THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 16
COACHES: ROY NELSON & SHANE CARWIN
HOST: DANA WHITE
Debuted: September 14th, 2012

TEAM CARWIN:
WELTERWEIGHTS:
Sam Alvey - UFC Record 10-10
Igor Araujo - UFC Record 2-2
James Chaney - UFC Record 0-0
Eddy Ellis - UFC Record 0-0
Neil Magny - UFC Record 17-7
Bristol Marunde -UFC Record 0-2
Mike Ricci - UFC Record 1-2
Matt Secor - UFC Record 0-0
TEAM CARWIN COMBINED UFC RECORD - 30-23
TOTAL FIGHTS: 53

TEAM NELSON
WELTERWEIGHTS:
Cameron Diffley -UFC Record 0-0
Nic Herron-Webb - UFC Record 0-0
Michael Hill - UFC Record 0-0
Julian Lane - UFC Record 0-0
Jon Manley - UFC Record 0-0
Joey Rivera - UFC Record 0-0
Colton Smith - UFC Record 1-3
Dom Waters - UFC Record 0-0
TEAM NELSON COMBINED UFC RECORD - 1-3
TOTAL FIGHTS - 4

FIGHTERS ELIMINATED IN THE TRYOUT ROUND:
Saad Awad, Jesse Barrett, Diego Bautista, Frank Camacho, Jerel Clark, Cortez Coleman, Max Griffin, Zane Kamaka
Leo Kuntz, Ricky Legere Jr, George Lockhart, Lev Magen, David Michaud, Kevin Nowaczyk, Tim Ruberg, Jason South

MOST UFC FIGHTS:
01. Neil Magny 24
02. Sam Alvey 20

WINNER: COLTON SMITH (Defeated Mike Ricci in the FInale)

THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER SEASON 16 FINALE:
MAIN EVENT: Roy Nelson Defeats Matt Mitrione by TKO Rd. 1
Colton Smith Defeats Mike Ricci by Unanimous Decision (Wins Season 16 of TUF)
Pat Berry Defeats Shane Del Rosario by KO in Rd. 2
Dustin Poirier Defeats Jonathon Brookins by Submission in Rd. 1
Preliminary Card:
Mike Pyle Defeats James head by TKO in Rd. 1
Johnny Bedford Defeats Marcos Vinicius by KO in Rd. 2
Rustam Khabilov Defeats Vinc Pichel by KO in Rd. 1
T.J. Waldburger Defeats Nick Catone by Submission in Rd. 2
Early Preliminary Card:
Hugo Viana Defeats Rueban Duran by KO in Rd. 1
Mike Rio Defeats John Cofer by Submission in Rd. 3
Tim Elliot Defeats Jared Papazian by Unanimous Decision

FIGHT OF THE NIGHT: Tim Elliot Vs. Jared Papazian
KO OF THE NIGHT: Pat Berry
SUBMISSION OF THE NIGHT: T.J. Waldburger

COACHES FIGHT:
Carwin suffered an injury and was forced out of the Coaches fight. Nelson would fight Matt Mitrione in the Finale instead.

WRAP UP:
Season 16 didn’t feature to many future stars however it did see Sam Alvey and Neil Magny compete in front of a UFC audience for the first time. The finale saw a young Dustin Poirier in action as well as heavyweight knockout artist Pat Berry. Also future Bellator star Saad Awad was eliminated in the tryout portion of the show.