The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America | |
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Genre | Reality, Sports |
Created by | Frank Fertitta III, Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana White |
Starring | Dana White, Cain Velasquez, and Fabrício Werdum |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | Televisa, UFC Fight Pass |
Original release | August 20, 2014 |
The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America (also known as The Ultimate Fighter: Team Velasquez vs. Team Werdum) is an installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter . It is the seventh series to be produced primarily for markets outside the United States.
The series was preceded by the launch of UFC's Latin America developmental program in late 2012, where the organization scouted for Hispanic talent. [1] Many of the prospects that were picked from the tryouts spent the following year training in coveted camps — mainly Jackson's MMA — with all expenses paid alongside of $1,200 monthly stipend. [1] Most of them eventually appeared in the first two seasons of the Latin America installment, Yair Rodríguez, Guido Cannetti and Marlon Vera among others. [1]
The series was officially announced by the UFC in April 2014, shortly after Fabrício Werdum defeated Travis Browne to earn a title shot against Cain Velasquez. The coaches will be Velasquez and number-one contender Werdum and the series will culminate with their bout at UFC 180 on November 15, 2014, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City. This season will feature eight featherweight and eight bantamweight competitors, four in each class representing Mexico and Latin America (not including fighters from Brazil, which has its own TUF). Filming began in May 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, with the series scheduled to debut in August 2014. [2]
In May 2014, the cast of fighters participating on the show was announced. [3] Eight fighters were chosen for both Team Velasquez and Team Werdum to represent Mexico and Latin America, respectively.
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Elimination Round | Semi-finals | Finale | ||||||||
Alejandro Pérez | UD | |||||||||
Fredy Serrano | 3 | |||||||||
Alejandro Pérez | KO | |||||||||
Guido Cannetti* | 1 | |||||||||
Enrique Briones | 2 | |||||||||
Marlon Vera | KO | |||||||||
Alejandro Pérez | UD | |||||||||
José Alberto Quiñónez | 3 | |||||||||
José Alberto Quiñónez | TKO | |||||||||
Bentley Syler | 1 | |||||||||
José Alberto Quiñónez | UD | |||||||||
Marco Beltrán | 3 | |||||||||
Marco Beltrán | MD | |||||||||
Guido Cannetti | 2 | |||||||||
* Vera had a skin infection and was replaced by Cannetti.
Elimination Round | Semi-finals | Finale | ||||||||
Rodolfo Rubio | SUB | |||||||||
Alexander Torres | 2 | |||||||||
Rodolfo Rubio | 1 | |||||||||
Yair Rodríguez | SUB | |||||||||
Yair Rodríguez | SUB | |||||||||
Humberto Brown | 2 | |||||||||
Yair Rodríguez | UD | |||||||||
Leonardo Morales | 3 | |||||||||
Gabriel Benítez | SUB | |||||||||
Diego Rivas | 2 | |||||||||
Gabriel Benítez | 3 | |||||||||
Leonardo Morales | UD | |||||||||
Masiosare Fullen | 2 | |||||||||
Leonardo Morales | KO | |||||||||
Team Velasquez | ||
Team Werdum | ||
UD | Unanimous Decision | |
SD | Split Decision | |
SUB | Submission | |
(T)KO | (Technical) Knockout | |
The finale for the event took place on November 15, 2014, at UFC 180. [4] The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout between the current champion Cain Velasquez and top contender Fabrício Werdum. [4] However, on October 21, it was announced that Velasquez was forced to pull out of the bout due to an injured knee and was replaced by Mark Hunt. That also changed the originally planned title fight into an interim title bout. [5]
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Diego Rivas is a Chilean professional boxer and mixed martial artist. As a mixed martial artist, he competed in the bantamweight and featherweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He currently competes in boxing in the welterweight division.
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