The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil
| The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality, Sports |
| Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
| Starring | Dana White, Vitor Belfort, and Wanderlei Silva |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Globo, Fuel TV |
| Original release | March 25 – June 17, 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Ultimate Fighter: Live |
| Followed by | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson |
| Website | |
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is the first foreign version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. This version marked the first time the The Ultimate Fighter of any version was filmed, in its entirety, outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, and consisted of 12 episodes and a live finale in Brazil. Ths version did not have stand alone tournament finale. Instead, it appeared on pay-per-view in June 2012. It started filming in February 2012 and was in Portuguese. This version 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.
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. Belfort still faced and defeated Anthony Johnson at UFC 142. This was a departure from past seasons where following the coaches announcement the coaches did not compete against other fighters until facing each other after the conclusion of that season of The Ultimate Fighter.
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.
* Damm suffered from kidney problems and was replaced with Vinícius.
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