The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 1

The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 1
Season 1
StarringDana White, Vitor Belfort, and Wanderlei Silva
Release
Original networkGlobo, Fuel TV
Original releaseMarch 25 (2012-03-25) –
June 17, 2012 (2012-06-17)
Season chronology

The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is the first foreign version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It consisted of 12 episodes and a live finale in Brazil. This version did not have stand alone tournament finale. Instead, it appeared on pay-per-view in June 2012.[1] It started filming in February 2012[2] and was in Portuguese. This version was produced by Floresta, a Brazilian production company, and aired in Brazil on Globo.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] Of those who applied for the tryouts the UFC invited 350 fighters to participate.[7] The fighters in the season were from the Featherweight and Middleweight weight classes.[1]

  1. ^ a b Stupp, Dann; Morgan, John (January 12, 2012). "'TUF: Brazil' features featherweights and middleweights, tourney finals on PPV". MMAJunkie.com. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
  2. ^ Stupp, Dan; Morgan, John (January 15, 2012). "'TUF: Brazil' likely to air on FUEL TV on same day as Brazil's broadcasts". MMAJunkie.com. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
  3. ^ Morgan, John (November 22, 2011). "'The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil' hosts tryouts in December, series debuts in 2012". Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  4. ^ "'TUF: Brazil' premiere streams Sunday at 11:30 p.m. ET, elimination-round matchups set". MMAJunkie.com. March 21, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  5. ^ "Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva named coaches of 'The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil'". MMAJunkie.com. December 13, 2011. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  6. ^ Holland, Jesse (November 22, 2011). "The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Brazil open casting call for Dec. 14 in Sao Paulo". MMAMania.com. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  7. ^ "TUF Application Brazil". UFC. Retrieved February 2, 2012.