The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko

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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko
Starring
Hosted by Dana White
No. of contestants16
Location Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Release
Original network ESPN, ESPN+
Original releaseJune 4, 2024 (2024-06-04)
Additional information
Filming datesMarch 2024 (2024-03)
Season chronology

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 32 and TUF 32) is a 2024 installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter on ESPN+. Current UFC Flyweight Champion Alexa Grasso and former champion Valentina Shevchenko served as head coaches for the season. [1] [2]

Contents

This season featured male featherweights and middleweights. The casting call for the season ended on January 19, 2024, with the selections made in late January. [3] The filming of the season began in March 2024. [4] [5] [6] The cast was officially announced on March 4, consisting of fighters from 14 different nationalities. [7]

Cast

Coaches

Fighters

[7]

Coach1st Pick2nd Pick3rd Pick4th Pick5th Pick6th Pick7th Pick8th Pick
Grasso Guillermo Torres (FW)Robert Valentin (MW)Kaan Ofli (FW)Paddy McCorry (MW)Bekhzod Usmonov (FW)Omran Chaaban (MW)Mairon Santos (FW)Thomas Theocharis (MW)
ShevchenkoRoedie Roets (FW)Shamidkhan Magomedov (MW)Žygimantas Ramaška (FW)Mark Hulme (MW)Nathan Fletcher (FW)Ryan Loder (MW)Edwin Cooper Jr. (FW)Giannis Bachar (MW)

Tournament bracket

Featherweight bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Guillermo Torres 2
 
 
 
 Roedie RoetsUD
 
  Roedie Roets 1
 
 
 
 Kaan OfliSUB
 
 Kaan OfliUD
 
 
 
  Nathan Fletcher 2
 
  Kaan Ofli 2
 
 
 
 Mairon SantosKO
 
  Bekhzod Usmonov 2
 
 
 
 Žygimantas RamaškaUD
 
  Guillermo Torres*3
 
 
 
 Mairon SantosUD
 
 Mairon SantosSD
 
 
  Edwin Cooper Jr. 3
 

* Žygimantas Ramaška fractured his face, was not medically cleared, and was replaced by Guillermo Torres.

Middleweight bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Omran ChaabanSUB
 
 
 
  Shamidkhan Magomedov2
 
  Omran Chaaban 3
 
 
 
 Ryan LoderUD
 
  Tom Theocharis 1
 
 
 
 Ryan LoderSUB
 
 Ryan LoderTKO
 
 
 
  Robert Valentin Frey2
 
 Paddy McCorrySUB
 
 
 
  Mark Hulme 1
 
  Paddy McCorry 1
 
 
 
 Robert Valentin FreySUB
 
 Robert Valentin FreyTKO
 
 
  Giannis Bachar 1
 


 Team Grasso
 Team Shevchenko
UD
 Unanimous Decision
MD
 Majority Decision
SD
 Split Decision
SUB
 Submission
(T)KO
 (Technical) Knock Out

See also

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