Kevin Burns vs. Anthony Johnson and Jason MacDonald vs. Wilson Gouveia will be featured on the main card.

The undercard features “The Ultimate Fighter 8” cast members John Polakowski vs. Rolando Delgado, George Roop vs. Shane Nelson, Tom Lawlor vs. Kyle Kingsbury, Jules Bruchez vs. Eliot Marshall, and Shane Primm vs. Krzysztof Soszynski.