Dana White had a chair in the front row when the Ultimate Fighter 33 started with a bang.
Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen are the coaches in this season of MMA's original reality TV show, who recently shot Jon Jones and Nate Diaz a knock-off version of in Thailand.
After a short evaluation period, the UFC legends chose their teams from a field of Welterweight and flying weight hunters.
The first choice of Chael Sonnen was 12-2 former UFC hunter Joseph Morales, whom he immediately corresponded to 13-2 Brazilian Eduardo Henrique-De Man Daniel Cormier grabbed the other 125 pound hunter in the competition.
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Dana White responds to the first TUF 33 finish
Morales proved that Cormier was wrong to overlook him while he easily ran through Henrique.
The 30-year-old received an early branchedown and started to hunt aggressively on a coded choke.
Pretty quickly he grabbed Henrique's neck and forced the tap before he celebrated his victory wildly.
Morales stood over his beaten opponent and shouted in his face while the referee dragged him away.
The American continued to scream while the camera pledged to Cormier, who looked destroyed by the defeat.
Dana White was more interested in the post-fighter celebrations of Morales than his impressive victory.
“Damn! Intens,” said the UFC boss, while loud howling echoed around the Apex facility in Las Vegas.
Morales continues to the semi -final of the competition, where he is confronted with an opponent to be described.
What is the next step on the Ultimate Fighter 33?
The Ultimate Fighter 33 is broadcast every Tuesday at 10 p.m. on ESPN+ for the coming months.
TUF coaches usually fight towards the end of the competition, but that will not happen, as Cormier and Sonnen both years ago retire.
Nevertheless, the competition is warmed up while UFC-Hoopvol fight for a six-contract contract from White.
Next week we will see Richard Martins from Team Sonnen opposite Cormier's Ukrainian indictment Danil Donchenko in the first welterweight fight of the season.