Palms To Host TUF 24 Finale Featuring UFC Flyweight Title Fight & Benavidez-Cejudo

On Monday, UFC announced that The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada will play host to the TUF 24 Finale event in December.

In the main event of the show, UFC Flyweight Champion Demetrious Johnson will put his title on the line for the ninth straight time, as he faces the winner of the tournament that is currently playing out on this season of The Ultimate Fighter, which airs every Wednesday night on FOX Sports 1 (FS1). The TUF 24 tourney consists of champions from smaller regional promotions looking to win their way into an immediate title fight in their Octagon debut.

The co-featured bout of the evening on 12/3 will be the battle between the coaches of the current TUF season, top-ranked UFC Flyweight contenders and former title challengers Joseph Benavidez and Henry Cejudo.

The TUF 24 Finale event will go down at The Pearl at the Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, December 3, 2016 and will air live on FS1.

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