TUF BRAZIL CAST UNVEILED
By Joe Lebeau on 3/12/2012 4:48 PM
The fighters taking part in the first-ever international edition of "The Ultimate Fighter", "TUF: Brazil" have been announced.
The show, which features rivals Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva as coaches, streams in the U.S. on UFC.com and airs on FUEL TV in the U.S.
The show will feature 16 featherweights and 16 middleweights, and will be done in the same way as the traditional TUF, with filming underway currently. The coaches will then meet at UFC 147 in Brazil.
The list of fighters is below:
Featherweights
Alexandre Ramos (5-0)
Rodrigo Damm (9-5)
Rony Mariano Bezerra (10-3)
Godofredo Pepey (8-0)
Marcos Vinicius Borges Pancini (19-3-1)
Medeiros Anistavio (12-7)
Johnny Goncalves (4-0)
Hugo Viana (5-0)
Fernando Duarte Guerra (10-1)
John Teixeira (13-0-1)
Rafael Bueno (7-1)
Wagner Campos (11-3)
Pedro Nobre (10-0-1)
Fabricio de Assis Costa da Silva (14-1)
Dileno Lopes (8-0)
Giovanni da Silva Santos Jr. (10-1)
Middleweights
Sergio Moraes (6-1)
Cezar Ferreira (4-2)
Leonardo Mafra Teixeira (5-0)
Daniel Sarafian (7-2)
Gustavo Sampaio (5-1)
Richardson Moreira (3-0)
Fabio Luiz Vital da Costa (9-0-1)
Renee Forte (7-1)
Joao Paulo de Souza (8-4)
Francisco Drinaldo (10-1)
Thiago Rela (3-1)
Charles Maicon (8-1)
Gilberto Galvao (19-4-1)
Thiago de Oliveira Perpetuo (8-1-1)
Samuel Trindade (6-1)
Delson Heleno (23-6)
The finalists from the show will also meet at UFC 147, with the two winners earning UFC contracts.
Stay tuned to PWInsiderXTRA for more on TUF: Brazil as it becomes available.
