TUF 17 cast (via UFC / FX)

By FCF Staff

The seventeenth season of “The Ultimate Fighter” television program is set to debut on FX January 22nd, and the show’s finale will take place April 13th at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

The date for the TUF 17 Finale, which will conclude a season that’s being coached by UFC light-heavyweight champ Jones and Chael Sonnen, was reported by USA Today.

Jones and Sonnen are scheduled to fight later that same month on April 27th at UFC 159, which will be hosted by the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

The upcoming TUF 17 season will feature competitors from the middleweight division.