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Previously on The Ultimate Fighter Team.

Cormier.

Melissa Amaya Keep that pressure and Tina Black

spots in the strawweight semifinals.

It's all fair in love and war.

Team Bisping Gigi Canuto punched her own ticket

to the semis in dominant fashion.

Now, only one spot remains in the strawweight division.

American Mackenzie Stellar of Team Bisping and Cormier.

French prospect Elfyn van Wyk put it all on the line in the pursuit of UFC glory.

I'm a nightmare for her

who will advance and move one step closer to becoming the next.

I know I'm bitter and I just want to prove it.

Ultimate fighter.

Power.

Michael the count.

Bismarck.

Let's go.

Are you ready?

Ding ding!

To relax.

The striking side of things isn't McKenzie's strong point,

so we've got to work on that.

We put her in the ring with McKenzie Durham,

the strawweight champion of the world.

Give her a lots and lots of rounds.

We've got to put her through it.

That is how we grow. It's all right.

You're missing those shots. It doesn't matter. Your try.

There you go. Nice defense.

McKenzie. Nice.

During that shoulder, a little bit more time.

Good job.

You all right? Hey, listen, McKenzie.

Same thing.

Same thing.

Relax. Breathing.

Let's go.

Same thing.

Stay calm.

All right.

Braden. No no no no, wait. Can rest. Rest.

Deal with the deal with you. Got to deal with the minute.

You got to deal with the break.

You got to deal with having to think a little bit.

All right?

Because otherwise, it's just all emotions you're fighting with.

You fight and you got a ton of them.

I can see it on your face.

A day I met you got a ton of emotion.

I think I was just having a hard time and getting overwhelmed and sparring

because we just did pure boxing.

And of course, that's it's not pure boxing in May.

It's MMA.

I will turn a pure boxer into dog shit with one hard punch and a level change.

All right.

Your worst asset is your best asset if you know how to use it.

Right.

I definitely saw McKenzie getting a little bit emotional in the training.

And I mean, it must be McKenzie things, because if anyone asks, coach, I'm

was always very emotional.

So you just want to do the best you can and you know where you want to be.

And sometimes

if you're not feeling like that, you know, you can get in your own head.

So she was just getting caught with a few shots.

Just let it out.

Fuck it. I cry all the time.

Trust me, I'm an emotional bastard. Okay?

So don't be.

There's nothing to be embarrassed about here.

I'm sorry. That's hard to move.

And she's really hard.

I'm a bitch.

No, no, no.

It's okay. Well, you're not a boxer.

You're not a boxer.

But this is how you get better at your boxing frustration.

McKenzie was very frustrated.

She wants it so bad, I know that.

I respect that about her, but it's this.

This is the best weapon that you've got to train.

And she's got a lot of work to do in that regard.

Listen, I couldn't wrestle. I'm from England.

I've never shot a double leg in my life, so trust me, I know how you feel.

But this is how you get better at box here.

This is how you improve your striking.

All fights start on the feet.

So yeah, it sucks a little bit.

But this is how you get better and see how you learn.

And I know we're not going to turn you into a boxer by next week,

but it'll show up and you up a little bit and learn a few little valuable lessons.

So this is all worthwhile and valuable.

You know what I'm saying, McKenzie.

She's very emotional.

She wants to get better, but she's got to control that.

This. And this is why we do this, okay?

So you teach me slang.

Slang? Yeah. Twin.

Like twin. Twin.

What friend? Okay. Yeah.

So, yeah, I'm trying to get familiar with American English.

That's funny to learn new expression.

Like, if I'm leaving, I'm like, all right, I'm gonna fuck with you, twin.

I say it again, all right?

I'm gonna fuck with you, Tony.

I will fuck with your twin.

That's terrible.

No, it's like basically.

All right, I'm gonna see you later, okay? Oh.

That's what that's basically what it means.

They'll find she's, like, straight from France.

Like I couldn't get it like a read on her at first.

She's super cool, though.

Super cool. I'm gonna fuck with you to him.

Yeah, I'm gonna fuck.

I'm gonna fuck with you, and I need.

Yeah, I'm like her, basically slang teacher, you know what I mean?

