TUF Brasil 3: Explosive season comes to an end in the decision in SP

Lyoto x Warlley (left) and Vitor x Shoe Face (right) decide TUF Brasil 3. Photo: Produção SUPER LUTAS

This Saturday (31), after 12 episodes marked by tension between the coaches Wanderlei Silva e Chael Sonnen, which came to blows on national television, the third season of the The Ultimate Fighter Brazil. The stage for the program's big decision is the Ginásio do Ibirapuera, in São Paulo (SP), which from 19:30 pm (Brasília time) will host the TUF Brasil 3 Final event. The night's card will define the champions of the reality show in the heavyweight categories, in which they will face each other Vitor miranda e Antonio Shoe Guy, and middleweight, whose final marks the meeting between Warlley alves and Márcio Lyoto. Furthermore, in the main fight of the night, Fábio Maldonado moves up to heavyweight and faces the North American Stipe Miocic.

TUF's decisions could confirm Team Sonnen's dominance in the reality show or guarantee the redemption of Team Wanderlei, which showed a huge drop in performance in the final stretch of the program. The North American already has at least one guaranteed champion, as Warlley alves and Márcio Lyoto were teammates on the green team, and even shared the same room in the house. In the other final, Antonio Shoe Guy presents himself as the only athlete in Wanderlei Silva and tries to guarantee the triumph for the Brazilian team against the experienced Vitor miranda, another fighter from Chael's team.

Watch the video with the participation of the finalists in TUF Brasil 3:

Semi-finalists of the program face each other in the preliminary card

As announced in the 11th chapter of TUF Brasil 3, the athletes defeated in the semifinals of the program's tournament will also have the chance to fight in this Saturday's event. The middleweights Wagnão Gomes e Ricardo Demente, both from the Wanderlei team, will take part in the second fight on the preliminary card of the night. The heavy ones Rick Monster, also from the yellow team, and Marcos Foot, from Sonnen's team, duel in the third fight on the schedule.

After replacing Cigano, Maldonado tries to surprise Miocic

Acting as a light heavyweight since arriving in the UFC, Fábio Maldonado accepted the organization's invitation to replace his compatriot Junior Gypsy at TUF Brasil 3 Final. The “Steel Hillbilly” faces the North American of Croatian descent Stipe Miocic in the main fight of the night, in a fight valid for the heavyweight category. Considered an underdog in betting shops, where he can pay up to four times the amount invested, Maldonado hopes to surprise his opponent in the confrontation and has already warned that he hopes to be among the top 10 of the Ultimate ranking if you win.

Check out the full TUF Brasil 3 Final card below:

MAIN CARD

Heavyweight: Fábio Maldonado x Stipe Miocic;

Average weight: Warlley alves x Márcio Lyoto;

Heavyweight: Antônio Carlos “Shoe Face”x Vitor miranda;

Welterweight Weight: Demian Maia x Alexander Yakovlev;

Feather weight: Ron Jason x Robbie Peralta.

PRELIMINARY CARD

Lightweight: Elias Silvério x Ernest Chavez;

Lightweight: Rodrigo Damm x Rashid Magomedov;

Welterweight Weight: Paulo thiago x Gasan Umalatov;

Featherweight: Kevin Souza x Mark Eddiva;

Average weight: Wagnão Gomes x Ricardo Demente;

Heavyweight: Marcos Rogério Pezão x Rick Monster;

Bantamweight: Peter Munhoz x Matt Hobar.

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