UFC: Let the Fans Choose the Fighters for UFC Rio Card

UFC will return to Brazil on August 27th, and you can help Joe Silva and the promoters to set up the card of your dreams for HSBC Arena, in Rio de Janeiro. In the UFC official website in Brazil, you can choose 12 Brazilian fighters you’d like to watch on the show. Check the options below and vote:

Bantamweight:

Diego Nunes - Caxias do Sul (RS)
Rany Yahya - Brasília (DF)
Renan Barão - Rio Grande do Norte (RN)

Featherweight:

José Aldo - Manaus (AM)
Raphael Assumpção - Fortaleza (CE)

Lightweight:

Charles "Do Bronx" Oliveira - São Paulo (SP)
Edson Barboza - Nova Friburgo (RJ)
Gleison Tibau - Tibau (RN)
Rafael dos Anjos - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Thiago Tavares - Florianópolis (SC)
Yuri Alcântara - Ilha de Marajó (PA)

Welterweight:

Carlos Eduardo "Tá Danado" Rocha - Cabedelo (PB)
Paulo Thiago - Brasília (DF)
Renzo Gracie - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Thiago "Pitbull" Alves - Fortaleza (CE)

Middleweight:

Alexandre Ferreira "Cacareco" - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Anderson Silva - São Paulo (SP)
Demian Maia - São Paulo (SP)
Jorge Santiago - Angra dos Reis (RJ)
Mário Miranda - Niterói (RJ)
Rafael "Sapo" Natal - Belo Horizonte (MG)
Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares - Dores do Indaiá (MG)
Thiago Silva - São Paulo (SP)
Vitor Belfort - Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Wanderlei Silva - Curitiba (PR

Light Heavyweight:

Fabio Maldonado - Sorocaba (SP)
Luiz "Banha" Cané - São Paulo (SP)
Lyoto Machida - Salvador (BA)
Maiquel Falcão - Pelotas (RS)
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua - Curitiba (PR)
Rogério "Minotouro" - Salvador (BA)

Heavyweight:

Junior "Cigano" dos Santos - Caçador (SC)
Rodrigo "Minotauro" - Salvador (BA)