Joe Lauzon Faces Evan Dunham At TUF 22 Finale On December 11

Fight fans are gearing up for the premier of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 22 which begins next month on FOX Sports 1. This season features a European team coached by none other than interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor, and an American team coached by “The California Kid” himself Urijah Faber.

Despite the show not starting yet, a date and venue has been announced for the finale, as it will go down on December 11, 2015 from the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Not only has a date been announced for the event, but a super intriguing lightweight battled has also been announced, as MMAFighting has confirmed that fan favorite, and notorious bonus winner Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon will take on Evan Dunham.

Lauzon has won three out of his last four bouts, most recently scoring a one-sided TKO victory over Takanori Gomi at last month’s UFC on FOX 16. Prior to that, Lauzon had scored wins over Mac Danzig and Michael Chiesa before dropping a TKO loss to “Raging” Al Iaquinta at last January’s UFC 183.

“J-Lau” will look to put a win-streak together when he takes on Dunham, who has won two-straight unanimous decisions over Rodrigo Damn, and most recently Ross Pearson last month. He too will look to keep his win-streak going.

Also announced for the TUF 22 Finale was a welterweight matchup between Mike Pierce, and Ryan LaFlare. Pierce is returning to action for the first time since 2013 when he took on the highly controversial Rousimar Palhares. Pierce dropped a submission to Palhares who not surprisingly held on too long. LaFlare is also coming off of a loss to Demain Maia last march.

This event is set to go down just one day before UFC 194 which features the highly-anticipated featherweight title unification bout between reigning champ Jose Aldo and McGregor. Chris Weidman will also defend his middleweight title against Luke Rockhold at UFC 194.