{"id":119313,"date":"2014-11-16T09:36:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-16T17:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=119313"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:10:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:10:09","slug":"ufc-announces-tuf-latin-america-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-announces-tuf-latin-america-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Announces  &#8216;TUF Latin America 2&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/ufc-announces-tuf-latin-america-2\/tuf-latin-america-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-119314\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/TUF-Latin-America.png\" alt=\"TUF Latin America\" width=\"550\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/TUF-Latin-America.png 550w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/TUF-Latin-America-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/TUF-Latin-America-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night, following an action-packed UFC 180, UFC Senior Vice President of International Development and General Manager of Latin America, Jaime Pollack announced that the UFC was planning TUF Latin America 2.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRight now, we\u2019re looking at all weight classes.  We always do. Tryouts start to happen after we get registrations so matchmakers can get a better idea of what they want to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we actually started to open up registration for \u2018The Ultimate Fighter\u2019 for Season 2. And so fighters all over Latin America \u2013 including Spain this year, so we\u2019re now including Spain \u2013 they can log on to UFCNetwork.com and register.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first season was a success, with Yair Rodriguez and Alejandro Perez being named the winners of the season in their respective divisions.  Unfortunately, coach Cain Velasquez ruptured his MCL and was unable to defend his heavyweight belt against Fabricio Werdum at UFC 180, leaving Werdum to fight Mark Hunt for the interim championship (Watch those highlights <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/replay-watch-werdum-finish-hunt-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, following an action-packed UFC 180, UFC Senior Vice President of International Development and General Manager of Latin America, Jaime Pollack announced that the UFC was planning TUF Latin America 2. \u201cRight now, we\u2019re looking at all weight classes. We always do. 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