Duel will define the TUF 25 champion (Photo: Reproduction-Facebook UFC/Montage: SL)
The mystery surrounding the finalists of the 25th edition of The Ultimate Fighter is over. The final of the program, which will be played at TUF 25 Finale, this Friday (07), in Las Vegas (USA), will be between the Brazilian Dhiego Lima and Jesse Taylor, in a duel valid for the welterweight category. The program featured participants in the under-77kg division), and only featured fighters who had already participated in an old edition of the reality show.
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Inside the house, Lima, who had been part of TUF 19, defeated Hayder Hassan, Gilbert Smith and Tom Gallicchio, all by decision. Taylor, from the 7th edition, surpassed Mehdi Baghdad on points, and submitted Hayder Hassan and James Krause,
At 28, Dhiego Lima has a professional record of 12 wins and five losses in MMA. The athlete from American Top Team Atlanta He debuted in the UFC in 2014, with a defeat to Eddie Gordon in the TUF 19 final, but then recovered with a triumph over Jorge Blade at UFC Uberlândia. However, two new negative results, with technical knockouts suffered to Tim means e Jingliang Li ended up causing his dismissal.
Jesse Taylor, five years older, has just one UFC fight, in 2008, when he was submitted by CB Dollaway. With a record of 30 victories and 15 setbacks, he comes from three defeats in his last four fights. He has already faced several well-known names on the world stage, such as Thales leites, Luke Rockhold, Murilo Bustamente, Hector Lombard, David Branch and Marcel Fortuna, who will also perform in TUF Finale 25.
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