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**Budhisten** · 01-07-2012, 03:43 PM

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Following his fight next week at UFC 142, Vitor Belfort will join Wanderlei Silva to begin taping for "The Ultimate Fighter Brazil." Dana White confirmed that American fans can watch Belfort, Silva and the show on Fuel TV.

"Nobody knows this yet and it's the first time it's being told. And to be honest with you the deal isn't 100 percent done yet, but I'm so confident it's going to happen, I'll give it to you guys ... The Ultimate Fighter Brazil' will air on Fuel TV," White told ESPN1100/98.9 FM in Las Vegas.

"All this unique content that we're doing in these other parts of the world, Fuel TV is going to take."

White explained why the promotion needed a channel that could take more of its programming.

"The UFC has so much content. Even Spike, if you look at what a huge percentage of their programming that we used to be, we still needed more," White said. "We need more, more, more. We have all these things we're working on."

The UFC president realizes that Fuel TV isn't available everywhere (36 millions homes vs. 100+ with Spike and FX) so fans will have to make a decision.

"If you're a UFC fan, you really love your UFC, it's impossible not to have Fuel," White said. "What happens is, UFC fans have to make hard decisions, and they want it in HD and cable doesn't have it in HD you're gonna have to switch to DirecTV, or Comcast is going to have to carry it."

White lobbed a shot the way of cable networks that don't carry Fuel TV.

"If you don't have it [UFC fans will] go to where it is," White said. "Really the only option for people who don't have it on Comcast or Time Warner, they can switch and go to DirecTV tomorrow and have it."

Source: Yahoo MMA

**dudeabides** · 01-07-2012, 03:56 PM

Nice Directv plug wonder if they noticed enough to appreciate the free advertisement. I'm glad it's going to come on here even if we need subtitles. I don't see the talent level dropping off at all from the usual things we saw on Spike tv... not that such a thing would always be something to brag about.

**Leed** · 01-07-2012, 04:10 PM

That is awesome, at least we'll be able to watch it with subtitles.
Btw, will the show be aired in Brazil?

**Budhisten** · 01-07-2012, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Leed

That is awesome, at least we'll be able to watch it with subtitles.
Btw, will the show be aired in Brazil?

Of course it will, on GloboTV I think - one of their biggest, if not the biggest, network

It's Wandy and Belfort, both are BIG names in Brazil!

Can't wait to see what level of talent this show will produce

**Leed** · 01-07-2012, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Budhisten

Of course it will, on GloboTV I think - one of their biggest, if not the biggest, network

It's Wandy and Belfort, both are BIG names in Brazil!

Can't wait to see what level of talent this show will produce

Sorry, I meant filmed.

**Budhisten** · 01-07-2012, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Leed

Sorry, I meant filmed.

Don't really know but I think so - though the TUF gym in Las Vegas isn't being used currently (As it has been in recent years) because of TUF going live next season

**dudeabides** · 02-29-2012, 03:00 AM

If anybody doesn't have FUEL (like me) they're airing it at the same time Brazilians see it on Globo over UFC.com. With subtitles for the non-fluent.

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