The Ultimate Fighter: Team Cormier vs. Team Sonnen
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Cormier vs. Team Sonnen is a 2025 installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship -produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass. This season will mark the 20th anniversary of The Ultimate Fighter. This season will feature male flyweights and welterweights. The casting call for the season started from November 4, 2024, to December 13, 2024, and the show will air every Tuesday from May 27, 2025.
Former UFC Heavyweight and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier and former UFC Light Heavyweight and UFC Middleweight title challenger Chael Sonnen are expected to serve as coaches for the season.
Cast
Coaches
Team Cormier:- Daniel Cormier, Head Coach
- Tiago Beowulf
- Rosendo Sanchez
- Bob Cook
- John Wood
- Michael Chiesa
- Julius Creed
- Chael Sonnen, Head Coach
- Clayton Hires
- Stephen Smith
- Jamie Huey
- Colby Covington
- Mason Fowler
Fighters
- Team Cormier
- *Flyweights: Alibi Idiris, Eduardo Henrique, Imanol Rodriguez, and Tumelo Manyamala.
- *Welterweights: Alex Sanchez, Daniil Donchenko, Jeff Creighton, and Rodrigo Sezinando.
- Team Sonnen
- *Flyweights: Roybert Echerverria, Furkatbek Yokubov, Arshiyan Memon, and Joseph Morales.
- *Welterweights: Matt Dixon, Richard Martins, Diego Bianchini, and Andreeas Binder.
| Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick | 5th Pick | 6th Pick | 7th Pick | 8th Pick |
| Cormier | Eduardo Henrique | Rodrigo Sezinando | Alibi Idiris | Daniil Donchenko | Imanol Rodriguez | Jeff Creighton | Tumelo Manyamala | Alex Sanchez |
| Sonnen | Joseph Morales | Diego Bianchini | Furkatbek Yokubov | Matt Dixon | Roybert Echerverria | Richard Martins | Arshiyan Memon | Andreeas Binder |