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The UFC has been gearing up for their first international The Ultimate Fighter show, as the organization ventures to Brazil to find their next biggest stars in both the lightweight and middleweight divisions.
The upcoming season will be broadcasted with Brazil’s own Globo television network while a distribution deal for the United States will soon be under way.
The biggest news however was revealed earlier today at a pre-fight presser for UFC 142, with President Dana White declaring just who the new coaches will be.
Former champions and rivals Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva have been dubbed as the coaches of the impending season of TUF.
The duo met in 1998 under the UFC banner where Belfort scored an emphatic first round knockout in just 44-seconds. Since then, both men have enjoyed success in their respective mixed martial arts careers, as Belfort would go on to become the UFC’s light heavyweight champion and Silva moving to the Pride organization where he reigned for years as its 205-pound king.
Now, the duo will meet in a middleweight battle which will culminate sometime next year.
Belfort is still set on a collision course with Anthony Johnson for UFC 142, though regardless of the outcome of the bout, “The Phenom” will still meet Belfort at a later date.
The TUF show will debut in March and should produce a solid batch of prospects in their respective divisions.
