In the last pre-taped episode, the two semi-final fights took place. Team Dos Santos’ Ramsey Nijem defeated Team Lesnar’s Chris Cope with a TKO in the second round. In a matchup between two Team Lesnar’s teammates, Anthony Ferguson stopped Chuck O’Neil with a TKO in the third round.
The live finale will take place on Saturday, with Team Lesnar’s Anthony Ferguson taking on Team Dos Santos’ Ramsey Nijem.
The final win tally is 6 Team Dos Santos, 7 Team Lesnar in head-to-head matchups.
Interestingly, the higher ranked fighter won every matchup this season except two: Chris Cope’s upset win over Shamar Bailey, and the first fight between Zachary Davis and Chuck O’Neil.
The following matchups have been announced for the finale:
[#114 WW] Anthony Fergusson (pre-season ranking: #113 WW) vs [#273 LW] Ramsey Nijem (pre-season ranking: #247 LW)
[#440 WW] Chris Cope (pre-season ranking: #441 WW) vs [#298 WW] Chuck O’Neil (pre-season ranking: #289 WW)
[#183 WW] Justin Edwards (pre-season ranking: #182 WW) vs [#350 WW] Clay Harvison (pre-season ranking: #387 WW)
[#377 WW] Shamar Bailey (pre-season ranking: #364 WW) vs [#216 WW] Ryan McGillivray (pre-season ranking: #200 WW)
Keep reading for the final recap of this season:
(all rankings are approximated as-of the show’s taping, and not necessarily reflecting the fighters’ current rankings)
[#113] Anthony Ferguson
episode 6: moved on to quarter-finals with a first round TKO (upkick) win over Justin Edwards
episode 9: moved on to semi-finals with a first round TKO win over Ryan McGillivray
episode 10: moved on to the finals with a third round TKO win over Chuck O’Neil
[#182] Justin Edwards
episode 3: alternate taking place of Keon Caldwell
episode 6: lost to Anthony Ferguson by TKO (upkick) in the first round
[#179] Myles Jury
episode 1: forced to withdraw due to an injury
[#200] Ryan McGillivray
episode 3: moved on to quarter-finals with a majority decision win (20-18, 20-18, 19-19) over Len Bentley
episode 9: lost to Anthony Ferguson by TKO in the first round
[#247 LW] Ramsey Nijem
episode 4: moved on to quarter-finals with a second round submission (rear naked choke) win over Charlie Rader
episode 8: moved on to semi-finals with a first round submission (rear naked choke) win over Clay Harvison
episode 9: moved on to the finals with a second round TKO win over Chris Cope
[#289] Chuck O’Neil
episode 1: alternate taking place of Miles Jury
episode 6: lost to Zachary Davis with a first round submission (triangle choke). Brought back for the wild card fight with Javier Torres
episode 7: moved on to quarter-finals with a second round submission (D’Arce choke) win over Javier Torres in the wild card bout
episode 9: moved on to semi-finals with a unanimous decision (20-18) over Zachary Davis
episode 10: lost to Anthony Ferguson with a third round TKO
[#321] Charlie Rader
episode 4: lost to Ramsey Nijem with a second round submission (rear naked choke)
[#364] Shamar Bailey
episode 1: moved on to quarter-finals with a 20-18 unanimous decision win over Nordin Asrih
episode 8: lost a 20-18 unanimous decision to Chris Cope
[#387] Clay Harvison
episode 5: defeated Michael Bowman with a unanimous decision (20-18)
episode 8: lost to Ramsey Nijem with a first round submission (rear naked choke)
[#441] Chris Cope
episode 2: moved on to quarter-finals with a 29-28 overtime unanimous decision win over Javier Torres
episode 8: moved on to semi-finals with a 20-18 unanimous decision over Shamar Bailey
episode 10: lost to Ramsey Nijem with a second round TKO
[#475] Len Bentley
episode 3: lost a majority decision win (20-18, 20-18, 19-19) to Ryan McGillivray
[NR] Nordin Asrih
episode 1: lost a unanimous decision (20-18) to Shamar Bailey
[NR] Michael Bowman
episode 5: lost a unanimous decision (20-18) to Clay Harvison
[NR] Keon Caldwell
episode 2: withdrew from competition
[NR] Zachary Davis
episode 6: moved on to quarter-finals with a first round submission (triangle choke) win over Chuck O’Neil
episode 9: lost a 20-18 unanimous decision to Chuck O’Neil
[NR] Javier Torres
episode 2: lost an overtime unanimous decision (29-28) to Chris Cope
episode 6: brought back for a wild card fight with Chuck O’Neil
episode 7: lost to Chuck O’Neil with a second round submission (D’Arce choke) in the wild-card bout