{"id":19929,"date":"2025-07-24T07:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T07:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/19929\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T07:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T07:09:07","slug":"the-ultimate-fighter-33-features-exciting-ko-in-episode-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/19929\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Fighter 33 Features Exciting KO In Episode 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t \"Julianna<\/a>UFC 316 in New Jersey Kayla Harrison in blue gloves of the United States faces Julianna Pena red gloves, also American, in the womens bantamweight title fight at UFC316, held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday, June7,2025. new jersey nj usa Copyright: xVANESSAxCARVALHOx\t\t\t \t\t\t <\/p>\n

The ninth episode of The Ultimate Fighter<\/a> Season 33 kicked off the semifinal portion of the flyweight bracket in resounding fashion, while the head coaches from both teams attempted to settle the score on the pickleball court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Flyweights Take Center Stage This Week on\u00a0The Ultimate Fighter,\u00a0Coaches Take Some of the Spotlight<\/p>\n

With the quarterfinals of\u00a0The Ultimate Fighter in the books, the semifinal matches in\u00a0The Ultimate Fighter officially began on Tuesday\u2019s episode<\/a>. In the first bout of the second phase of the tournament, 125-lb prospects Alibi Idiris and Roybert Echerverria squared off for bracket supremacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coming off of a dominant victory over Team Sonnen\u2019s Furkatbek Yokubov in The Ultimate Fighter quarterfinals, Idiris<\/a> placed himself seemingly at the head of the pack in the flyweight group, solidly dismantling the more experienced Uzbekistan native. Weathering an early storm from his opponent, the Kazakhstan representative wound up seizing control of the pace of the encounter, taking a clear unanimous decision.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>June 18, 2022, Austin, Texas, Austin, TX, United States: AUSTIN, TX \u2013 JUNE 18: Former UFC Champion Daniel Cormier during the UFC Fight Night: Kattar v Emmett event at Moody Center on June 18, 2022 in Austin, Texas, United States. Austin, Texas United States \u2013 ZUMAp175 20220618_zsa_p175_101 Copyright: xLouisxGrassex<\/p>\n

Showcasing a stalwart level of grit and determination in his first Ultimate Fighter showing, Echerverria<\/a> nearly lost in round one during his fight with South Africa\u2019s Tumelo Manyamala after being dropped by a strong right hook. Persevering, \u201cThe Unbroken\u201d ended up scoring the come-from-behind finish in the second, getting Manyamala to the ground before locking up a rear naked choke to force the tap.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Ultimate Fighter\u00a0Coaches Settle a Score in a Pickleball Challenge<\/p>\n

Although the main focus of the episode of\u00a0The Ultimate Fighter\u00a0was on these two flyweight standouts, head coaches Daniel Cormier<\/a> and Chael Sonnen<\/a> got the opportunity to get some personal revenge on each other in the Coaches\u2019 Challenge with a game of pickleball<\/a>. Largely struggling to mount much offense, with most of his shots going out of bounds or on the wrong side of the court, Sonnen was easily defeated by Cormier, granting the UFC legend\u2019s team a hefty payday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Idiris Continues to shine in Toughest Competition in Sports \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taking an aggressive approach early on, Idiris immediately brought the action to Echerverria, using fast straight punches and a jumping knee to close the distance. Although the Venezuelan did manage to land a few big shots in the pocket, the blistering speed of his opponent kept him primarily on the defensive. In the waning moments of the first round, after a brief grappling exchange along the fence, Idiris knocked down Echerverria with another airborne knee. Finishing off his South American foe with ground-and-pound, the Team Cormier juggernaut earned the first spot in\u00a0The Ultimate Fighter\u00a0flyweight live finale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC 316 in New Jersey Kayla Harrison in blue gloves of the United States faces Julianna Pena red…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-19929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}