The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2

Cast

Coaches

• Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
• Luiz Dorea
• Everaldo Penco
• Eric Albarracin
• Sheymon Moraes
• Vitor Miranda

• Fabrício Werdum
• Wanderlei Silva
• Rafael Cordeiro
• Rubens Cobrinha
• Kenny Johnson
• Felipe Werdum

  Fighters

• Team Nogueira
• * Luiz Dutra, Jr., Santiago Ponzinibbio, Leonardo Santos, David Vieira, William Macário, Cleiton Duarte, Neilson Gomes *

• Team Werdum
• * Pedro Iriê, Tiago Alves, Viscardi Andrade, Marcio Santos, Juliano Wandalen, Thiago de Lima Santos, Yan Cabral *

• Wande Lopes Santana, Roberto Barros Martins Amorim, Gil Freitas, Felipe Olivieri, Robson Ferreira, Weguimar de Lucena Xavier, Ronaldo Oliveira Silva, Bruno Dias, Luciano Contini, Leandro Silva, Henrique Batista, Thiago Silva

  Special Guests

• Junior dos Santos
• Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
• Chuck Liddell
• José Aldo
• Demian Maia
• Erick Silva
• Antônio Silva

  Episodes

• Coaches Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabrício Werdum are introduced to the fighters before the preliminary fights.
• Fighters are told this season will feature a wildcard match, allowing for the two best losing fighters, as selected by their coaches, to return.
• The fights to get into the house were divided into two parts, half on this episode and half on the second episode.
• The preliminary fights began:

• The preliminary fights continued:
• Following the preliminary fights, the two coaches were allowed to choose their teams and a coin was flipped. Werdum won and opted to choose the first fight, so Nogueira got to choose the first fighter. The fighters were chosen in the following order:

• While the green team is out training, Team Werdum destroys the mattresses as a prank by skipping on them on the pool and sledding them on the hills. This meant that both teams are forced to sleep on the floor for the rest of the season.

• Angered at the mattress destruction, Team Nogueira decided to attempt revenge on the yellow team by spraying shaving foam into their shoes. However, they mistook the coaches' shoes for the fighters' own. In retaliation, Team Werdum flooded the green team's mats and belongings with foam and flipped over their lockers.

• Yan Cabral of Team Werdum is eliminated because of a broken hand and is replaced by Daniel Oliveira, whom Marcio Santos defeated in the elimination round.
• Neilson Gomes of Team Nogueira is also eliminated due to a torn ligament in his knee and is replaced by Thiago Goncalves, whom Andrade defeated in the elimination round. They will have a rematch to see who will be in the quarterfinals.
• Former heavyweight champion Junior "Cigano" dos Santos visited Team Nogueira and gave advice to Goncalves.
• After the win, Andrade taunted Nogueira and created tension between the two teams.

• Werdum announces the next bout as Thiago de Lima Santos against Macario
• Thiago Santos states that he and Macario were scheduled to fight twice before but it never happened so this is the fight he wanted.
• Having regained control, Nogueira announces the fifth fight as Leonardo Santos vs. Juliano Wandalen.
• Felipe Werdum plays a practical joke by depicting a black magic ritual in Team Nogueira's locker room, resulting in a food fight between the two teams.
• Team Nogueira declares they are now on a comeback path after having lost the first three fights.

• The show opened with a game of dodgeball between the two teams, with the right to choose the next fight on the line with Team Werdum winning.
• For the next fight, Werdum chose Pedro Iriê to face Luiz Dutra, Jr.
• Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira visited his brother's team during training.
• Dutra complained of pain in his ribs and went to the doctors, where he was cleared to fight.
• Following the fight, Team Werdum's Daniel Oliveira drew the wrath of Wanderlei Silva when he stated that Dutra was a better athlete.

• The final semi-finals elimination round fight is between remaining fighters Marcio Santos and Santiago Ponzinibbio.
• Wanderlei Silva gave a speech apologizing to everyone, especially for Daniel Oliveira.
• Chuck Liddell was a special guest who showed both teams some of his techniques.
• The decision of referee Mario Yamasaki to stop the fight when Santos suffered the knockdown provoked outrage in Team Werdum. Silva accused Yamasaki of halting the fight too early.
• White talks with the coaches over the phone to choose the next fight. Werdum picks Oliveira to face Cleiton Duarte.

• Daniel Oliveira was chosen to face Cleiton Duarte.
• Two eliminated Team Werdum fighters, Thiago Santos and Pedro Iriê, were chosen for the wild card bout for an opportunity to return to the competition.
• Oliveira was unable to make weight for his fight and was promptly expelled from the show, allowing Duarte to advance to the next round.
• Werdum's team opted not to coach either of his fighters in the wildcard bout.
• Thiago Santos defeated Pedro Iriê by unanimous decision after two rounds.

• The two met to plan the matchesfor the quarterfinals of the program.
• Luiz Dutra, Jr. had an MRI done for pain in his right hand. The test confirmed a torn ligament and he had to withdraw from the competition.
• Dutra was very upset over this and cried about it, even begging to fight with one hand. Viera was then chosen to be Dutra's replacement in the quarterfinals.
• The quarterfinals were announced:
• The athletes of Team Nogueira and Team Werdum engaged in a series of back-and-forth pranks.

• This episode featured two fights to advance to the semifinals.
• Juliano Wandalen was angered by Werdum's joke that involved putting explosives in Team Nogueira's locker room.
• Wandalen then called his coach weak and lacking in leadership. Werdum then decides to kick him off the team, even offering him to Nogueira.
• This was the second time for a fighter to be kicked off a team, since Andy Wang of TUF 5.

• This episode featured the final quarterfinals round fight.
• Before the fight, the coaches took part in a go-kart race for the Coaches' Challenge. Werdum won the race, earning $20,000 for his team.
• The four semi-finalists feature three Team Nogueira fighters and one Team Werdum fighter.

• William Macário defeated Viscardi Andrade by TKO in the third round.
• Santiago Ponzinibbio defeated Leonardo Santos by unanimous decision after two rounds.
• It is revealed at the end of the episode that Ponzinibbio broke his hand during the fight. Santos was chosen to replace him against Macário.

  Tournament Bracket

Bonus awards

• Fight of the Season: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Leonardo Santos
• Knockout of the Season: Santiago Ponzinibbio
• Submission of the Season: Luiz Dutra, Jr.

  The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2 Finale

Background

Results

Bonus awards

• Fight of the Night: Thiago Silva vs. Rafael Cavalcante
• Knockout of the Night: Thiago Silva
• Submission of the Night: Erick Silva