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 struggle of the season pitted Group Cormier’s Alex Sanchez (Mexico) towards 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 might 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.
“Take heed to me, Alex, you’ve received to go first,” Cormier stated. “Your model doesn’t enable 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 struggle a [expletive]. Don’t again up! You may’t run. You select to do that factor, you’ve received to [expletive] struggle, you hear me? If we’re telling you one thing, hear.”
Dixon’s win helped Group 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 Group Cormier’s Daniil Donchenko and Jeff Creighton within the semifinals.
Subsequent week, Group Sonnen’s Roybert Echeverria (Venezuela) faces off with Group Cormier’s Tumelo Manyamala (South Africa) within the ultimate 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 rivals that later turn into UFC champions, Rose Namajunas and Raquel Pennington, whereas Sonnen known as upon 20-year MMA veteran Ed Herman to offer his squad some pointers.
The Final Fighter 33 airs reside each Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
Not like most editions of TUF, coaches Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen is not going to struggle 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 below are the TUF 33 rosters divided by crew:
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 quarterfinal outcomes thus far:
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
