The Ultimate Fighter: Brasil
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. This season marked the first time the show was filmed, in its entirety, outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, and consisted of 12 episodes and a live finale in Brazil. The season tournament finale appeared on pay-per-view in June 2012. It started filming in February 2012 and was in Portuguese. The season was produced by Floresta, a Brazilian production company, and aired in Brazil on Globo. Each episode was broadcast over the Internet at TUF.tv each Sunday night and later aired on Fuel TV in a marathon leading up to the finale.
Storyline
CASTS
Wanderlei Silva
Fabrício Werdum
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Vitor Belfort
Gilbert Burns
Rony Mariano Bezerra
John Teixeira
Marcos Vinicius
Wagner Campos
Delson Heleno
Francisco Trinaldo
Renée Forte
Leonardo Mafra
Hugo Viana
Rodrigo Damm
Godofredo Pepey
Anistavio Medeiros
Cezar Ferreira
Daniel Sarafian
Thiago Perpétuo
Sergio Moraes
Anderson Silva
Maurício Rua
Antônio Rogério Nogueira
Bruno Gustavo da Silva
Matheus Mattos
Reginaldo Vieira
Leandro Higo
Erick da Silva
Fernando Bruno
Nikolas Motta
André Ricardo
Bruno Korea
Dileno Lopes
Matheus Nicolau
Giovanni Santos
Joaquim Silva
Nazareno Malegarie
Glaico França
Adílson Fernandes
Luiz Dutra Jr.
Santiago Ponzinibbio
Leonardo Santos
David Vieira
William Macario
Cleiton Duarte
Neilson Gomes
Thiago Gonçalves
Pedro Iriê
Tiago Alves
Viscardi Andrade
Marcio Santos
Juliano Wandalen
Thiago Santos
Yan Cabral
Daniel Oliveira
Chael Sonnen
Paulo Costa
Wagner Silva
Ricardo Abreu
Ismael de Jesus
Jollyson Francisco
Antônio Carlos Júnior
Richardson Moreira
Antônio Branjão
Joilton Santos
Guilherme Vasconcelos
Warlley Alves
Márcio Alexandre Júnior
Job Kleber Melo
Edgard Castaldelli Filho
Marcos Rogério de Lima
Vitor Miranda
Seasons
Season 0 of The Ultimate Fighter: Brasil premiered on 2012-06-23.
On December 13, 2011, during the pre-UFC 142 press conference, Dana White announced that the coaches for the first season of this version would be Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva. The UFC held open tryouts on December 14, 2011. The casting call was for Lightweight and Middleweight fighters who are at least 21 years old and have a minimum of two wins in three professional fights. Of those who applied for the tryouts the UFC invited 350 fighters to participate. The fighters in the season were from the Featherweight and Middleweight weight classes.
The UFC held open tryouts for the show in October 2011. The casting call was for Welterweight fighters who are at least 21 years old and have a minimum of two wins in three professional fights. More than 300 contestants showed up, hoping to be one of the 28 fighters selected. On October 30, 2012, it was announced that the coaches for the season would be Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabrício Werdum.
On October 22, 2013, Wanderlei Silva and Chael Sonnen were announced as coaches for the season. The UFC held open tryouts for the show on November 11, 2013. The casting call was for Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, Heavyweight fighters who are at least 21 years old and have a minimum of two wins in three professional fights. It was announced on January 7, 2014 that the show would feature middleweight and heavyweight fighters. The cast was revealed on February 26, 2014
On October 29, 2014, it was announced that the coaches for the season would be Anderson Silva and Maurício Rua. Despite being coaches on the show, they were not expected to face each other at the end of the season. After Silva tested positive for anabolic steroids in a pre-fight drug test for UFC 183, Dana White initially announced that Silva would remain on the show as a coach. Subsequently, Silva was pulled as one of the coaches and was replaced by Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira.
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