The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil

The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is a version of the reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter, produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. This season was notable for being being entirely filmed outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, taking place in Brazil instead. It included 12 episodes and concluded with a live finale in Brazil, which was broadcast on pay-per-view in June 2012. Filming began in February 2012, and the show was conducted in Portuguese. The Brazilian production company Floresta produced the season, which aired on Globo in Brazil. Episodes were also streamed online at TUF.tv every Sunday night and later shown on Fuel TV in a marathon leading up to the finale.

On December 13, 2011, at the pre UFC pre-U pre UFC pre UFC pre UFC announced of pre UFC pre conference pre, pre, pre conference pre, pre, pre, pre, pre, pre, pre, pre Dana pre Dana pre Dana press Dana press pre conference press press pre, announcement pre, announce pre, announce, announcement pre, announce, announcement, announce, announcement pre, announcement Dana announcement, announce pre announcement Dana announce, announce pre announcement Dana announce pre announcement Dana announce pre announcement Dana announce pre announcement Dana announce pre announcement Dana announce pre announcement Dana announce pre announcement Dana announce pre announcement Dana announce pre announcement Dana announce pre announcement Dana announce pre announcementnn announcement Dana White revealed that Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva would be the coaches for this season. Despite this announcement, Belfort still competed and won against Anthony Johnson at UFC 142, differing from previous seasons where coaches typically did not fight other competitors until facing each other at the end of the season.

The UFC conducted open tryouts on December 14, 2011, seeking Lightweight and Middleweight fighters who were at least 21 years old and had at least two wins in three professional matches. From those who, 350 fighters were invited to participate in the tryouts. The season featured fighters from the Featherweight the Middleweight divisions.