TUF 9 lightweight runner-ups set to meet at next week's finale
by Jacob Camargo on June 12, 2009

With the "Ultimate Fighter" season 9 lightweight finals being set, British fighters Andre Winner will take on fellow Brit Ross Pearson, the men they defeated in the semi-finals will now square off at next week's season finale as Cameron Dollar will take on Jason Dent. The news of the bout comes via MMAWeekly.com.

Though Dent and Dollar were Team USA teammates on this season's show, they hardly got along often bickering with one another during their time in the house. Dollar even asked UFC president Dana White for a fight with Dent when selections were being made for the lightweight semi-final bouts. He made it to the semi-finals by defeating Martin Stapleton, however, lost to eventual finalist Andre Winner. Dollar most recently defeated Luke Holdorf in his last fight in August 2008 and is off to a 2-1 start in his young MMA career. Both of his wins being stoppages.

Jason Dent advanced in the lightweight tournament by defeating Jeff Lawson but would go on to lose to Ross Pearson in the semi-finals. Dent is currently on a 3-fight win streak, with his last win coming over Matt Shaw last September. Dent is the more seasoned of the two as he sports a 18-9 MMA record. All 18 of his wins being by stoppages. Dent had a previous stint in the UFC from September 2006 to March 2007, where he suffered back to back losses to Roger Huerta at UFC 63 and Gleison Tibau at UFC 68.

TUF 9 finale takes place on June 20 in Las Vegas, Nevada and will be broadcast live on Spike TV.  Along with the lightweight and welterweight finals from TUF season 9, the event will also feature two pivotal lightweight bouts in Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida and Nate Diaz vs. Joe Stevenson.

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