“The Ultimate Fighter, Season 31” finishes airing Aug. 15 and the finals now are expected to take place four days later.
UFC 292, a pay-per-view event scheduled for Aug. 19 at TD Garden in Boston, is expected to include the reality series’ bantamweight and lightweight finals.
Three people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans recently informed MMA Junkie of the targeted date and location for the “TUF 31” finals, but asked to remain anonymous because the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.
The current season is coached by [autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag] and [autotag]Michael Chandler[/autotag] and has a prospect vs. veterans theme. It will air its fifth episode Tuesday on ESPN/ESPN+. Through the first four episode, the vets (Team Chandler) have a 4-0 lead on the prospects.
#TUF31 is scheduled to air its final episode Aug. 15.
Multiple sources tell me the current plan is for the finale bouts (lightweight and bantamweight) to take place four days later on Aug. 19 at #UFC292 in Boston. pic.twitter.com/QYjda5xIfG
— Nolan King (@mma_kings) June 23, 2023
The remaining fighters in the competition are Cody Gibson, Timur Valiev, Hunter Azure, Rico DiSciullo, Carlos Vera, Brad Katona, Roosevelt Roberts, Lee Hammond, Kurt Holobaugh, Jason Knight, Landon Quinones and Austin Hubbard.
Nate Jennerman, Mando Gutierrez, Aaron McKenzie and Trevor Wells have been eliminated so far.
The current UFC 292 lineup includes:
- Champion Aljamain Sterling vs. Sean O’Malley – for bantamweight title
- Champion Zhang Weili vs. Amanda Lemos – for women’s strawweight title
- Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Vera
- Rob Font vs. Song Yadong
- Ian Garry vs. Geoff Neal
- Brad Tavares vs. Chris Weidman
- Mario Bautista vs. Cody Garbrandt
- TBA vs. TBA – “TUF 31” lightweight final
- TBA vs. TBA – “TUF 31” bantamweight final
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Andre Petroski
- Maryna Moroz vs. Karine Silva
- Andrea Lee vs. Natalia Silva
- Gregory Rodrigues vs. Denis Tiuliulin
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 292.