Daniel Cormier’s group took a loss after which Cormier misplaced his persistence on this week’s episode of The Final Fighter 33.
The third welterweight battle of the season pitted Staff Cormier’s Alex Sanchez (Mexico) towards Chael Sonnen’s Matt Dixon (U.S.) and it was Dixon who emerged victorious through 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 pissed off Cormier ripped into Sanchez.
“Hearken to me, Alex, you’ve received to go first,” Cormier stated. “Your model doesn’t permit so that you can again up. Don’t [expletive] again up. Don’t again up! For those who’re a fighter, you don’t [expletive] again up. You go and also you battle a [expletive]. Don’t again up! You’ll be able to’t run. You select to do that factor, you’ve received to [expletive] battle, you hear me? If we’re telling you one thing, pay attention.”
Dixon’s win helped Staff 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 Staff Cormier’s Daniil Donchenko and Jeff Creighton within the semifinals.
Subsequent week, Staff Sonnen’s Roybert Echeverria (Venezuela) faces off with Staff Cormier’s Tumelo Manyamala (South Africa) within the remaining 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 turn into UFC champions, Rose Namajunas and Raquel Pennington, whereas Sonnen referred to as upon 20-year MMA veteran Ed Herman to provide his squad some pointers.
The Final Fighter 33 airs dwell 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 battle 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 dwell finale fights. A date for these bouts is but to be introduced.
Listed here are the TUF 33 rosters divided by group:
Staff 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
Staff 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 up to now:
Joseph Morales def. Eduardo Henrique through first-round submission (rear-naked choke)
Daniil Donchenko def. Richard Martins through resolution
Imanol Rodriguez def. Arshiyan Memon through first-round TKO (strikes)
Jeff Creighton def. Andreeas Binder through resolution
Alibi Idiris def. Furkatbek Yokubov through resolution
Matt Dixon def. Alex Sanchez through first-round TKO (strikes)
Advancing to semifinals: Morales, Donchenko, Rodriguez, Creighton, Idiris, Dixon
Eradicated: Henrique, Martins, Memon, Binder, Yokubov, Sanchez
