The Ultimate Fighter: Team Cormier vs. Team Sonnen (also known as The Ultimate Fighter 33 and TUF 33) is a 2025 installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass. This season marked the 20th anniversary of The Ultimate Fighter. This season will feature male flyweights and welterweights. The casting call for the season started from November 4, 2024, to December 13, 2024, and the show aired every Tuesday from May 27, 2025.
Former UFC Heavyweight and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier and former UFC Light Heavyweight and UFC Middleweight title challenger Chael Sonnen served as coaches for the season.
Cast Coaches
Team Cormier: Daniel Cormier, Head Coach Tiago Beowulf Rosendo Sanchez Bob Cook John Wood Michael Chiesa Julius Creed
Team Sonnen: Chael Sonnen, Head Coach Clayton Hires Stephen Smith Jamie Huey Colby Covington Mason Fowler
Fighters Team Cormier Flyweights: Alibi Idiris, Eduardo Henrique, Imanol Rodríguez, and Tumelo Manyamala. Welterweights: Alex Sanchez, Daniil Donchenko, Jeff Creighton, and Rodrigo Sezinando. Team Sonnen Flyweights: Roybert Echerverria, Furkatbek Yokubov, Arshiyan Memon, and Joseph Morales. Welterweights: Matt Dixon, Richard Martins, Diego Bianchini, and Andreeas Binder.
Coach1st Pick2nd Pick3rd Pick4th Pick5th Pick6th Pick7th Pick8th PickCormierEduardo Henrique (FLW)Rodrigo Sezinando (WW)Alibi Idiris (FLW)Daniil Donchenko (WW)Imanol Rodríguez (FLW)Jeff Creighton (WW)Tumelo Manyamala (FLW)Alex Sanchez (WW)SonnenJoseph Morales (FLW)Diego Bianchini (WW)Furkatbek Yokubov (FLW)Matt Dixon (WW)Roybert Echerverria (FLW)Richard Martins (WW)Arshiyan Memon (FLW)Andreeas Binder (WW)
Tournament bracket Welterweight bracket
Flyweight bracket
+ Team Cormier Team Sonnen Unanimous Decision Majority Decision Split Decision Submission (Technical) Knock Out
See also The Ultimate Fighter List of UFC events 2025 in UFC List of current UFC fighters
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