Another international edition of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show comes to a conclusion on Saturday night with the TUF Brazil 3 Finale at Sao Paulo’s Ibirapuera Gymnasium. The FOX Sports 1-televised event has seen a couple main-event fights shuffled on and off the card with the end result being a heavyweight tilt between top contender Stipe Miocic (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and hometown favorite and recent light heavyweight Fabio Maldonado (21-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC). It’s far from the UFC’s most stacked event of the year, but the TUF Brazil 3 Finale features a few matchups of significance, and it’ll also crown the 35th and 36th “TUF” winners in UFC history. To see what several fighters on the card have going for them heading into the organization’s third Brazilian event of 2014, here are 37 pre-fight facts about the TUF Brazil 3 Finale. MAIN EVENT Maldonado will fight at heavyweight for the first time in his eight-fight UFC career. Maldonado returns to the octagon just 69 days after his decision win over Gian Villante at UFC Fight Night 38 in March
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TUF Brazil 3 Finale pre-fight facts: Miocic’s striking output among best at heavyweight – MMA Junkie