Las Vegas Weekly

December 6, 2009 · 1:35 PM

Photo Gallery: The Ultimate Fighter finale @The Pearl

By Don Chareunsy

Joe Rogan interviews Roy Nelson during The Ultimate Fighter finale at The Pearl in the Palms on Dec. 5, 2009.

Photo: Edison Graff

By Don Chareunsy, Vegas DeLuxe editor

Spike TV’s The Ultimate Fighter Season 10 finale fights at The Pearl in the Palms last night attracted UFC fighter Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson, Hulk Hogan, Jason Hervey, Joe Daddy Stevenson, Kendall Grove, Forrest Griffin and World Series champion New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain.

Part of the excitement of the night was the return of controversial fighter Kimbo Slice battling Houston Alexander, as their bout was a late addition. Slice was victorious in his return.

Las Vegas native Roy “Big Country” Nelson, who tipped the scales at a hefty 260-plus pounds, entered The Octagon to Weird Al Yankovic’s “I’m Fat,” his classic parody of Michael Jackson’s “Bad,” and won The Ultimate Fighter Season 10 with a first-round knockout of the in-shape, ripped and tattooed Brendan Schaub.

Matt “The Hammer” Hamill celebrated his victory -- his opponent, Jon Jones, was disqualified for some illegal blows -- at Blush in the Wynn.

Edison Graff provided photos for our photo gallery. We’re the first to admit that The Ultimate Fighter is not our area of expertise, so we mostly leave the coverage to our esteemed sports colleagues at the Las Vegas Sun.

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