The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 32 and TUF 32) is a 2024 installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter that will take start on June 4, 2024, at the TUF Fighters house and the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.


Coaches

Team Grasso:

Alexa Grasso, Head Coach
Diego Lopes, assistant coach
Francisco Grasso, assistant coach
Alessandro Costa, BJJ coach
Colin Daynes, wrestling coach
Jose Martinez, striking coach


Team Shevchenko:

Valentina Shevchenko, Head Coach
Pavel Fedotov, assistant coach
Jason Andrada
Miguel Carpinacci
Richie Van Houten
Martin Gil
Louai Kiblawi
Rocky Kiblawi


MEN’S FEATHERWEIGHT 145 lbs (name, age, professional record and fighting out of)

Edwin Cooper Jr | 31 | 6-1 | Albuquerque, N.M.

Nathan Fletcher | 26 | 8-1 | Liverpool, England

Zygimantas Ramaska | 27 | 9-2 | Ukmergė, Lithuania

Roedie Roets | 27 | 7-1 | Polokwane, South Africa

Bekhzod Usmonov | 28 | 12-4 | Tajikistan

Guillermo Torres | 37 | 7-1 | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Kaan Ofli | 30 | 11-2-1 | Melbourne, Australia

Mairon Santos | 23 | 13-1 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


MEN’S MIDDLEWEIGHT 185 lbs (name, age, professional record and fighting out of)

Omran Chaaban | 23 | 6-1 | Finland

Shamidkhan Magomedov | 29 | 8-1 | Gubkinsky, Russia

Robert Valentin | 28 | 10-3 | Switzerland

Mark Hulme | 29 | 12-3 | Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Ryan Loder | 31 | 6-1 | Sacramento, Calif.

Giannis Bachar | 33 | 9-2 | Athens, Greece

Thomas Theocharis | 30 | 9-5 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Paddy McCorry | 26 | 4-1 | West Belfast, Ireland



Teams

Team Grasso


Featherweights: Bekhzod Usmonov, Guillermo Torres, Kaan Ofli, and Mairon Santos.
Middleweights: Omran Chaaban, Robert Valentin, Thomas Theocharis, and Paddy McCorry.

Team Shevchenko


Featherweights: Edwin Cooper Jr., Nathan Fletcher, Zygimantas Ramaska, and Roedie Roets.
Middleweights: Shamidkhan Magomedov, Mark Hulme, Ryan Loder, and Giannis Bachar.


Background

Current UFC Flyweight Champion Alexa Grasso and former champion Valentina Shevchenko will serve as head coaches for the season.

This season will feature male featherweights and middleweights. The casting call for the season ended on January 19, 2024, with the selections made in late January. The filming of the season is expected to begin in March 2024. The cast was officially announced on March 4, consisting of fighters from 14 different nationalities.

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko will feature the most international cast ever assembled for the show, with 14 nations being represented by the 16 rising prospects in the men’s featherweight (145 lbs.) and middleweight (185 lbs.) divisions, who have put everything else in their lives aside to pursue their UFC dreams.

No. 1 ranked women’s pound-for-pound fighter Grasso (16-3-1, fighting out of Guadalajara, Mexico) intends to make a statement in her coaching debut. She will look to pass on the skills and experience that have earned her notable victories over Shevchenko, Maycee Barber and Joanne Wood. Grasso now has her sights set on shutting out Shevchenko as coach and building momentum towards their inevitable rematch later this year.

Former UFC flyweight champion Shevchenko (23-4-1, fighting out of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) is considered by many to be one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time. A Master of Sport in taekwondo, boxing, kickboxing, and Muay Thai, Shevchenko has claimed highlight-reel victories over Lauren Murphy, Jéssica Andrade, and Katlyn Chookagian. She now plans on adding a successful TUF coaching season to her impressive resume on the way to reclaiming her belt from Grasso.






The fighters


Featherweights


Edwin Cooper Jr.

Record: 6-1
Age: 31
Fighting out of: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Notable:

Fought on the PFL Challengers Series in 2022

Trains at Jackson Wink MMA -- the same gym as UFC heavyweight champ Jon Jones and former UFC champions Holly Holm and Michelle Waterson-Gomez

Nathan Fletcher

Record: 8-1
Age: 26
Fighting out of: England
Notable:

Six wins by submission

Trains at Next Generation MMA Liverpool; the same gym as UFC fighters Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann

Kaan Ofli

Record: 10-2-1
Age: 30
Fighting out of: Melbourne, Australia
Notable:

Nickname is Genghis

Won Hex Fight Series featherweight title in last fight

Riding an eight-fight winning streak

Zygimantas Ramaska

Record: 9-2
Age: 24
Fighting out of: Lithuania
Notable:

Has had only one professional fight go the distance

Riding a three-fight winning streak, all wins have come via KO/TKO

Roedie Roets

Record: 7-1
Age: 27
Fighting out of: South Africa
Notable:

No fights between January 2020 and April 2023

Won four of his past five fights

Mairon Santos

Record: 13-1
Age: 23
Fighting out of: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Notable:

Trains at Paraná Vale Tudo -- the same gym as Jessica Andrade and Denise Gomes

Was supposed to face now-UFC featherweight Sean Woodson in August 2023 but bout was cancelled

Guillermo Torres

Record: 7-1
Age: 37
Fighting out of: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Notable:

Each of his past four fights have ended in KO/TKO (three wins, one loss)

The oldest fighter on this season of TUF

Bekhzod Usmonov

Record: 11-4
Age: 28
Fighting out of: Russia
Notable:

Has not fought since December 2022


Middleweights


Giannis Bachar

Record: 9-2
Age: 33
Fighting out of: Athens, Greece
Notable:

Cage Warriors Fighting Championship welterweight champion

Both of his losses have come by submission

Omran Chaaban

Record: 6-1
Age: 23
Fighting out of: Helsinki, Finland
Notable:

UAE Warriors welterweight champion

Riding a five-fight win streak

Has finished each of his past five opponents (two knockouts, three submissions)

Mark Hulme

Record: 12-3
Age: 29
Fighting out of: Johannesburg, South Africa
Notable:

Riding a four-fight winning streak

Ryan Loder

Record: 6-1
Age: 32
Fighting out of: Roseville, California
Notable:

Trains at Team Alpha Male, a gym founded by former UFC fighter Urijah Faber

Shamidkhan Magomedov

Record: 8-1
Age: 29
Fighting out of: Dagestan
Notable:

LFA interim welterweight champion

Fought on Khabib Nurmagomedov's Eagle FC from 2021 to 2022

Paddy McCorry

Record: 4-1
Age: 26
Fighting out of: West Belfast, Ireland
Notable:

Each of his wins has come via finish (two knockouts, two submissions)

Tom Theocharis

Record: 9-5
Age: 30
Fighting out of: Toronto
Notable:

Seven of his eight wins have come by KO/TKO

Won the Alaska Combat Entertainment middleweight championship twice

Robert Valentin

Record: 10-3, 1 NC
Age: 29
Fighting out of: Zurich, Switzerland

Next Episode is

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Episode 1: The Opportunity of Your Life

Synopsis:


Too be aired Tuesday, June 4 at 10 p.m. ET.

Next Episode is

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Episode 2: Victory or Valhalla

Synopsis:


Too be aired Tuesday, June 11 at 10 p.m. ET.

Next Episode is

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Episode 3: Fly The Flag

Synopsis:


Too be aired Tuesday, June 18 at 10 p.m. ET.

Next Episode is

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Episode 4: Putting Everyone on Notice

Synopsis:


Too be aired Tuesday, June 25 at 10 p.m. ET.

Next Episode is

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Episode 5: Full Of Violence

Synopsis:



Too be aired Tuesday, July 2 at 10 p.m. ET.

Next Episode is

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Episode 6: Everything In My Power

Synopsis:


Too be aired Tuesday, July 9 at 10 p.m. ET.

Next Episode is

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Episode 7: Smash His Face

Synopsis:


Too be aired Tuesday, July 16 at 10 p.m. ET.

Next Episode is

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Episode 8: World Class Killer Instinct

Synopsis:


Too be aired Tuesday, July 23 at 10 p.m. ET.

Next Episode is

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Grasso vs. Team Shevchenko Episode 9: You Know What’s Coming

Synopsis:


Too be aired Tuesday, July 30 at 10 p.m. ET.