Valentina Shevchenko has her first finalist on The Final Fighter 32.
Within the opening bout of this season’s middleweight semifinals, Ryan Loder (6-1) used old school American wrestling to grind out a win over Finland’s Omran Chaaban (6-1). It was a hard-fought win for the Workforce Bullet fighter who advances to the finals with a shot to win a six-figure UFC contract.
He awaits the winner of the second middleweight semifinal bout between Workforce Alexa Grasso’s Paddy McCorry and Robert Valentin.
Loder caught to the gameplan to safe his victory, ready for the appropriate likelihood to make use of his wrestling and floor the extra striking-minded Chaaban. After a sluggish begin, Loder took Chaaban down on the finish of Spherical 1 to edge out a detailed body, then did the identical midway by way of Spherical 2 with loads of extra time to work. Loder’s standup was ok to maintain Chaaban sincere as he combined in stiff leg kicks and a well timed counter proper.
A Spherical 3 cost from Chaaban had Loder retreating for a lot of the ultimate 5 minutes, however Chaaban wanted a end to steal the win after falling behind on the playing cards. Loder weathered the storm and is now yet one more sturdy efficiency away from touchdown a UFC deal.
This week’s episode featured little drama exterior of the cage, with everybody getting alongside after the conclusion of the quarterfinals. Giannis Bachar cooked a standard Greek dinner for your entire home, and Loder praised his castmates for embracing variety on the present and respecting one another’s tradition and religions.
Subsequent week, we discover out who the primary TUF 32 featherweight finalist shall be as Workforce Grasso’s Kaan Ofli takes on Workforce Bullet’s Roedie Roets.
Plus, Grasso and Shevchenko face off within the season’s Coaches Problem, which sees them shoot some hoops in entrance of WNBA star Kelsey Plum.
The Final Fighter 32 airs dwell each Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Following the season finale, Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko are set to face off in a flyweight championship trilogy bout at UFC 306 on Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas.
The finalists of the TUF 32 middleweight and featherweight tournaments can even compete for a six-figure UFC contract on the present’s dwell finale. A date for that occasion is but to be introduced.
Listed below are the TUF 32 rosters divided by staff:
Workforce Grasso
Featherweights
Guillermo Torres (Mexico) (7-1)
Kaan Ofli (Australia) (10-2-1)
Bekhzod Usmonov (Tajikistan) (11-4)
Mairon Santos (Brazil) (13-1)
Middleweights
Robert Valentin (Switzerland) (10-3)
Paddy McCorry (Eire) (4-1)
Omran Chaaban (Finland) (6-1)
Tom Theocharis (Canada) (9-5)
Workforce Shevchenko
Featherweights
Roedie Roets (South Africa) (7-1)
Zygimantas Ramaska (Lithuania) (9-2)
Nathan Fletcher (England) (8-1)
Edwin Cooper Jr. (USA) (6-1)
Middleweights
Shamidkhan Magomedov (Russia) (7-1)
Mark Hulme (South Africa) (12-3)
Ryan Loder (USA) (6-1)
Giannis Bachar (Greece) (9-2)
See the semifinal outcomes under:
Middleweight
Ryan Loder def. Omran Chaaban through choice
Paddy McCorry vs. Robert Valentin
Featherweight
Kaan Ofli vs. Roedie Roets
Zygimantas Ramaska vs. Mairon Santos
See quarterfinal outcomes under:
Roedie Roets def. Guillermo Torres through choice
Robert Valentin def. Giannis Bachar through KO (strikes) (R1)
Kaan Ofli def. Nathan Fletcher through choice
Omran Chaaban def. Shamidkhan Magomedov through technical submission (anaconda choke) (R2)
Zygimantas Ramaska def. Bekhzod Usmonov
Ryan Loder def. Tom Theocharis through submission (arm-triangle choke)
Mairon Santos def. Edwin Cooper Jr. through break up choice
Paddy McCorry def. Mark Hulme through submission (guillotine choke) (R1)
