The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2 is an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series "The Ultimate Fighter". This season consisted of 12 episodes and a live finale in Brazil. The season tournament finale, along with the coaches fight, took place on June 8, 2013. The show started filming in November 2012 and was in Portuguese. The season was again produced by Floresta, a Brazilian production company, and aired in Brazil on Globo. Each episode was offered over the Internet with English subtitles at TUF.tv. 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. Cast. Fighters. Fighters: "* Gomes was replaced by Gonçalves on episode 4 due to injury." "* Cabral was replaced by Oliveira on episode 4 due to injury." Bonus awards. Like previous seasons of "The Ultimate Fighter", this season  offered bonus awards in three categories. The following fighters were awarded $25,000 bonuses each. The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2 Finale. UFC on Fuel TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum (also known as UFC on Fuel TV 10) was a mixed martial arts event held on June 8, 2013, at Ginásio Paulo Sarasate in Fortaleza, Brazil. Background. The main event was a heavyweight rematch between "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil" season two coaches, and perennial contenders Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabrício Werdum. It is a rematch of the first fight, in Pride, in which Nogueira won by unanimous decision back in 2006.<ref name="Nogueira /Werdum"></ref> Also featured on the card was the welterweight finals of season two of "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil". The finals were originally scheduled to be Santiago Ponzinibbio versus William Macário. However, Ponzinibbio broke his hand during his semi-final fight and was replaced by semi-finalist Leonardo Santos. A bout between Thiago Silva and Rafael Cavalcante, briefly linked to "UFC 162", was moved to this event to bolster the card.<ref name="Silva/Cavalcante"></ref> John Hathaway was expected to face Erick Silva at the event. However, Hathaway was pulled from the bout in late April and replaced by Jason High , who was already scheduled on the card against Ildemar Alcantara. Alcantara instead faced promotional newcomer Leandro Silva. Derek Brunson was scheduled to face Ronny Markes at the event. However, the bout was scrapped on the day of the weigh in as Markes was involved in a minor traffic accident. While Markes was not seriously injured, the incident prevented him from competing. This card broke the record for the number of submission finishes on a single UFC event. A total number of eight submission finishes occurred on the card, topping the previous total of 6 that was held by three events . This was the last UFC to be branded with the "Fuel TV" brand; on August 17, 2013, Fox Cable Networks discontinued the "Speed" and "Fuel TV" channels, replacing them with the "Fox Sports 1" and "2" channels. The next Fox Cable UFC matches were branded as UFC Fight Night on FS1. Bonus awards. The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses.