‘The Ultimate Fighter 32’ rosters revealed with 16 UFC hopefuls

“The Ultimate Fighter” is back for a 32nd season, which will be coached by women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso and former champ Valentina Shevchenko.

Set to debut June 4 on ESPN, the series will include men’s featherweights and middleweights. Filming begins in Sunday in Las Vegas, sources say.

Grasso (16-3-1 MMA, 8-3-1 UFC) and Shevchenko (23-4-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC) will square off in a trilogy bout after the conclusion of the series at a date and location yet-to-be-determined.

In addition to an announcement of rosters Saturday, the promotion announced the upcoming season will have a theme of “Redemption,” which pins former UFC fighters against rising prospects.

Dozens of fighters applied and only 16 were selected. Fourteen countries will be represented in what might the series’ most nationally diverse season to date.

Scroll below to see who made the cut.

Featherweights

Edwin Cooper Jr.

Challenger Series 4 Weigh-In at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, Thursday, March 10, 2022. (Cooper Neill / PFL)

Record: 7-1

Age: 31

Fighting out of: Albuquerque, N.M.

Nathan Fletcher

Record: 8-1

Age: 26

Fighting out of: Liverpool, England

Zygimantas Ramaska

Record: 9-2

Age: 27

Fighting out of: Ukmerge, Lithuania

Roedie Roets

Record: 7-1

Age: 27

Fighting out of: Polokwane, South Africa

Bekhzod Usmonov

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Record: 12-4

Age: 28

Fighting out of: Tajikistan

Guillermo Torres

Record: 7-1

Age: 37

Fighting out of: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Kaan Ofli

Record: 11-2-1

Age: 30

Fighting out of: Melbourne, Australia

Mairon Santos

Record: 13-1

Age: 23

Fighting out of: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Middleweights

Omran Chaaban

Record: 6-1

Age: 23

Fighting out of: Finland

Shamidkhan Magomedov

Record: 8-1

Age: 29

Fighting out of: Gubkinsky, Russia

Robert Valentin

Record: 10-3

Age: 29

Fighting out of: Switzerland

Mark Hulme

Record: 12-3

Age: 29

Fighting out of: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Ryan Loder

Record: 6-1

Age: 31

Fighting out of: Sacramento, Calif.

Giannis Bachar

Record: 9-2

Age: 33

Fighting out of: Athens, Greece

Thomas Theocharis

Record: 9-5

Age: 29

Fighting out of: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Paddy McCorry

Record: 4-1

Age: 26

Fighting out of: West Belfast, Ireland

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