Like, if you're greeting them.

That was good twin.

What's good? Twin?

She's getting better. She's getting better.

I got to fuck with your twin.

It's like free joke.

Funny joke.

And I didn't do nothing funny.

Hello. Less Vegas.

Hello, Las Vegas.

How are you now?

My name is Delphine Benoit.

I'm 31 years old and I'm from every France.

I'm very close to my family.

Yeah, my mother is super important for me.

I see her almost every week.

I really love her.

I had three big brothers

and my father really wanted a daughter.

And when the daughter came.

It was not girly at all,

like I'm an MMA fighter, but beside that I'm

also a PE teacher.

It is a.

I went pro in March 2024.

Yeah, I'm trying to finish all my fights just because you have to be the best.

But it's also important to entertain people and that's really what I love.

I'm ready to lose everything to win and I'm going to be the next

year timid fighter.

Come on, Delphine, shove!

Yes, chef.

So Delphine has been very fun to work with.

Yes, she works hard.

She loves to fight.

She's physically gifted, but she doesn't have the best wrestling.

The only way McKenzie can win the sticker down.

My striking skills are much better than making this.

Her wrestling skills are better than mine.

Good dolphin. It's like a style opposition.

The kind of thing that makes people excited.

Hard won two gold.

They look at that, look at that.

She has been just a perfect teammate and the perfect person to be around.

You don't have no croissant?

No, no

to the interest.

I'm a pressure fighter.

I'm used to put my opponents against the fence.

Now run, run.

Good with making them going backward because when they go backward it's

you can't really strike hard and your back is against the fence.

Grab the leg, wrap the leg.

Grab the leg.

Yes. They'll find this powerful man.

She's a powerhouse.

Watching her work.

She doesn't get tired.

If you like blood

violence, it's your time to watch.

Do the goat sound.

Do you want the goat?

Do the goat.

Go. McKenzie.

She is a wild one, man.

I'm not gonna lie.

At first I was like, she's a little weird, okay?

But day by day, she just slowly started, like, growing on me.

And she's actually, like, the sweetest, most genuine person.

And it wouldn't be the same without her here. Hey,

she can see a goat.

It's a nightmare.

McKenzie's a character, you know.

She's always finding ways to be entertained to.

And she's always, you know, doing some weird shit.

Like, anytime you're bored, just go find him a Kenzie.

She's going to entertain you somehow.

Let me give you a quick home tour.

This is our kitty.

This is our living quarters.

We we as in me and my boyfriend.

We do sessions in here.

We spar, we do cardio.

The cat just watches us because she's used to it by now.

My boyfriend's name is one reason.

And we've been together for about six years now.

How has it been to witness my progress over the past five years

until this moment now?

Oh, yeah.

I always knew you could get this far and keep going.

It's actually refreshing seeing your continuous progress,

never getting stagnant.

But I get nervous every time you fight, no matter how good you are.

You know?

More nervous for that than.

Than my own fights.

I've been

feeling misplaced my entire life.

I mean, I always kept everything bottled up a lot.

I was sexually abused

most of my childhood for like 12 years.

I couldn't escape it matter how hard I tried.

I thought it was normal.

When I was little,

my emulsions were so suppressed,

I tried making myself cry that it would not happen.

And I think martial arts was just a great outlet for that.

I think I'd be dead without it.

Judo was my outlet

usually, and judo turned into jujitsu then.

Wrestling.

In May, something good came out of something bad.

If I did not go through that, I don't think I would be the fighter

I am today, but I just put it out there.

So people going through that or have gone through that can relate.

It's okay to tell somebody,

don't feel embarrassed, it's not your fault and trust the process.

It's going to feel hard, impossible.

But you'll pull through and it's going to make you a better person, strong person.

And you can help a lot of people with your story.

Welcome to my second home.

I train at One Touch by team in Woodstock, Illinois.

So in here we have the wall of ass kickers.

My coach Brett is like my dad.

I literally think of him as dad.

How are you doing today, Brett? I'm doing well.

All right. I just have a single question for you.

What do you think I'm going to bring to the table that the other women want

outside of grappling prowess, been an increase

in development with her striking ability,

an ability to take strikers out of their element

with pressure and clean, straight techniques.

