For now, Alexa Grasso has bragging rights over Valentina Shevchenko.
After eight quarterfinal bouts (four at featherweight and four at middleweight), Grasso holds a 5-3 edge over Shevchenko in coaching bouts. Grasso’s team’s No. 2 middleweight pick, Paddy McCauley (4-1), clinched the bout against Shevchenko in the latest episode. Ultimate Fighter 32 He defeated Team Barrett’s No. 2, Mark Hulme (12-3), by submission in the first round.
In a match between the Irish striker and the South African wrestler, it was McCauley's grappling that surprisingly decided the outcome. Hulme started fast and caught a kick from McCauley and quickly took him down, but McCauley fought hard to keep Hulme off his back and bring the match back to the stands.
Hulme refused to let go of McCauley and was determined to score a decisive takedown. He finally managed to get away, but it was his defeat. McCauley immediately went for a guillotine choke, but Hulme was unable to choke on the head and neck. After a short struggle, Hulme was forced to tap.
McCauley is the third Grasso middleweight to reach the semifinals of the tournament, joining Finland’s Omran Shaaban and Switzerland’s Robert Valentin, while American Ryan Roeder is the only Team Bullet middleweight to win his first bout.
In the featherweight division of the tournament, Team Grasso’s Kaan Ofri (Australia) and Myron Santos (Brazil) and Team Brett’s Szygimantas Lamasca (Lithuania) and Roddy Roets (South Africa) each had two fighters advance.
After consultation with the coaches and UFC CEO Dana White, the semi-final pairings have been determined as follows:
Middleweight
Omran Chaaban vs. Ryan Roeder
Paddy McAuley vs. Robert Valentin
Featherweight
Khan Ofri vs. Roddy Roetz
Zygimantas Lamasca vs. Myron Santos
Next week, Team Grasso's Chaavan will face Team Barrett's Roeder. About TUF32 Middleweight Final.
Ultimate Fighter 32 It airs live on ESPN+ every Tuesday at 10pm ET.
Following the season finale, Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko are scheduled to face off in a flyweight championship three-parter, with a date yet to be determined.
The finalists are About TUF32 The show's final episode will also feature a middleweight and featherweight tournament with fighters competing for a six-figure UFC contract, with the date for that event also yet to be announced.
here About TUF32 Roster by team:
Team Grasso
Featherweight
- Guillermo Torres (Mexico) (7-1)
- Kahn Ofri (Australia) (10-2-1)
- Bekzod Usmonov (Tajikistan) (11-4)
- Myron Santos (Brazil) (13-1)
Middleweight
- Robert Valentin (Switzerland) (10-3)
- Paddy McAuley (Ireland) (4-1)
- Omran Chaaban (Finland) (6-1)
- Tom Theocharis (Canada) (9-5)
Team Shevchenko
Featherweight
- Rowdy Lotz (South Africa) (7-1)
- Zygimantas Lamaska (Lithuania) (9-2)
- Nathan Fletcher (England) (8-1)
- Edwin Cooper Jr. (USA) (6-1)
Middleweight
- Shamidkhan Magomedov (Russia) (7-1)
- Mark Hulme (South Africa) (12-3)
- Ryan Roeder (USA) (6-1)
- Yanis Bashar (Greece) (9-2)
The quarterfinal results are as follows:
Rowdy Lotz def. Guillermo Torres by decision
Robert Valentin def. Yannis Bashar KO (strikes) (R1)
Khan Ofri def. Nathan Fletcher wins by decision
Omran Chaaban defeats Shamidkhan Magomedov by technical submission (anaconda choke) (2nd round)
Sigismund Lamaska def. Bekzod Usmonov
Ryan Roeder defeats Tom Theocharis via submission (arm triangle choke)
Myron Santos def. Edwin Cooper Jr. (Split Decision)
Paddy McCauley defeats Mark Hulme by submission (guillotine choke) (1st round)
Semi-finalists: Roetz, Valentin, Ofri, Chaban, Lamasca, Roeder, Santos, McCauley
Eliminated: Torres, Bachar, Fletcher, Magomedov, Usmonov, Theocharis, Cooper Jr., Hulme
