Daniel Cormier’s crew took a loss after which Cormier misplaced his persistence on this week’s episode of The Final Fighter 33.
The third welterweight combat of the season pitted Crew Cormier’s Alex Sanchez (Mexico) in opposition to Chael Sonnen’s Matt Dixon (U.S.) and it was Dixon who emerged victorious by way of first-round knockout as he put the stress on Sanchez early and by no means let up.
Dixon had Sanchez caught on the back-foot, a lot to the frustration of Cormier. The previous two-division UFC champion repeatedly yelled at Sanchez to maneuver ahead and assault, however Sanchez may by no means discover his offense. He spent a lot of the bout countering and circling till he stepped proper right into a Dixon left hand that dropped him to the canvas. Dixon adopted with ground-and-pound to seal the deal.
Afterwards, a annoyed Cormier ripped into Sanchez.
“Take heed to me, Alex, you’ve bought to go first,” Cormier stated. “Your fashion doesn’t enable so that you can again up. Don’t [expletive] again up. Don’t again up! When you’re a fighter, you don’t [expletive] again up. You go and also you combat a [expletive]. Don’t again up! You may’t run. You select to do that factor, you’ve bought to [expletive] combat, you hear me? If we’re telling you one thing, pay attention.”
Dixon’s win helped Crew Sonnen shut the hole within the competitors, which Cormier leads 4-2. He’s additionally Sonnen’s first welterweight to advance, becoming a member of Crew Cormier’s Daniil Donchenko and Jeff Creighton within the semifinals.
Subsequent week, Crew Sonnen’s Roybert Echeverria (Venezuela) faces off with Crew Cormier’s Tumelo Manyamala (South Africa) within the closing flyweight bout of the season.
There was no scarcity of star energy when it got here to visitor coaches this week as Cormier introduced in former TUF opponents that later change into UFC champions, Rose Namajunas and Raquel Pennington, whereas Sonnen referred to as upon 20-year MMA veteran Ed Herman to offer his squad some pointers.
The Final Fighter 33 airs stay each Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Not like most editions of TUF, coaches Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen won’t 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 here are the TUF 33 rosters divided by crew:
Crew 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
Crew 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 here are the quarterfinal outcomes to date:
Joseph Morales def. Eduardo Henrique by way of first-round submission (rear-naked choke)
Daniil Donchenko def. Richard Martins by way of resolution
Imanol Rodriguez def. Arshiyan Memon by way of first-round TKO (strikes)
Jeff Creighton def. Andreeas Binder by way of resolution
Alibi Idiris def. Furkatbek Yokubov by way of resolution
Matt Dixon def. Alex Sanchez by way of first-round TKO (strikes)
Advancing to semifinals: Morales, Donchenko, Rodriguez, Creighton, Idiris, Dixon
Eradicated: Henrique, Martins, Memon, Binder, Yokubov, Sanchez
