"The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. This season will mark the first time the show was filmed outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, and will consist of 12 episodes and a live finale in Brazil. It will be filmed in Portuguese. The season will be produced by Floresta, a Brazilian production company, and will air in Brazil on Globo. While not confirmed by Dana White, it is expected that the season will eventually air in the US on Fuel TV.
The UFC will hold 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.
On December 13, 2011, during the pre-UFC 142 press conference, Dana White announced that the coaches for the season would be Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva. 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.
