The field of 18 fighters — including BJ Penn and Jens Pulver — set to compete tomorrow at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Finale all tip the scales today from 6-8 p.m. EST for the official weigh-in.
For some reason I just can’t wait for that staredown.
Anyway, here are all that particulars from UFC.com:
Location:
The Palms Hotel & [...]

It’s been almost three months since episode one of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 5 debuted on Spike television.
The season — and nearly five years of animosity between coaches BJ Penn and Jens Pulver — culminates tonight with the TUF 5 Finale from The Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The televised portion of the card has [...]

On Saturday June 23, Nate Diaz will have the biggest fight of his career when he faces Manny Gamburyan at The Ultimate Fighter Finale 5.
Only he’ll have to do it without any help or guidance from his older brother and UFC veteran Nick Diaz, according to GracieFighter.com.
As UFCmania reported here back in March, Nick [...]

“BJ is looking in top shape. He’s been down at 158-lbs for the past three weeks now. He has a conditioning coach who also serves as his nutrition coach. He has really been working with BJ well. BJ has been running five to eight miles a day. He’s in the best shape of his life. [...]

With all the hype around the rematch between B.J. Penn and Jens Pulver this Saturday at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 5 Finale, there hasn’t been much focus on the other featured lightweight showdown of the evening between finalists Nate Diaz and Manny Gamburyan.
Perhaps it’s because no one expected much of Gamburyan, including his boss, UFC [...]

Spike television network will air a special tonight entitled, “Bad Blood: B.J. Penn vs. Jens Pulver,” at 11:30 p.m. to promote the upcoming showdown between the two coaches on this season of The Ultimate Fighter.
Pulver and Penn will rematch this upcoming Saturday, June 23, in a lightweight bout that will headline the TUF 5 Finale [...]

I see it as pretty one-sided. If BJ’s smart, he’ll run right through him, take him down. Pulver won’t be able to do anything. BJ is ridiculous on the ground.
– Season five contestant on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) and former Pulver opponent Joe Lauzon in a great interview with the Boston Herald discussing, among [...]

With the last episode of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 5 in the books — and Nate Diaz and Manny Gamburyan in the finals — UFC.com today revealed the final fight card for the June 23 event.
And the new lightweight match ups are solid for the most part.
Here’s a look:

Brandon Melendez vs. Joe Lauzon
Rob Emerson vs. [...]

It didn’t take long to find out the opponent for Leonard Garcia at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 5 Finale.
We passed along news just a few days ago that the lightweight would be in action at The Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 23 — possibly against a contestant from this season of the [...]

Roger Huerta (17-1-1) will face Alaska Fighting Championships (AFC) Bantamweight Champion Doug Evans (2-0) at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 5 Finale on June 23 at The Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to a recent MySpace bulletin from the “Wolfpack.”
Evans trains with the team, which is based in Anchorage, Alaska, in a strip mall [...]