Featherweights and middleweights will take center stage when “The
Ultimate Fighter 32” debuts later this year.
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The
Ultimate Fighting Championship announced the roster for the
long-running reality series on Saturday, touting it in a release as
“the most international cast ever assembled for the show, with 14
nations being represented by 16 rising prospects.”
The 12-episode season of “TUF 32” will air on ESPN beginning on
June 4 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT and will also be available to stream
on demand via ESPN+. Reigning flyweight queen Alexa
Grasso and rival Valentina
Shevchenko will serve as opposing coaches on the show. Grasso
and Shevchenko are expected to meet in a trilogy bout at the
conclusion of “TUF 32,” but a date for that championship fight has
not been announced.
Featherweights
Edwin
Cooper Jr. | Albuquerque, N.M.
Nathan
Fletcher | Liverpool, England
Zygimantas
Ramaska | Ukmergė, Lithuania
Roedie
Roets | Polokwane, South Africa
Bekhzod
Usmonov | Tajikistan
Guillermo
Torres | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Kaan
Ofli | Melbourne, Australia
Mairon
Santos Alves | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Middleweights
Omran
Chaaban | Finland
Shamidkhan
Magomedov | Gubkinsky, Russia
Robert
Valentin | Switzerland
Mark
Hulme | Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Ryan
Loder | Sacramento, Calif.
Giannis
Bachar | Athens, Greece
Tom
Theocharis | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Paddy
McCorry | West Belfast, Ireland