Alexa Grasso has actually edged out Valentina Shevchenko in their training fight.
Group Grasso featherweight Mairon Santos (13-1) made the last area in the The Ultimate Fighter 32 finals with a consentaneous choice win over colleague Guillermo Torres (7-1) on the long-running tv program's season ending. That implies 3 Team Grasso fighters will complete at Saturday's UFC Vegas 96 occasion, with a UFC agreement on the line.
Torres, who fell short in his quarterfinal bout, was provided a 2nd possibility after being hired to change Team Bullet's Zygimantas Ramaska. Prior to this episode, doubts swirled around whether Ramaska would be clinically cleared after suffering an injury in his very first battle, and it was ultimately ruled that he might not complete.
To include additional debate to the bout, Santos really can be found in half a pound over the featherweight limitation, however was still enabled to eliminate as set up.
The semifinal bout was carefully objected to, with neither fighter able to develop much offense through the very first 2 rounds. Santos kept a small striking edge throughout, winning the kicking fight from range and periodically landing a tough shot. Torres' fumbling made him a continuous hazard, however, and he was constantly searching for an opening to take Santos down even with the Brazilian cutting off the cage.
In the end, Santos' striking acumen and aggressiveness sufficed to bring him to a triumph and an area in the TUF 32 featherweight competition finals.
Santos battles colleague Kaan Ofli (11-2-1) on Saturday, while Grasso's Robert Valentin (10-3) battles Shevchenko's Ryan Loder (6-1) to identify the season's middleweight champ.
See the finals matches listed below:
TUF 32 Featherweight Last
Kaan Ofli (Australia) vs. Mairon Santos (Brazil)
TUF 32 Middleweight Last
Ryan Loder (USA) vs. Robert Valentin (Switzerland)
In general, Grasso showed to be the much better coach by a little margin as her fighters won 5 of the 8 opening-round matches, and after that 3 of the semifinal bouts (among which pitted 2 Team Grasso fighters versus one another).
With the conclusion of TUF 32Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko are set to take on in a flyweight champion trilogy bout at UFC 306 on Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas.
The finalists of the TUF 32 middleweight and featherweight competitions contend for a six-figure UFC agreement at the program's live ending, which happens as part of the primary card of UFC Vegas 96.
Here are the TUF 32 lineups divided by group:
Group Grasso
Featherweights
- Guillermo Torres (Mexico) (7-1)
- Kaan Ofli (Australia) (10-2-1)
- Bekhzod Usmonov (Tajikistan) (11-4)
- Mairon Santos (Brazil) (13-1)
Featherweights
- Robert Valentin (Switzerland) (10-3)
- Paddy McCorry (Ireland) (4-1)
- Omran Chaaban (Finland) (6-1)
- Tom Theocharis (Canada) (9-5)
Group Shevchenko
Featherweights
