The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia will be having its live finale this upcoming Wednesday April 16. It will mark the end of a fun and exciting season of the hit series, The Ultimate Fighter.

Compared to the last few televised seasons of TUF, TUFN: Canada vs. Australia, has been nothing short of entertaining with high quality fighting.

Last season on TUF: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate, the season had the infamy of becoming the first season of TUF to have two fighters not make weight. Both fighters, Cody Bollinger and Anthony Gutierrez, failed to make weight and were subsequently kicked off the show by Dana White.

The season previous to that, TUF: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen was a great season no doubt due in part to Chael Sonnen’s personality and the top notch coaching of both Sonnen and Jones.

The preceding season, TUF: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson, was somewhat of a haphazard season with Coach Roy Nelson selecting fights based on drawing straws in one scene, and his eventual inability to fight in the finale due to a knee injury. Matt Mitrione ended up facing off with Shane Carwin in the finale where Carwin came out on top.

The season before that, TUF: Live had an identical problem with Urijah Faber and Dominick Cruz slated to fight and put their longstanding animosity to the test until Cruz got his first of a series of injuries that ultimately led to him being stripped of his bantamweight belt.

TUFN: Canada vs. Australia had Patrick Cote leading Team Canada and Kyle Noke leading Team Australia. Despite being vocal about their skills and sharing a deep camaraderie, Team Australia failed to have any fighters place for the finale.

Both the middleweight and welterweight finale fights will be among four Canadians fighting for UFC contracts. This outcome may be likely due to the fact that few Australian fighters are among the top UFC fighters at the moment, let alone household names. Hopefully in the coming years the heart and passion that Australian fighters have will be matched by their technical skills and ability to achieve success in the ring.

In the welterweight division, Chad Laprise will be using his fiery zeal to rain down destruction upon his baby-faced opponent Olivier Aubin-Mercier who has the determination of a juggernaut.

In the middleweight division, Elias Theodorou, a model-turned fighter with a chin that a Disney Prince could envy, faces off against Sheldon Westcott, whose only speed setting in fights seems to be set at overdrive.

In stark contrast to many TUF seasons that featured over the top drama and trash talking between the coaches, Noke and Cote seemed to have had nothing but respect for each other and never flung words of anger nor tossed insults.

The season reached a level of controversy when Canadian teammates Kajan Johnson and Chad Laprise faced off for a place in the finale. Unfortunately, while Chad Laprise had a full corner, Kajan Johnson only had one man in his corner, hinting at possible favoritism in Team Canada.

Although defeated by Elias Theodorou in the semi-finals, young Aussie Tyler Manawaroa is a firebrand that the UFC and fans should definitely keep their eyes on, if they can even follow his explosive lightning fast moves.

All in all it was a great season that hopefully puts TUF back on track to delivering great fights and great amateur fighters to fans of the UFC.

Prelims begin at 3pm ET on April 16 on FOX Sports 2, FOX Sports GO, and UFC Fight Pass.