PBP TUF 32: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Watch Party PBP & Full Season Discussion, Tuesdays 10PM ET

[PurpleStorm]

Here's the official Sherdog Sanctioned Watch Party thread for TUF 32: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko. The show will air every Tuesdays 10pm ET on ESPN+ & ESPN. This thread will be bumped and stickied in the Heavies every week until the season concludes. Let's have fun in this thread.

THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 32 WATCH PARTY PBP THREAD
TEAM GRASSO VS. TEAM SHEVCHENKO​

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 will serve as head coaches for the season. This season will feature male middleweights and featherweights. The casting call for the season ended on January 19, 2024, with the selections made in late January. The filming of the season began in March 2024. The cast was officially announced on March 4, consisting of fighters from 14 different nationalities

Starring	Dana White Alexa Grasso Valentina Shevchenko
Hosted by	Dana White
No. of contestants	16
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Original network	ESPN, ESPN+
Original release	June 4, 2024
Filming dates	March 2024

Middleweights: Omran Chaaban Shamidkhan Magomedov Robert Valentin Mark Hulme Ryan Loder Giannis Bachar Thomas Theocharis Paddy McCorry

Featherweights: Edwin Cooper Jr. Nathan Fletcher Zygimantas Ramaska Roedie Roets Bekhzod Usmonov Guillermo Torres Kaan Ofli Mairon Santos

How To Watch:
United States

• Tuesdays, 10pm ET / 7pm PT on ESPN and ESPN+
• (ESPN Deportes & ESPN+ for Spanish broadcast)

Canada

• Tuesdays, 10pm ET / 7pm PT on TSN, RDS and UFC FIGHT PASS

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[Koala]

I will bet on who takes Santos, Fletcher, and Hulme in their teams
there are short presentations of the guys on the UFC website

The Ultimate Fighter | UFC

 

[PurpleStorm]

The Ultimate Fighter': Grasso vs. Shevchenko preview, how to watch, results and more​

Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko are expected to square off in a trilogy bout for the UFC women's flyweight title after the conclusion of Season 32 of "The Ultimate Fighter."
May 31, 2024, 03:08 PM ET

After what may have been the biggest season in the history of "The Ultimate Fighter" -- as Conor McGregor, MMA's biggest star, made his second run as a coach -- the show is back for Season 32 in June.
TUF was instrumental in the UFC's explosion of popularity in the early 2000s, shining a spotlight on fighters such as Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock, who coached MMA hopefuls in a season-long competition in which the participants shared a house for several weeks.

Over the course of 31 seasons, all of which can be seen on ESPN+, the show has featured several UFC champions: Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans, Michael Bisping, Kamaru Usman, Robert Whittaker, TJ Dillashaw and Rose Namajunas, as well as stars Nate Diaz, Tony Ferguson and Diego Sanchez. Each season tension tends to rise between the coaches building up to a big fight of their own. Fans get to see it all play out behind the scenes.
The 32nd season of "The Ultimate Fighter" features a coaching matchup between women's flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and former champ Valentina Shevchenko. The two are expected to square off in a trilogy bout for Grasso's title after the conclusion of this season. In the first bout, Grasso beat Shevchenko by submission to claim the title. The two fought to a split draw in the second fight.
This season's TUF competition, which will begin airing June 4 on ESPN and ESPN+, is at featherweight and middleweight. Results of this season can be found at the bottom of this story.

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The coaches​

Alexa Grasso​

Alexa Grasso will coach opposite Valentina Shevchenko on Season 32 of "The Ultimate Fighter" this season. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Record: 16-3-1
Age: 30
From: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Notable:

• Notable wins over Shevchenko and Maycee Barber
• Third fighter to win UFC women's flyweight title
• Trains with fellow UFC contenders Irene Aldana and Diego Lopes

Valentina Shevchenko​

Valentina Shevchenko will coach opposite of Alexa Grasso on Season 32 of "The Ultimate Fighter."
Record: 23-4-1
Age: 36
From: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Notable:

• Notable wins over Holly Holm, Julianna Peña, Jonna Jedrzejczyk, Liz Carmouche, Jessica Andrade and Taila Santos
• Held the UFC women's flyweight title from December 2018 to March 2023
• Her three UFC losses are against Amanda Nunes (2) and Grasso
• Holds the UFC divisional record for wins by knockout (4)

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The fighters​

Featherweights​

Edwin Cooper Jr.​

Record: 6-1
Age: 31
Fighting out of: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Notable:

• Fought on the PFL Challengers Series in 2022
• Trains at Jackson Wink MMA -- the same gym as UFC heavyweight champ Jon Jonesand former UFC champions Holly Holm and Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Nathan Fletcher​

