TUF 9

The lightweight final has been set for season nine of “The Ultimate Fighter.” It will be Andre Winner versus Ross Pearson in a battle of U.K. teammates, as both fighters won their respective bouts on this week's episode. Next week, Team USA's Frank Lester will rematch James Wilks, the Brit who knocked out four of his teeth earlier in the season, to determine who faces Damarques Johnson in the welterweight finale. Both TUF champions will be crowned June 20 on a live special from Las Vegas on Spike TV.

Winner, 27, used a triangle choke to submit Cameron Dollar in the first round to advance. Winner eventually found the triangle after getting mount off a Dollar takedown and rolling into position.

Pearson, 24, had it out with Jason Dent in a tough scrap to notch the unanimous decision. Both fighters struck furiously in the first two rounds, with Dent getting a slight edge. In the deciding third round, Pearson, deemed "The Pitbull" of coach Michael Bisping's U.K. squad, was able to control Dent on the floor and grind out strikes for the duration.

Ratings for this week’s episode dipped compared to last week’s, scoring a 1.0 for an average 1.3 million viewers, according to MMAPayout.com. That’s down from a 1.1 share and 1.5 million viewers last week.