47°F
weather icon Mostly Clear

TUF 28 Finale fighters on what winning would mean to them

Updated November 28, 2018 - 8:16 pm

The Ultimate Fighter season 28 finale is set to take place at the Palms on Nov. 30. One heavyweight and one women’s featherweight will be crowned as the TUF 28 tournament winner and will earn a UFC contract.

TUF 28 finalist Juan Espino says he trained in three different countries to prepare for the show’s finale against Justin Frazier. The heavyweight also trained with top UFC fighters like Alexander Gustafsson and Junior dos Santos.

TUF 28 heavyweight finalist Justin Frazier details his son’s health battles, how his son inspires him and talks about the good luck charm his son gave him for the finale.

In the TUF 28 women’s featherweight final, Macy Chiasson will battle one of her teammate’s from the show, Pannie Kianzad. In this video, the women discuss their game plans and how they prepared.

The main event will feature a welterweight bout between two of the division’s top-ranked fighters, Kamaru Usman and Rafael dos Anjos.

More MMA: Follow at CoveringTheCage.com and @RJ_Sports on Twitter.

Contact Heidi Fang at hfang@reviewjournal.com. Follow @HeidiFang on Twitter.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.
MORE STORIES
THE LATEST
UFC-occupied buildings in Las Vegas sell for $23.6M

The off-market sale was brokered by Colliers and features two buildings which are 70 percent occupied by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

UFC reaches $375M settlement in class-action lawsuit

The UFC reached another settlement with one of the two class-action litigants, agreeing Thursday to pay the former fighters $375 million after a previous agreement was thrown out by a Nevada district judge.