The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale, also referred to as The Ultimate Fighter 11 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 that was 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...

 (UFC) 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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 on June 19, 2010. Featured were the finalists from The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz was the eleventh installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship -produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The show began taping in early 2010 and premiered on Spike on March 31, 2010...

in the Middleweight

Middleweight (MMA)

The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...

 division.

Background

Kenny Florian

Kenny Florian

Kenneth Alan Florian is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, and is known for his cerebral approach to the sport based on his meticulous game plans and...

 filled in for Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan

Joseph James "Joe" Rogan is an American comedian, video blogger, actor, writer, podcaster, and martial artist. He is best known for his work on NewsRadio, his work as color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and his hosting work on Fear Factor.-Acting:In 1994, Rogan co-starred on...

 as color commentator, due to scheduling conflicts for Rogan.

Darren Elkins

Darren Elkins

Darren Elkins is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he fights in the featherweight division.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...

 was scheduled to face Charles Oliveira

Charles Oliveira

Charles Oliveira is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Oliveira has mainly fought in small Brazilian promotions until his move to the UFC.-Early career:...

 at the event, but Oliveira reportedly had to pull out of the fight due to visa issues. The bout was moved to UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sunday, August 1, 2010. Originally scheduled to take place at the EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, the UFC was forced to move the event to a different venue due to low ticket...

, where Oliveira won by submission.

Preliminary card

• Heavyweight bout:   James McSweeney
  James McSweeney
  James Adam McSweeney is an English mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai kickboxer. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.-Biography:...
  
   vs.   Travis Browne
  Travis Browne (fighter)
  Travis Browne is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Mixed martial arts career:...
  
  

Browne defeated McSweeney via TKO (punches) at 4:32 of round 1. This bout aired on the Spike broadcast following the McGee vs. McCray fight.

• Middleweight bout:   James Hammortree
  James Hammortree
  James Hammortree is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz.-Early life:...
  
   vs.   Chris Camozzi
  Chris Camozzi
  Christopher Allen Camozzi is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Camozzi mostly fought in local promotions, as well as the Maximum Fighting Championship, appearing on HDNet Fights on more than one occasion...
  
  

Camozzi defeated Hammortree via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)

• Middleweight bout:   Kyle Noke
  Kyle Noke
  Kyle Noke is an Australian professional mixed martial artist who currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Noke has also fought for EliteXC and the Australian fighting promotion Spartan Reality Fight...
  
   vs.   Josh Bryant
  Josh Bryant (fighter)
  Josh Bryant is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz.-Early life:...
  
  

Noke defeated Bryant via TKO (punches) at 3:12 of round 2.

• Middleweight bout:   Brad Tavares
  Brad Tavares
  Brad Tavares is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Tavares fought in local promotions...
  
   vs.   Seth Baczynski
  Seth Baczynski
  Seth Baczynski is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz. Baczynski formerly trained with Southwest MMA alongside Efrain Escudero and Santino DeFranco. Now he resides in Tempe, Arizona, training at Power MMA with Ryan...
  
  

Tavares defeated Baczynski via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

• Lightweight bout:   John Gunderson
  John Gunderson
  John Edward Gunderson is a is an American mixed martial artist. He used to fight with the UFC and currently fights under the Tachi Palace Fights banner....
  
   vs.   Mark Holst
  Mark Holst
  Mark Holst is a Canadian martial artist from Ottawa, Ontario, who has fought in the UFC. He is currently training and teaching Muay Thai and MMA at the Ottawa Academy of Martial Arts in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada....
  
  

Gunderson defeated Holst via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Main card

• Middleweight bout:   Jamie Yager
  Jamie Yager
  Jamie Yager is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz. Besides appearing on The Ultimate Fighter, Yager was also on BET's Iron Ring in 2008.-Early life:Yager left home at age 14 due to differences with his...
  
   vs.   Rich Attonito
  Rich Attonito
  Rich Attonito is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division. Attonito currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and is best known for his stint on the eleventh season of The Ultimate Fighter. He was a Division 1 wrestler at...
  
  

Attonito defeated Yager via TKO (punches) at 4:25 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout:   Spencer Fisher
  Spencer Fisher
  Spencer William Fisher is an American mixed martial artist from Brevard, North Carolina. He currently fights in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion. He holds notable victories over Thiago Alves, Matt Wiman, Sam Stout, Jeremy Stephens, and Caol Uno...
  
   vs.   Dennis Siver
  Dennis Siver
  Dennis D. Siver ; born January 13, 1979) is a Russian-German mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of July 2011, Siver is ranked as the #8 lightweight fighter in the world by MMAWeekly...
  
  

Siver defeated Fisher via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).

• Middleweight bout:   Chris Leben
  Chris Leben
  Christian Cyrus Leben is an American mixed martial artist currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he fights as a middleweight....
  
   vs.   Aaron Simpson
  Aaron Simpson (fighter)
  Aaron Michael Simpson is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Before starting his mixed martial arts career, Simpson was a standout wrestler. In high school, Simpson compiled a 142–1 record wrestling for Antelope Union High School...
  
  

Leben defeated Simpson via TKO (punches) at 4:17 of round 2.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Matt Hamill
  Matt Hamill
  Matthew S. Hamill is a retired American wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling while attending the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York...
  
   vs.   Keith Jardine
  Keith Jardine
  Keith Hector Jardine is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division and is best known for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  

Hamill defeated Jardine via majority decision (29–27, 29–27, 28–28). Jardine had one point deducted for an eye poke.

• Middleweight bout:   Court McGee
  Court McGee
  Courtney Scott McGee is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, McGee mostly fought in local promotions in Utah before signing with the UFC....
  
   vs.   Kris McCray
  Kris McCray
  Kris Eric Johannes McCray is an American mixed martial artist. He was the runner-up of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz.-Early life:...
  
  

McGee defeated McCray via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:41 of round 2 to become the Season 11 Middleweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $25,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Matt Hamill vs.   Keith Jardine
• Knockout of the Night:   Chris Leben
• Submission of the Night:   Court McGee

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.

• Court McGee $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Kris McCray ($8,000)
• Matt Hamill $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus) def. Keith Jardine ($55,000)
• Chris Leben $70,000 ($35,000 win bonus) def. Aaron Simpson ($13,000)
• Dennis Siver $34,000 ($17,000 win bonus) def. Spencer Fisher ($26,000)
• Rich Attonito $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Jamie Yager ($8,000)
• John Gunderson $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Mark Holst ($6,000)
• Brad Tavares $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Seth Baczynski ($8,000)
• Kyle Noke $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Josh Bryant ($8,000)
• Chris Camozzi $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. James Hammortree ($8,000)
• Travis Browne $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. James McSweeney ($8,000)