{"id":87797,"date":"2014-02-26T15:05:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T23:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=87797"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:00:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:00:50","slug":"cast-announced-for-tuf-brazil-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cast-announced-for-tuf-brazil-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast announced for &#8220;TUF: Brazil 3&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/photo-wanderlei-silva-chael-sonnen-square-off-on-tuf-brazil-set\/wand-sonnen-png-header\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-82916\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82916\" title=\"wand sonnen PNG HEADER\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wand-sonnen-PNG-HEADER.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wand-sonnen-PNG-HEADER.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wand-sonnen-PNG-HEADER-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/wand-sonnen-PNG-HEADER-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva are currently serving as coaches on\u00a0the third season of &#8220;The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The bitter rivals\u00a0are set to\u00a0meet in the headlining bout\u00a0of a\u00a0yet to be announced UFC event on May 31 in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TUF Brazil 3&#8221; airs exclusively on Fight Pass in the United States, and features competitors in the middleweight and heavyweight divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the official &#8220;TUF: Brazil 3&#8221; cast:<\/p>\n<p id=\"paragraph3\"><strong>Middleweights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cristiano Ribeiro Lopes Pontes (4-1)<\/li>\n<li>Douglas Moura Silca (3-1)<\/li>\n<li>Giuliano Brescianini Arante (5-1)<\/li>\n<li>Guilherme Vasconcelos (3-1)<\/li>\n<li>Ismael de Jesus (9-4-1)<\/li>\n<li>Joilton Santos (9-2-1)<\/li>\n<li>Jose Roberto Rocha (5-0)<\/li>\n<li>Marcio Alexandre Junior (12-0)<\/li>\n<li>Markus Perez Echeimberg (3-0)<\/li>\n<li>Paulo Henrique Costa (3-0)<\/li>\n<li>Pedro Paulino (3-0)<\/li>\n<li>Ricardo Abreu (4-0)<\/li>\n<li>Wagner Silva Gomes (3-0)<\/li>\n<li>Warlley Alves Andrade (6-0)<\/li>\n<li>Wendell Oliveira Marques (23-7)<\/li>\n<li>Willian Steindorf (3-0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"paragraph4\"><strong>Heavyweights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alexandre Machado (6-1)<\/li>\n<li>Antonio Carlos Junior (3-0)<\/li>\n<li>Antonio Paulo Branjao (3-0)<\/li>\n<li>Bruno Silva (9-4)<\/li>\n<li>Edgard Castaldelli Filho (12-4)<\/li>\n<li>Everton Rocha (3-1)<\/li>\n<li>Felipe Diego Dantas de Oliveira (6-0)<\/li>\n<li>Fernando Camoles (4-1)<\/li>\n<li>Goncalo Salgado (7-2)<\/li>\n<li>Guilherme Viana (4-1)<\/li>\n<li>Job Kleber Melo (3-1)<\/li>\n<li>Jollyson Francisco Sosaleta (2-0-2)<\/li>\n<li>Marcos Rogerio Lima (11-2-1)<\/li>\n<li>Richardson\u00a0Moreira\u00a0(7-1)<\/li>\n<li>Thiago Santos (11-3-1)<\/li>\n<li>Vitor Miranda (9-3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva are currently serving as coaches on\u00a0the third season of &#8220;The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.&#8221; 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