The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil is a version of the reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter, produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. This season was notable for being the first to be entirely filmed outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, with production taking place in Brazil. It included 12 episodes and concluded with a live finale in Brazil, which was broadcast on pay-per-view in June 2012. Filming began in February 2012, and the show was in Portuguese. The season was produced by the Brazilian company Floresta and aired on Globo in Brazil. Episodes were also available online at TUF.tv every Sunday night and later shown on Fuel TV in a marathon leading up to the finale.
On December 13, 2011, during the pre-UFC 142 press conference, Dana White announced that Vitor Belfort and Wanderlei Silva would be the coaches for the season. Despite this announcement, Belfort still fought and defeated Anthony Johnson at UFC 142, which was a change from previous seasons where coaches did not compete against other fighters until they faced each other at the end of the season.
The UFC held open tryouts on December 14, 2011, for Lightweight and Middleweight fighters who were at least 21 years old and had a minimum of two wins in three professional fights. Out of those who applied, 350 fighters were invited to participate in the tryouts. The season featured fighters from the Featherweight and Middleweight divisions.