The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4 | |
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Starring | Dana White, Anderson Silva, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, and Maurício Rua |
Country of origin | Brazil United States |
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Original network | Globo |
Original release | April 5 June 21, 2015 | –
Season chronology |
The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 4 was an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It was the eighth international series and the fourth to feature mainly Brazilian fighters.
On October 29, 2014, it was announced that the coaches for the season would be Anderson Silva and Maurício Rua. Despite being coaches on the show, they were not expected to face each other at the end of the season.[1] After Silva tested positive for anabolic steroids in a pre-fight drug test for UFC 183, Dana White initially announced that Silva would remain on the show as a coach.[2] Subsequently, Silva was pulled as one of the coaches and was replaced by Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira.[3]
The UFC held open tryouts for the show on October 27, 2014. The casting call was for Bantamweight and Lightweight fighters who are at least 21 years old and have a minimum of two wins in three professional fights.[4] The open tryout session drew more than 600 UFC hopefuls to Brazil’s Windsor Barra Hotel just two days after UFC 179. It was also announced that for the first time in The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil's history, filming would take place at Las Vegas.[4] The cast was revealed on March 18, 2015.[5]
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Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick |
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Anderson | André Ricardo | Nikolas Motta | Erick da Silva | Fernando Bruno |
Shogun | Nazareno Malegarie | Glaico França | Joaquim Silva | Adílson Fernandes |
Coach | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick | 4th Pick |
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Anderson | Matheus Mattos | Leandro Higo | Reginaldo Vieira | Bruno Silva |
Shogun | Matheus Nicolau | Dileno Lopes | Bruno Korea | Giovanni Santos |
Elimination Round | Semi-finals | Finale | ||||||||
Matheus Nicolau | UD | |||||||||
Reginaldo Vieira | 3 | |||||||||
Matheus Nicolau | 3 | |||||||||
Dileno Lopes | UD | |||||||||
Dileno Lopes | SUB | |||||||||
Bruno Silva | 1 | |||||||||
Dileno Lopes | 3 | |||||||||
Reginaldo Vieira | UD | |||||||||
Bruno Korea | SUB | |||||||||
Leandro Higo | 1 | |||||||||
Bruno Korea | 2 | |||||||||
Reginaldo Vieira | SUB | |||||||||
Reginaldo Vieira * | UD | |||||||||
Matheus Mattos | 2 | |||||||||
* Giovanni Santos decided to leave the competition due to feeling unhealthy after having an infection and was replaced by Higo, who had previously lost his first round fight. Higo subsequently withdrew after an injury contracted on his fight got worsened. Vieira was selected as his replacement, who also lost his first round fight.
Elimination Round | Semi-finals | Finale | ||||||||
Joaquim Silva | UD | |||||||||
Erick da Silva | 3 | |||||||||
Joaquim Silva | 1 | |||||||||
Glaico França | SUB | |||||||||
Glaico França | SUB | |||||||||
Nikolas Motta | 2 | |||||||||
Glaico França | SUB | |||||||||
Fernando Bruno | 3 | |||||||||
Nazareno Malegarie | TKO | |||||||||
André Ricardo | 2 | |||||||||
Nazareno Malegarie | 3 | |||||||||
Fernando Bruno | UD | |||||||||
Adílson Fernandes | 2 | |||||||||
Fernando Bruno | UD | |||||||||
Team Anderson / Nogueira | ||
Team Shogun | ||
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Unanimous Decision | |
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Submission | |
(T)K
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(Technical) Knock Out |
Main article: UFC 190 |
After several changes in location and venue, the finale was contested on August 1, 2015 at UFC 190.[6]