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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC's first ever season of The Ultimate Fighter set outside of the U.S. is close to finishing up filming in Brazil, with a debut date of March 25 for the show on Globo TV in Brazil. With the series nearing its debut, the cast for the season has now been revealed.
16 featherweights and 16 middleweights populate this first international season of the reality series, with Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva serving as coaches throughout. The program will be aired on Fuel TV in the U.S. - though air times for the show haven't yet been determined - and the finals of the tournament, as well as the coaches fight, will take place on the UFC's planned June event in Brazil.
Most of the 32-fighter-cast consists of largely unknown competitors, at least in the U.S. The full list of competitors is below (via GloboEsporte.com):
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)
* Medeiros Anistavio (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)
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