Cast for New Season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil Announced
Posted by Jeffrey Harris on 03.07.2013
Check out who made the cut...
The cast for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil has been announced by the UFC in an official press release. The group for this season features 28 welterweights competing for a UFC contract.
The new season will feature UFC heavyweights Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabricio Werdum as opposing team coaches. The show will premiere on March 17 in Brazil on Globo. The show will be available in North America online on the UFC's official website. The last season of TUF: Brazil was also broadcast on Fuel TV later on.
Here is the full cast list for this season:
Bruno "Jacare" Dias (11-3-1)
Cleiton "Foguete" Duarte (12-1)
Daniel "Gelo" Oliveira de Azeredo (4-1)
David Vieira (4-0)
Felipe Olivieri (11-4)
Gil Freitas (14-5)
Henrique "Sucuri" Batista (4-0)
Juliano "Ninja" Wandalen (7-3)
Leandro "Buscape" Silva (5-0)
Leonardo Santos (11-3)
Luciano Contini (8-1)
Luiz Jorge "Besouro" Dutra Jr. (11-2-1)
Marcio "Pedra" Santos (4-0)
Neilson Gomes (14-2)
Pedro Irie (9-5-0)
Roberto Barros "Corvo" Martins Amorim (6-1)
Robson "Negao" Ferreira (4-0)
Ronaldo "Rony Silva" Oliveira Silva (3-0)
Santiago "El Rasta" Ponzinibbio (18-1)
Thiago "Bel" Silva (9-3-1)
Thiago "Marreta" de Lima Santos (8-1)
Thiago "Jambo" Goncalves (15-3)
Tiago "Unstoppable" Alves (3-0)
Viscardi Andrade (13-5)
Wande Lopes Santana (6-0)
Weguimar "Big Big" de Lucena Xavier (17-5-1)
William "Patolino" Macario (6-0)
Yan Cabral (10-0)
Nogueira and Werdum will face off at UFC on Fuel TV 8 set for June 8 at the Ginasio Paulo Sarasate in Fortaleza, Brazil. The tournament finale also takes place at event as well.