Typically, we train 6 to 7 days a week.

I think the trauma makes the best fighters.

I am 100% certain that that's a big part

of why I'm such a great fighter, an overall savage.

I'm very grateful and blessed for this opportunity.

I'm on The Ultimate Fighter.

I'm gonna skull drag these broads across the canvas.

At the end of the day,

business is business, and I'm here to smash all these bitches.

That's it.

McKenzie.

She's extremely strong.

Ridiculous. Clinch work, high level judo.

Picking up with the girls, slamming them down on the ground.

She's just a little ball of muscle.

McKenzie strategy in this fight against Delphine is pretty simple.

Of course, Delphine being the French striker.

Close the distance, use the strike and get on the inside.

Get the clinch. Use the judo.

Take it down to the ground and then go to work.

10s McKenzie struggled a little bit with the striking world,

so that's why we forced McKenzie to spawn more.

Time.

Good job. Perfect. She did good.

She didn't quit on herself and I'm proud of her for that.

Hands all the way to clinch.

I think it's a pretty good matchup.

She's a standard kickboxer, barely any grappling.

So stylistically I'm a nightmare for her.

As a grappler.

I throw in some tricky shots and have a decent overhand,

some weird kicks.

Oh, two big kicks from Stiller,

the second McIntyre down and now there's the two trip McKenzie

Mack judo still

I guess like a thriving chaos and order.

I mean once my mental state is good

I just focus on the task ahead

judo trip.

That is brutal.

And there is the Tennessee Mack judo still.

Guys over here.

Let's go, let's go.

To the scale.

Delphine.

Let's go.

So Delphine is going to be fighting McKenzie.

I believe that Delphine has the superior striking.

Her defense is also really good with ground.

I mean, she started off with ground as her martial arts first,

and then she fell in love with sparring. Delphi.

And you do CrossFit not to fit.

You do CrossFit Delphi. I swear I don't.

You mentioned sparring in that girl's eyes.

Light up. So.

One 15.5.

Let's go.

Let's go down to

I think this is going to be a very great fight for Delphine.

To the scale.

McKenzie Stiller

I'm really excited about this matchup because I think that

the second McKenzie can get Ahold of her, she's really going to shine.

You see that American top?

She wins my heart, right, McKenzie, you've laid it across.

All right.

You win at American Top.

How do I not support you a little bit?

That girl is super strong in the clinch.

She's not as skilled on the feet as Delphinus.

Won 15.5,

but I think she'll be able to get inside to the clinch

and get this fight to the mat and finish it.

Don't touch it.

We got McKenzie. That's a great eyes.

Maybe some crazy eyes ain't gonna help though.

Oh, and crazy eyes don't help.

I'm excited to fight.

When the lights, cameras and everyone's watching,

I step up, I stepped out, fuck up.

Never seen anything like me.

Like I'm just like hunting for the kill.

Like I'm hunting my prey.

My dog.

This fight is incredibly important.

Stay patient, stay calm.

Don't go into the chaos.

It's the biggest much of my career.

But I'm good with handling the pressure.

She is very, very wild.

Diamonds are made under pressure and I always show up when it matters.

McKenzie was the game plan.

Keep it tight, keep my pressure.

Do not give up distance.

Grab her and go. Game over.

Keep it tight.

Straight down the pipe.

The fucking go!

Come on, let's go. McKenzie!

Come on.

She's got nothing for you.

You get your hands on her.

She's going flying. Scared of McKenzie?

Come on.

I cannot picture myself

not winning this fight.

Delphine.

I respect what you do.

I wish you nothing but the best.

But I'm going to get in there.

Gonna win. I'm gonna cross you.

Let's go.

McKenzie.

Nothing personal, all business.

I'm very confident I can get the job done in the first round.

Delphi, every fight is an opportunity to prove something.

Do everything you do in training.

But now you don't have to hold back.

We'll see who gets the better of the other.

Let's go.

Delphine.

I know

I'm bitter, and I just want to prove it.

And I will do it.

Let's go.

Delphine, go get after right away.

You hear me?

She's nervous.

McKenzie.

