‘TUF: Brazil’ features featherweights and middleweights, tourney finals on PPV

RIO DE JANEIRO – The first international edition of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series, “TUF: Brazil,” will feature featherweight and middleweight competitors.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the plans with Marshall Zelaznik, the UFC’s managing dire…

RIO DE JANEIRO – The first international edition of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series, “TUF: Brazil,” will feature featherweight and middleweight competitors.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the plans with Marshall Zelaznik, the UFC’s managing director of international development, at a pre-UFC 142 press conference in Rio de Janeiro.

The finals of the tournament, as well as the coaches’ fight between Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva, then will be part of a major June pay-per-view card.