Juan Espino was crowned as the TUF heavyweight winner when he submitted Justin Frazier at the finale in Las Vegas and Macy Chiasson submitted Pannie Kianzad to become the TUF 28 women’s featherweight winner.
The main event between Kamaru Usman and Rafael dos Anjos is official, as are the two bouts from TUF 28. Two fighters, Ji Yeon Kim and Rick Glenn, missed weight.
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.
Fighters competing on The Ultimate Fighter season 28 revealed what they sacrificed or left behind in order to be on the UFC’s flagship reality series. The show will start airing on Fox Sports 1 on Wednesdays starting Aug. 29.
Former UFC competitor Sarah Kaufman told reporters at UFC 219 when she headlines Invicta FC 27 on Jan. 18, she wants to remind the UFC that she’s the type of exciting fighter that they need in their bantamweight division.