McKenzie is a chaotic opponent.

But it is what it is. It's part of the game.

You have to be able to face any kind of opponent.

Remember the game plan, McKenzie?

I know I've got this, so

I'm just going to prove it.

I'm telling you, coming through your bed,

it's pretty easy for me.

Straight.

Remember the game plan, McKenzie?

Make her fight your fight.

This is a quarter final round in the strawweight division.

This fight is two rounds.

If at the end of two rounds,

there's a draw, we'll go to a third sudden victory round.

Ready? Ready.

Let's go

tight. Right.

There you go.

There it is. Yep yep yep. Every time.

Every time she overthrows

Lam pants off.

Don't forget what you're trying to do.

We gotta go with second. Go. Don't just throw one.

You gotta go forward.

Don't spend.

Inside you throw to go forward.

Don't reach. You're good. Hey!

Here comes, here it comes, here comes right

hand low, right hand low.

Just keep the left hand inside.

The five left hand inside the five left hand side.

The thigh.

You're good here.

The left side of five.

Right. You're good.

You're good. You're good. Keep the right hand side of line.

Trip moment is there? Keep it there.

What's the matter?

You're ready to try it here.

You're ready to drop that hands back.

Watch the strength in there,

Tight and tight.

The other on your feet.

They want to stay on it.

Don't do it.

She's getting tired now, friends, I decided I keep reaching.

She's missing everything. Side to side. Don't back up.

She's missing everything that feeds the jump, girl.

Throw!

Your feet.

Throw it! There you go. Nice.

Off the center line, girl.

Clean. Stay clean, stay clean,

stay clean.

Now feel

nice and psychic.

Yes, yes.

More,

more.

Clean.

Yes. Good.

Good job, young lady.

Good job. Oh, yes.

Yes, yes.

We better.

Let her go.

Don't worry about that.

You gotta get into that clinch.

No, you have to set that up.

Breathe in there for me.

Keep it simple.

No, don't do that.

Yeah. What do you think?

Don't let him go. Stay on her.

Yes. Right

away.

No. Good.

McKenzie, you have to make this position count now.

Okay.

Make this position count.

It's two minutes.

Yeah. Don't jump. Hey! Good.

Underhook.

Underhook

left on the hook.

Nice.

Keep going.

Good job.

Good. The.

Strike.

Keep your hips back.

You're ready to fight. Go!

Now. Elbow,

elbow.

Elbow.

One minute, one minute.

Go! You gotta win the round

because he doesn't.

Some time with those hands.

Keep it simple. One, two.

I don't know.

Hey, hey. No! Stay on it.

She tries to kick when she.

Is nice.

You want?

Jump?

Jump.

You jump.

Good.

Good job.

All right, let me talk.

Three. Take deep breaths.

Three deep breaths. But you gotta relax a little bit, kid.

Hey, she has nothing for you.

She's tired now, and you see everything.

Even the takedowns. You're doing a tremendous job.

Go get five minutes and get this done.

Delphine, what did we say?

Keep it basic. Don't go out there throwing spinning back fish.

We know what we want to do. Get up against the fence. Get Ahold of it.

Take it down to the ground, and then smash it believing it.

Let's fucking go! Yeah.

Second round.

Here we go.

Take your time.

What? Your fingers.

Go, go!

Deeper.

Okay. Crazy.

You gotta set that up.

McKenzie, you have to set it up.

You throw the right hand and then.

Run into a knee on the shot.

She on the shot.

He's not

inside. Don't.

You kicked off.

Yeah.

What's your.

Name?

Not just what I heard.

You need to go again, kid.

Come on, let's go, let's go.

Go! No,

nothing. We gotta do more.

You gotta do more.

Don't let her work back into the fight, guys.

Tom. More.

First person.

First.

First.

We need.

Yes! You gotta get.

Stuff done.

I need you to get your fingers up for a closed fist.

Don't get them towards the face, okay?

We don't want anything bad to happen. Okay.

Good time in.

The fence.

Find it.

Back up. That's it.

Keep forward.

Forward, forward. Keep pushing forward.

We're not many fights backwards on this one.

He caught me with those hands.