Record: 8-1
Age: 26
Fighting out of: England
Notable:

• Six wins by submission
• Trains at Next Generation MMA Liverpool; the same gym as UFC fighters Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann

Kaan Ofli​

Record: 10-2-1
Age: 30
Fighting out of: Melbourne, Australia
Notable:

• Nickname is Genghis
• Won Hex Fight Series featherweight title in last fight
• Riding an eight-fight winning streak

Zygimantas Ramaska​

Record: 9-2
Age: 24
Fighting out of: Lithuania
Notable:

• Has had only one professional fight go the distance
• Riding a three-fight winning streak, all wins have come via KO/TKO

Roedie Roets​

Record: 7-1
Age: 27
Fighting out of: South Africa
Notable:

• No fights between January 2020 and April 2023
• Won four of his past five fights

Mairon Santos​

Record: 13-1
Age: 23
Fighting out of: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Notable:

• Trains at Paraná Vale Tudo -- the same gym as Jessica Andrade and Denise Gomes
• Was supposed to face now-UFC featherweight Sean Woodson in August 2023 but bout was cancelled

Guillermo Torres​

Record: 7-1
Age: 37
Fighting out of: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Notable:

• Each of his past four fights have ended in KO/TKO (three wins, one loss)
• The oldest fighter on this season of TUF

Bekhzod Usmonov​

Record: 11-4
Age: 28
Fighting out of: Russia
Notable:

• Has not fought since December 2022

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Middleweights​

Giannis Bachar​

Record: 9-2
Age: 33
Fighting out of: Athens, Greece
Notable:

• Cage Warriors Fighting Championship welterweight champion
• Both of his losses have come by submission

Omran Chaaban​

Record: 6-1
Age: 23
Fighting out of: Helsinki, Finland
Notable:

• UAE Warriors welterweight champion
• Riding a five-fight win streak
• Has finished each of his past five opponents (two knockouts, three submissions)

Mark Hulme​

Record: 12-3
Age: 29
Fighting out of: Johannesburg, South Africa
Notable:

• Riding a four-fight winning streak

Ryan Loder​

Record: 6-1
Age: 32
Fighting out of: Roseville, California
Notable:

• Trains at Team Alpha Male, a gym founded by former UFC fighter Urijah Faber

Shamidkhan Magomedov​

Record: 8-1
Age: 29
Fighting out of: Dagestan
Notable:

• LFA interim welterweight champion
• Fought on Khabib Nurmagomedov's Eagle FC from 2021 to 2022

Paddy McCorry​

Record: 4-1
Age: 26
Fighting out of: West Belfast, Ireland
Notable:

• Each of his wins has come via finish (two knockouts, two submissions)

Tom Theocharis​

Record: 9-5
Age: 30
Fighting out of: Toronto
Notable:

• Seven of his eight wins have come by KO/TKO
• Won the Alaska Combat Entertainment middleweight championship twice

Robert Valentin​

Record: 10-3, 1 NC
Age: 29
Fighting out of: Zurich, Switzerland

'The Ultimate Fighter,' Season 32: Santos claims last spot in season finale

Here's everything you need to know about Season 32 of TUF. From how to watch, the coaches involved and the fighters competing for a UFC contract.

www.espn.com

 

[Jackonfire]

(tweet is from yesterday. TUF starts tonight, Tuesday June 4th)

 

[Sixstring]

Freakin nice. Didn't know that was tonight.

 

[BEATDOWNS]

I hope the winners enjoy their 8 fight 20K/20K contracts.

 

[Bubzeh]

Great thread. I will try to keep up with this season.

 

[Ladder Master]

Nice some MMA for tonight.

Spoiler

 

[helax]

Don’t like it when my wives fight.

 

[legcramp]

Imagine sitting through an episode featuring Shevchenko.

 

[Hank Grill]

JBG bless wish them luck on this opportunity for an opportunity

 

[Ares Black]

I am IN, Sherbros, but I have a quandary. A conundrum if you will.

The episode starts at 10 on Sportsnet, but with commercials. It starts at 10:15 on Fight Pass sans commercials.

 

[svmr_db]

Shevchenko reflexively flexing her guns like Nate Diaz at random times this episode

 

[Sixstring]

27 vs 37.

 

[Ares Black]

Roedie Roets is quite the name

 

[Ares Black]

hahahahaha hahaha hahaha hahaha that music before the fight is the worst shit. Just atrocious and cringe.

 

[Sixstring]

Rowdy Roddy Roets for da win.

 

[The Big E Train]

Imagine sitting through an episode featuring Shevchenko.

i thought she looked pretty in this episode.

 

[svmr_db]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1798180930730791189

 

[Ares Black]

i thought she looked pretty in this episode.

She looked hot as hell IMO