Wednesday’s episode begins with Gilbert Smith going over his potential gameplan with coach T.J. Dillashaw because he’s going to be facing his teammate, Dhiego Lima, by show’s end. Dillashaw says that he will tell both fighters what the best strategy is, but he wants to step aside as the coach as to not favor one over the other.
Without wasting any time, all sorts of footage of Smith’s fight prep rolls. The veteran of Season 17 is confident about being the better fighter, claiming that he knows some of his opponent’s weaknesses though he admits that Lima is probably a bit better on the feet.