Now. Yeah. Just try and get position.

Go right there.

Oh! Fight!

Stay with it.

Yes! You to the jab.

That job doesn't keep the high priest.

Three minutes. Copy.

Circle, circle three minutes.

You have the breaker.

Fight forward.

You see it?

I'm a.

Fucked up.

No, no.

It's okay now, player.

Yes, Duffy.

She did nothing with that.

Got the leg. Grab the leg.

Yes. Grab the leg.

Good.

You got it.

Score for you.

You got it. I got it.

Hold on.

Thank you.

She's.

Yes. Yes, it does it.

No no no no. No. Rush it.

Thank you.

Hey, how are we doing?

Hey, you don't need to hit.

That was a knee on the ground press.

That was a knee on the ground.

Keep the.

Rooster. Yes.

She literally is doing nothing.

Circle back up.

We have the turtles.

Hello? Yeah, she's got to take off.

She didn't do anything with those takedowns, though.

With the fight.

With the fight?

In the kitchen.

Tickets, ticket.

Let's go.

Two. One.

One time.

Move!

Ladies, you don't know.

We might have a third round. We may have a third round.

We got to listen.

You got to listen.

McKenzie probably going to go to a third round.

Look, we have one more round. We have one more round.

Now you're going to third round. You're gonna have to dig deep.

You hear me?

You got to dig deep to go get this done.

You want to win this fight?

All right. Take some deep breaths.

You're letting this become a chaotic fight like we told you.

You've got to control and dictate the pace.

You're letting her build confidence.

You got to take her out of this fight. Go out there.

Show the world what you made of.

Okay? Remember what you can do.

Get ready. Hey, you got to move side to side.

You're winning this fucking fight. So go out there and finish it.

Show the world what you're made of.

Okay. Don't fucking quit on yourself.

Let's go.

Don't.

On yourself.

You're in this fight.

Third and final round.

Third and final round.

Okay. Hey, don't! Fucking quick!

This is your fight.

Let's go.

Don't feed, don't kick.

Don't give her confidence.

Don't.

Okay.

Here we go.

Round.

Shut it up.

You missed it.

There it is.

There you go.

Like that.

Like that. There you go. Straight.

That's perfect.

Keep going straight.

Keep touching her, Duffy. Be more active.

Yeah, yeah.

Just be beautiful.

Keep it straight.

Keep it straight.

Straight.

In there.

It's just.

Right now.

The elbow.

She's getting the head.

Good job.

You want to put your hand?

Over there?

Flame your feet and throw punches.

Work your shoulder.

Go. Fucking gone.

There you go.

No, that's the balance, Alex.

Play your feet for a fucking throw.

That's it.

Drive!

Jesus!

Inside, inside.

Bladder your bladder.

Again.

Strike!

Punches! Punching.

And again from scratch.

That's right.

Yes. So.

Simple.

That's one strike.

That's one strike.

That doesn't touch me.

Look, Duffy.

These multiple Michael Duffy lands. Can.

She lands one kick.

That's nothing good. Yes.

Yes yes. Yes.

He tried to sign with the hands of.

Your feet.

Every time she misses like that, this is good for us.

Keep going. Want me to?

Good job.

Come on.

Going inside?

No. Yes.

Two, three.

Let's go.

Jump!

You have to win with volume.

Everything.

Come on. Yes.

Every other.

Push forward.

Hey, I got your feet.

I got it.

Don't be.

McKenzie.

You got to finish strong, McKenzie.

You got to finish strong.

There you go.

One minute, Mikey. One minute.

Ross. Minute.

McKenzie. Everything.

Everything.

You have forward pressure.

You don't know.

Yeah.

There is no.

Yeah.

Three, three.

Let's go.

Oh! Nice fucking kick.

Hands up in the air!

The fuck?

So the fight between Delfina McKenzie starts out exactly like we want.

Round one.

Delfino fights.

Beautiful.

McKenzie's throwing punches.

Missing.

Her takedowns are against thin air.

She just looks lost.

Russell. What?

Good.

Delfina is just moving around her,

making it look easy.

Delfin defended the takedowns and used effective

striking against McKenzie in round one.

Good job over here.

