Episode
The Ultimate Fighter: Comfortable With The Uncomfortable
Overview
Cormier and Sonnen face off in a pickleball Coaches Challenge. TUF 18 winner and former UFC bantamweight champion Julianna Pena pays a visit to Team Sonnen training. Then, Alibi Idiris and Roybert Echeverria go to war.
Details
- Series
- The Ultimate Fighter
- Season
- Season 33
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2025-07-22
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Comfortable With The Uncomfortable is Episode 9 in Team Cormier vs Team Sonnen of The Ultimate Fighter. It aired on 2025-07-22. The runtime is 45 min.
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