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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
With the airing of the final episode of The Ultimate Fighter 17 on Tuesday night, Saturday's TUF 17 Finale event is now set, with the rest of the cast members from this season getting fights, save three.
Two of those three are Tor Troeng and Adam Cella, who fought last weekend at UFC on Fuel 9 in Sweden, with Troeng picking up a win in his hometown. The other is Zak Cummings, who is not on the card.
In addition to the TUF 17 finals bout between Team Sonnen's Uriah Hall and Kelvin Gastellum, five more fights are now set for the event featuring nine of the remaining ten fighters from the middleweight tournament. Of the new bouts, one features Team Jones teammates, as Bubba McDaniel will face Gilbert Smith. Additionally, Clint Hester is the only TUF 17 fighter not facing someone from this season, as he meets TUF 16's Bristol Marunde instead.
As for the other matchups, Luke Barnatt takes on Colin Hart, Josh Samman meets Kevin Casey, and Dylan Andrews takes on Jimmy Quinlan. The full fight card for Saturday's event is below:
Main Card
* Urijah Faber vs Scott Jorgensen
* Uriah Hall vs Kelvin Gastelum
* Miesha Tate vs Cat Zingano
* Travis Browne vs Gabriel Gonzaga
* Bubba McDaniel vs Gilbert Smith
* Cole Miller vs Bart Palaszewski
Preliminary Card
* Josh Samman vs Kevin Casey
* Luke Barnatt vs Colin Hart
* Dylan Andrews vs Jimmy Quinlan
* Bristol Marunde vs Clint Hester
* Sam Sicilia vs Maximo Blanco
* Justin Lawrence vs Daniel Pineda
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