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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC released the cast list this week for "The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2", which begins airing on Globo TV in Brazil on March 17. The second season of the reality series to be set in Brazil will feature 28 welterweights being coached by heavyweights Fabricio Werdum and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
The first season in Brazil featured both middleweights and featherweights, but this year will feature just the one weight class, and will also bring the wildcard fight to the Brazilian version of the show. Most of the names for this season come from Brazil's regional scene, though a few have some worldly experience, including former Sengoku and BAMMA fighter Leonardo Santos and DREAM vet Yan Cabral.
"I think the level this season is extremely high," Nogueira commented in a press release announcing the cast. "I'm confident that apart from the season winner, we will be sending a lot of great fighters to the UFC in the future. Basically, we have the very elite of Brazilian MMA welterweights in front of us."
The full list of competitors is below (via MMAJunkie.com):
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)
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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