Daniel Cormier has his first finalist on The Final Fighter 33.
This week’s episode kicked off the flyweight semifinals and it was Group Cormier’s Alibi Idris (Kazakhstan) who continued to impress as he put away Group Chael Sonnen’s Roybert Echeverria (Venezuela) within the first spherical.
Idris introduced fixed strain to the pivotal contest, throwing large punches proper out of the gate. Cormier really needed to inform Idris to decelerate, however in the long run Idris’ aggression paid off. After stuffing an Echeverria takedown try, Idris turned the tables by strolling him down after which scoring a takedown of his personal.
Echeverria fought laborious to get out from underneath Idris, however left himself susceptible as he tried to face. Idris threw out a lightning-fast flying knee that rocked Echeverria, permitting Idris to comply with up with strikes for a technical knockout.
Idris is now the primary TUF 33 fighter to advance to this season’s finale. He awaits both teammate Imanol Rodriguez (Mexico) or Group Sonnen’s Joseph Morales (USA), who compete within the different flyweight semifinal.
Subsequent week’s episode sees two Group Cormier fighters compete within the first welterweight semifinal as Jeff Creighton (USA) fights Rodrigo Sezinando (Brazil).
The combat end result was simply Cormier including insult to harm as he additionally defeated Sonnen on this season’s Coaches’ Problem. Cormier and Sonnen confronted off in a finest two-out-of-three match of pickleball, which turned out to be a one-sided contest.
Sonnen provided little resistance as Cormier ran up the rating, solely managing factors himself when Cormier repeatedly foot faulted. Regardless of Cormier getting heated with the officers, he in management for almost all of the competition and simply received two video games to defeat Sonnen and earn a $10,000 prize for himself and $2,500 for every of his group members.
The Final Fighter 33 airs stay each Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
In contrast to most editions of TUF, coaches Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen is not going to combat on the conclusion of the season, as each are lengthy retired.
The finalists of the TUF 33 welterweight and flyweight tournaments will compete for a six-figure UFC contract within the present’s stay finale fights. A date for these bouts is but to be introduced.
Listed below are the TUF 33 rosters divided by group:
Group Cormier
Flyweights
Eduardo Henrique (13-2), Brazil
Alibi Idiris (10-0), Kazakhstan
Imanol Rodriguez (5-0), Mexico
Tumelo Manyamala (6-1), South Africa
Welterweights
Rodrigo Sezinando (8-1), Brazil
Daniil Donchenko (11-2), Ukraine
Jeff Creighton (11-2-1), USA
Alex Sanchez (15-3), Mexico
Group Sonnen
Flyweights
Joseph Morales (12-2), USA
Furkatbek Yokubov (13-4), Uzbekistan
Roybert Echeverria (10-2), Venezuela
Arshiyan Memon (7-0), India
Welterweights
Diego Bianchini (9-1), Brazil
Matt Dixon (11-1), USA
Richard Martins (9-1), Brazil
Andreeas Binder (10-1, 1 NC), Eire
Listed below are the semifinal outcomes and matchups:
Flyweight
Alibi Idris def. Roybert Echeverria through first-round TKO (strikes)
Imanol Rodriguez vs. Joseph Morales
Welterweight
Daniil Donchenko vs. Matt Dixon
Jeff Creighton vs. Rodrigo Sezinando
Listed below are the quarterfinal outcomes:
Joseph Morales def. Eduardo Henrique through first-round submission (rear-naked choke)
Daniil Donchenko def. Richard Martins through determination
Imanol Rodriguez def. Arshiyan Memon through first-round TKO (strikes)
Jeff Creighton def. Andreeas Binder through determination
Alibi Idiris def. Furkatbek Yokubov through determination
Matt Dixon def. Alex Sanchez through first-round TKO (strikes)
Roybert Echeverria def. Tumelo Manyamala through second-round submission (rear-naked choke)
Rodrigo Sezinando def. Diego Bianchini through determination
