‘The Ultimate Fighter’: Results Grasso vs. Shevchenko, how to watch and more

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'The Ultimate Fighter': Results Grasso vs. Shevchenko, how to watch and more

11:00 p.m. ET June 11, 2024

After what could be the biggest season in the history of “The Ultimate Fighter” — when Conor McGregorMMA’s biggest star, has taken on the role of coach for the second time — the show will return for Season 32 in June.

TUF played a key role in the UFC’s explosion in popularity in the early 2000s, attracting the attention of fighters such as Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz And Ken Shamrockwho coached MMA hopefuls in a season-long competition in which participants shared a house for several weeks.

Over the course of its 31 seasons, all of which can be seen on ESPN+, the show has featured several UFC champions: Griffin Forest, Rashad Evans, Michael Bisping, Kamaru Usman, Robert Whittaker, TJ Dillashaw And Namajunas roseas well as the stars Nate Diaz, Tony Ferguson And Diego Sanchez. Tensions each season tend to rise between coaches preparing for a big fight of their own. Fans can see it all happen behind the scenes.

The 32nd season of “The Ultimate Fighter” featured a training match between the women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and former champion Valentina Shevchenko. The two are expected to fight in a three-way match for the Grasso title after this season ends. In the first round, Grasso defeated Shevchenko by submission to retain the title. The two fought to a draw in the second match.

This season’s TUF competition, which will begin airing June 4 on ESPN and ESPN+, is at featherweight and middleweight. This season’s results can be found at the bottom of this story.

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Coaches

Alexa Grasso

Take note: 3-16-1
Year old: 30
From: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Remarkable:

Valentina Shevchenko

Take note: 4-23-1
Year old: 36
From: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Remarkable:

The fighter planes

Featherweight

Edwin Cooper Jr.

Take note: 6-1
Year old: thirty first
Struggle out: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Remarkable:

Fought at the PFL Challengers Series in 2022
Train at Jackson Wink MMA – the same gym as the UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former UFC champion Holly Holm and Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Only one professional fight went the distance
Through a three-fight winning streak, all victories came via KO/TKO

Roedie Roets

Take note: 7-1
Year old: 27
Struggle out: South Africa
Remarkable:

Mairon Santos

Take note: 13-1
Year old: 23
Struggle out: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Remarkable:

Train at Paraná Vale Tudo — same gym as Jessica Andrade and Denise Gomes
Should be facing UFC featherweight now Sean Woodson in August 2023 but the match was cancelled

Guillermo Torres

Take note: 7-1
Year old: 37
Struggle out: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Remarkable:

His previous four fights all ended in KO/TKO (three wins, one loss)
The oldest fighter this TUF season

Bekhzod Usmonov

Take note: 4-11
Year old: 28
Struggle out: Russia
Remarkable:

medium

Giannis Bachar

Take note: 2-9
Year old: 33
Struggle out: Athens, Greece
Remarkable:

Omran Chaaban

Take note: 6-1
Year old: 23
Struggle out: Helsinki, Finland
Remarkable:

UAE Warriors welterweight champions
Going through a series of five consecutive wins
Has knocked out each of his past five opponents (two knockouts, three submissions)

Result:

Episode 1: Featherweight – Roedie Roets defeated. Guillermo Torres by decision

Watch this episode on ESPN+

Episode 2: Middleweight – Robert Valentin def. Giannis Bachar of KO1

Watch this episode on ESPN+

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‘The Ultimate Fighter’: Results Grasso vs. Shevchenko, how to watch and more

How to watch ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ on ESPN/ESPN+