First round didn't necessarily go to plan.

She had some moments of success, but she also had some adversity.

I go into the Octagon, McKenzie's Dash.

She's looking a little bleary eyed, and then she starts saying, I'm dizzy.

I'm dizzy.

You're trying to rush dizzy. You're fine. Okay.

It seemed like she wanted a way out.

Listen, you gotta push the pace in this round.

You got to dig deep.

If you take a crack, don't worry about it, okay?

That's what we're here for. So I was like, McKenzie, don't do this.

Come on. Don't quit on yourself.

Let's go. Let's dig deep.

Okay. Let's fucking go for it.

And when I gave her that and I pointed at her, she did.

She responded well.

But Kenzie came into round two knowing that she had to win that round,

and she stepped it up.

She took Delphine down

and landed some good ground and pound.

I could see the look in her eye and I could see that

she was back.

She was able to get the takedown.

She landed some shots of her own on the feet.

So did McKenzie.

Starts to work our way back into the fight, and Delphine did that

by not following the game plan that was put in front of her.

McKenzie takes round two and sends it to a third round.

Okay, here we go.

So the third round starts and it was a very even round.

McKenzie dug deep.

She went forward. She was aggressive.

She was able to get the clinch.

She was competent on the feet.

But of course Delfina was

able to land some shots.

In the third round.

Delphine fought exactly like she needed to.

She went right back to moving,

defending, takedowns,

some beautiful knees.

Round three was close.

Delphine got back to her game plan and kept the fight

standing, but McKenzie was able to land strikes two.

And you know, now it's up to the judges.

Okay, after three rounds, we have a unanimous decision.

Read.

Good girl.

Went out there and fucking fight.

Keep your head right. Fine.

You're proud of yourself. You push the pace.

The mistakes I made.

No, no. Stop, stop! Listen.

She had a good opening round.

You had an amazing second round.

And yet a close third round. Okay.

It was very close.

Okay. It's gonna be the ultimate fighter. Well,

of course

I'm not feeling the greatest, but, I mean, it is what it is.

It was her night tonight, and I respect that.

Now I'll be here for the team. I'm team player.

Let's go.

Got other fights to win.

Other fights to win.

The hardest part is going back home to everyone.

It was not a world champion standards out there.

Like my coach always says.

So I'm just gonna look back on the film,

and then we're going to get right back to work.

I'm feeling great.

I'm glad I won't.

It was like a tough fight.

I could have made it easier.

Maybe

every fight, even like K.O.

victory.

Needs to analyze what was not good.

I did a step, but I didn't cross the finish line yet.

So yeah, I'm just focus on what's next.

So Delphine claims the last straw weight semifinal spot.

Now we have the last bantamweight quarter final fight, and it should be a good one.

Fire!

Fight, man!

Okay.

Of course, there's no suspense in this.

We know our number one pick.

The guy that you wanted.

Franklin. Take

your rifle place

in the winner's circle because he will go against the mountain.

That is all. Bark and no bite.

Mika Bega,

Dominica in the last quarter final match.

Bisping number one overall pick Xavier Franklin

will go up against the skill striker Mika Urana.

This is my thing.

We've been watching Xavier for a couple of years.

His record is six one and one, and his only loss

came by decision on the Contender Series in 2024.

Look at is Bobby

Ito. Pedro.

He's going to have a tough matchup against Dominican

Mika Urania, a well-rounded fighter with heavy hands shaking.

He's shake it, shake it, shake his.

Look at it.

Why did you pick him? He's good man.

I don't know.

Both of these guys are hungry, exciting fighters.

And it should be a great way to end the quarterfinals.

You stay here. You know, you know.

On the next

episode of The Ultimate Fighter, Bisping crashes Team Cormier training.

You're training is done with some special guests in tow.

What's going on?

This is our time.

Practice.

Get him, get him!

Then it's the last battle.

Quarterfinal. Beautiful.

Highly touted American prospect.

Savior Franklin of Team Bisping.

He's not ready for this.

Takes on Team Cormier.

Mika is arena of the Dominican Republic.

Then the semifinal match ups are announced.

What we've settled on, sadly for you guys.

Difficult fights.