Daniel Cormier has the sting over Chael Sonnen on the finish of The Final Fighter 33 quarterfinals.
On this week’s episode, Cormier locked within the lead over his teaching rival as his No. 1 welterweight decide Rodrigo Sezinando defeated Sonnen’s No. 1 decide Diego Bianchini through choice. The bout was probably the most anticipated of the season, with Sezinando and Bianchini being proven to have shared loads of unhealthy blood because the second they set foot within the TUF home.
That animosity was evident early in Spherical 1, with Bianchini throwing spinning kicks seeking to take Sezinando’s head off, and Sezinando answering with wild haymakers. Neither landed with a lot success, however Sezinando scored with a few journeys to disrupt Bianchini. Sezinando additionally closed the opening spherical robust to possible go up 10-9 on the scorecards.
Spherical 2 was a lot simpler to guage as Sezinando tripped Bianchini all the way down to the mat and this time put his Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt to good use, pinning Bianchini down and dealing him over with heavy ground-and-pound. The assault went on for nearly 4 minutes as a bloodied Bianchini did not get out from below Sezinando.
Shortly after the buzzer rang, Sezinando was declared the winner of the two-round contest.
Cormier finishes the quarterfinals up 5-3 in his teaching matchup with Sonnen, sending three welterweights and two flyweights to the semifinals. The coaches spoke to the fighters individually to assist decide the subsequent spherical of matchups, that are as follows:
Flyweight
Crew Cormier’s Alibi Idris vs. Crew Sonnen’s Roybert Echeverria
Crew Cormier’s Imanol Rodriguez vs. Crew Sonnen’s Joseph Morales
Welterweight
Crew Cormier’s Daniil Donchenko vs. Crew Sonnen’s Matt Dixon
Crew Cormier’s Jeff Creighton vs. Crew Cormier’s Rodrigo Sezinando
The Final Fighter 33 airs reside 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 reside 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 semifinal matchups:
Flyweight
Alibi Idris vs. Roybert Echeverria
Imanol Rodriguez vs. Joseph Morales
Welterweight
Daniil Donchenko vs. Matt Dixon
Jeff Creighton vs. Rodrigo Sezinando
Listed here are the quarterfinal outcomes:
Joseph Morales def. Eduardo Henrique through first-round submission (rear-naked choke)
Daniil Donchenko def. Richard Martins through choice
Imanol Rodriguez def. Arshiyan Memon through first-round TKO (strikes)
Jeff Creighton def. Andreeas Binder through choice
Alibi Idiris def. Furkatbek Yokubov through choice
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 choice
