Filed under: News , UFC For the first time since 2012, Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino will host a UFC event. MMAjunkie today learned the Sin City property will host The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale, which features the first women’s strawweight title fight in UFC history. UFC officials recently applied with the Nevada State Athletic Commission to host “a professional mixed martial arts event at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to be broadcast on FOX Sports (1).” MMAjunkie subsequently confirmed the date has been reserved for the traditional live finale of the latest season of “TUF,” which wrapped filming this past week and debuts on FOX Sports 1 on Sept. 10. Featuring 16 women’s strawweight competitors bracketed in a tournament format, “The Ultimate Fighter 20″ also sees UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis and top contender and former Strikeforce champ Gilbert Melendez serve as coaches. The eventual tournament winner will join bantamweight titleholder Ronda Rousey as the UFC’s only female titleholders
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The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale set for Dec. 12 at Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – MMA Junkie