The UFC has added multiple fights to the TUF 23 Finale, which will occur the night before UFC 200. Of the new additions to the card, the biggest matchup is a lightweight battle between TUF 9 winner Ross Pearson and James Krause. The main card airs live on Fox Sports 1 on Friday, July 8th.

Pearson (19-10, 1 NC) won an entertaining split decision over Chad Laprise at UFC Brisbane last month. Dating back to his highly controversial (AKA: completely incorrect) split decision loss vs. Diego Sanchez, the Englishman has kept a holding pattern of alternating losses with wins over his last 8 fights. This will be Pearson's 3rd fight of 2016, with his first one ending in a decision defeat to Francisco Trinaldo.

Krause (23-7) has won two in a row, including an impressive unanimous decision victory over Shane Campbell at UFC Pittsburgh on February 21st. The 29-year-old is 3-3 in the UFC, with his most notable win coming in his debut at UFC 161 in Winnipeg, where he submitted Sam Stout in the closing seconds of round 3 to win Fight of the Night and Submission of the Night honors. Krause also holds a rear-naked choke victory over the recently released Daron Cruickshank.

Also on tap for the TUF 23 Finale is a middleweight fight between Scott Askham (14-2) and Anthony Smith (25-11), plus welterweights Anton Tabuena Anton Zafir (7-2) and Li Jingliang (10-4). FS1's UFC Tonight reported all three of these bouts on Wednesday night's broadcast.

Askham scored a sensational head kick KO win over Chris Dempsey at UFC London, while Smith edged out Leonardo Guimaraes at UFC Pittsburgh. Zafir suffered a spinning backfist knockout loss in his short-notice debut against James Moontasri, while Li suffered a dramatic 3rd round submission defeat to Keita Nakamura at UFC Japan last September.

The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale is headlined by a UFC women's strawweight title fight between reigning champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Claudia Gadelha. Jedrzejczyk defeated Gadelha by split decision in a non-title fight back in 2014, and both women are the head coaches for this season of TUF, which premieres on April 20th on Fox Sports 1.