The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko | |
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Starring | |
Hosted by | Dana White |
No. of contestants | 16 |
Location | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Release | |
Original network | ESPN, ESPN+ |
Original release | June 4, 2024 |
Additional information | |
Filming dates | March 2024 |
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]
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]
Team Grasso: [8]
| Team Shevchenko: [9]
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Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick | 5th Pick | 6th Pick | 7th Pick | 8th Pick |
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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) |
Shevchenko | Roedie Roets (FW) | Shamidkhan Magomedov (MW) | Žygimantas Ramaška (FW) | Mark Hulme (MW) | Nathan Fletcher (FW) | Ryan Loder (MW) | Edwin Cooper Jr. (FW) | Giannis Bachar (MW) |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Guillermo Torres | 2 | |||||||||
Roedie Roets | UD | |||||||||
Roedie Roets | 1 | |||||||||
Kaan Ofli | SUB | |||||||||
Kaan Ofli | UD | |||||||||
Nathan Fletcher | 2 | |||||||||
Kaan Ofli | 2 | |||||||||
Mairon Santos | KO | |||||||||
Bekhzod Usmonov | 2 | |||||||||
Žygimantas Ramaška | UD | |||||||||
Guillermo Torres* | 3 | |||||||||
Mairon Santos | UD | |||||||||
Mairon Santos | SD | |||||||||
Edwin Cooper Jr. | 3 | |||||||||
* Žygimantas Ramaška fractured his face, was not medically cleared, and was replaced by Guillermo Torres.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Omran Chaaban | SUB | |||||||||
Shamidkhan Magomedov | 2 | |||||||||
Omran Chaaban | 3 | |||||||||
Ryan Loder | UD | |||||||||
Tom Theocharis | 1 | |||||||||
Ryan Loder | SUB | |||||||||
Ryan Loder | TKO | |||||||||
Robert Valentin Frey | 2 | |||||||||
Paddy McCorry | SUB | |||||||||
Mark Hulme | 1 | |||||||||
Paddy McCorry | 1 | |||||||||
Robert Valentin Frey | SUB | |||||||||
Robert Valentin Frey | TKO | |||||||||
Giannis Bachar | 1 | |||||||||
Team Grasso | ||
Team Shevchenko | ||
UD | Unanimous Decision | |
MD | Majority Decision | |
SD | Split Decision | |
SUB | Submission | |
(T)KO | (Technical) Knock Out |
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