Main card
RN
✓
Roy Nelson vs Matt Mitrione
Knockout R1 2:58
MM
CS
✓
Colton Smith vs Mike Ricci
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
MR
PB
✓
Pat Barry vs Shane del Rosario
Knockout R2 0:26
SR
Key takeaways
Roy Nelson beat Matt Mitrione by knockout at 2:58 of round one in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Colton Smith beat Mike Ricci by unanimous decision after three rounds.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, six ended by knockout, three by submission and two on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in eleven fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Mike Pyle, who stopped James Head at 1:55 of round one, and five of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Mike Rio's submission of John Cofer, 14 minutes and 11 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled one hour and 17 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: six of its seven results came early, against three of the four above it. Mike Pyle (knockout, round one), Johnny Bedford (knockout, round two) and Rustam Khabilov (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
One ranked fighters appeared. The only other ranked name was Tim Elliott, No. 12 at flyweight.
