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The second season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brasil premieres Sunday night on Globo in Brazil (with re-airs available on TUF.tv after) and comes to a close June 8 with a heavyweight showdown between coaches Fabricio Werdum and former interim champion Minotauro Nogueira. That fight -- a rematch of their 2006 bout at PRIDE Critical Countdown Absolute -- will be the five-round main event of the TUF Brasil 2 Finale, airing in the US on FUEL TV.

The two initially met in the quarterfinals of the PRIDE 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix, with a primed "Minotauro” taking on a fairly green “Vai Cavalo” in what was essentially a striker’s duel. The result was a unanimous decision win for the former PRIDE heavyweight champion Nogueira. Now six years older and eight wins wiser, Werdum has notched victories since then that include a submission upset of Fedor Emeilanenko and a UFC Fight of the Night performance over Roy Nelson. Add a season of tension as leaders of opposing teams on TUF, and the big Brazilians' rematch promises to be an entirely different -- if equally exciting -- fight.

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Northeast Brazil will host its first UFC event on June 8, as UFC on FUEL TV 10 will take place at the Ginásio Paulo Sarasate in Fortaleza, Ceara. In addition to the headlining bout between TUF Brasil 2 coaches Fabricio Werdum and Minotauro Nogueira, the event will feature a welterweight bout between the two TUF Brasil 2 finalists to determine the season winner.


The rest of the main card will include:

Thiago Silva vs Rafael "Feijão" Cavalcante (light heavyweight)
Erick Silva vs John Hathaway (welterweight)
Daniel Sarafian vs Eddie Mendez (middleweight)
Rony Jason vs Mike Wilkinson (featherweight)


Bouts announced for the preliminary card are:

Raphael Assuncao vs Vaughan Lee (bantamweight)
Ronny Markes vs Derek Brunson (middleweight)
Godofredo Pepey vs Felipe Arantes (featherweight)
Ildemar Alcantara vs Jason High (welterweight)
Rodrigo Damm vs Mizuto Hirota (featherweight)
Caio Magalhaes vs Karlos Vemola (middleweight)
Antonio Braga Neto vs Anthony Smith (middleweight)

UFC on Fuel TV 10: Nogueira vs. Werdum -TUF Brasil 2 Finale
June 8, 2013
Paulo Sarasate Gymnasium
Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil



Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (34-7-1) vs. Fabricio Werdum (16-5-1)
TUF 2 Brazil Final
Thiago Silva (14-3) vs. Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante (11-3)
Erick Silva (14-3) vs. Jason High (16-3)
Daniel Sarafian (7-3) vs. Eddie Mendez (7-0-1)
Rony Jason (12-3) vs. Mike Wilkinson (8-0)
Raphael Assuncao (18-4) vs. Vaughan Lee (13-8-1)
Ronny Markes (14-1) vs. Derek Brunson (10-2)
Godofredo “Pepey” Castro (9-1) vs. Felipe Arantes (14-4-1)
Ildemar Alcantara (18-5) vs. Leandro Silva
Rodrigo Damm (10-6) vs. Mizuto Hirota (14-6-1)
Caio Magalhaes (5-1) vs. Karlos Vemola (9-3)
Antonio Braga Neto (8-1) vs. Anthony Smith (17-9)

The co-main event for this weekend's UFC on FUEL 10 event is official with the broadcast of the final episode of TUF Brasil 2. Two Team Nogueira welterweights will face off as William "Patolino" Macario faces Leonardo Santos. Undefeated at 6-0, Macario reached the finals via two knockouts and a decision win over the course of the show. The youngest member of the TUF Brasil 2 cast, the likeable 21-year-old won the friendship of his teammates and praise from opposing coach Fabricio Werdum.

Pedigreed jiu-jistu world champion Santos (who once beat Georges St-Pierre in the ADCC with a flying armbar) used his domination on the ground to defeat his opponents en route to the semi-finals. The brother of WEC veteran Wagnney Fabiano and teammate of UFC champions Jose Aldo and Renan Barao is no stranger to high stakes, having taken his first MMA bout with no training on two weeks' notice against Takanori Gomi. Although Argentinian Santiago Ponzinibbio won the semi-final bout with Santos by decision, he was injured during the fight, thereby clearing the way for Santos to advance to the finale.

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UFC on Fuel TV 10: Nogueira vs. Werdum Saturday in Brazil


Two of the top heavyweights in the world meet again on their home turf in Brazil when The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 2 coaches Minotauro Nogueira (34-7-1, 1NC) and Fabricio Werdum (16-5-1) battle at UFC ON FUEL TV 10. The event takes place at the Paulo Sarasate Arena in Fortaleza, Brazil, LIVE, on Saturday, June 8 (8:00 PM ET).

The number-three ranked heavyweight in the world, Werdum, and the eighth-ranked Nogueira, revisit their 2006 PRIDE bout in the Octagon. The Nogueira vs. Werdum main event is preceded by five exciting matchups, including The Ultimate Fighter Brazil Season 2 final featuring welterweights William "Patolino" Macario against Leonardo Santos, all televised on FUEL TV.

Two of Brazil's finest 205-pounders will battle when Thiago Silva (14-3-0, 2NC) faces former Strikeforce champion Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante (11-3-0, 1NC), middleweight Daniel Sarafian (8-3-0) squares off with Eddie Mendez (7-1-1, 1NC), and welterweight rising star Erick Silva (14-3-0, 1NC) challenges Jason "The Kansas City Bandit" High (17-3-0). The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 1 Winner Rony Jason (13-3-0) takes on Mike "The Warrior" Wilkinson (8-0-0) in an exciting featherweight bout. Announcers Jon Anik and Kenny Florian call all bouts live from Fortaleza on FUEL TV.

Coverage of UFC ON FUEL TV 10: NOGUEIRA VS. WERDUM begins Tuesday, June 4 (10:00 PM ET) with UFC TONIGHT, the official news and information show of the UFC, and features in-depth analysis of the main fights with Kenny Florian and Chael Sonnen.

On Friday, June 7 (3:00 PM ET), FUEL TV carries the weigh-in LIVE from Fortaleza. The program is hosted by Molly Qerim, with Sonnen and UFC middleweight Brian Stann adding analysis and Karyn Bryant interviewing fighters on-site.

The UFC PRELIMS begin Saturday, June 8 (4:40 PM ET) and FUEL.TV and FOXSports.com webcast the seven early bouts at: http://www.fuel.tv/ufc/events/nogueira-vs-werdum/

The UFC PREFIGHT SHOW kicks off on FUEL TV Saturday evening (7:00 PM ET) with host Jay Glazer and analysts Sonnen and Stann previewing the main card action.

Immediately following UFC® ON FUEL TV 10: NOGUEIRA VS. WERDUM on Saturday, June 8 (11:00 PM ET), the UFC POSTFIGHT SHOW airs on FUEL TV featuring Glazer, Sonnen and Stann highlighting the biggest and best moments of the evening's fights. Bryant provides interviews backstage live from the Paulo Sarasate Arena.

In addition to streaming the prelims, FOX Sports Media Group's digital arm, FOXSports.com, produces feature stories previewing the fight, and on Fight Day offers live blogs of the main card fights and offers a postfight recap. FSMG's Spanish language network FOX Deportes shows UFC® ON FUEL TV 10's six fights delayed later in the evening on June 8 (10:00 PM ET).

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