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Fabricio Werdum is officially back in the UFC.

With a decision over Roy Nelson at this past
Saturday’s UFC 143, Werdum has a little job security after a three-year
absence from the promotion.

Now, he’d like to fight in his home country when the UFC returns to
Brazil in an event targeted for June 2 at a location to be determined.

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LAS VEGAS – The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s own media notes on
Brazilian bantamweight Renan Barao sum it up nicely:
“Has best record, on paper, in all of MMA.”

On Saturday night, Barao earned his 28th-straight win by downing onetime
title-challenger Scott Jorgensen via unanimous decision.

The 24-year-old is now 5-0 under the Zuffa banner, and while UFC
president Dana White isn’t ready to grant him a title shot just yet, he
admits the Nova Uniao product is quickly becoming one of Brazil’s most
popular fighters.

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Brazilian prospect Saul Almeida isn’t waiting on a call from the UFC.

He’s waiting on another one.

“I got a call one week before UFC on FX 1, and they were looking for a
replacement to fight against Fabricio Camoes,” Almeida told
MMAjunkie.com. “It was almost a done deal, and then
they got another replacement, but I’m patient. I’m not in a hurry. If
I’m patient and keep training, it will come pretty soon.”

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Without the pomp or star power of the company’s August outing in Rio de Janeiro, UFC 142 managed to fly largely under the radar. When last Saturday night rolled around, however, that action inside Rio’s HSBC Arena came as a surprise to many.

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A long-rumored UFC event in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo is a reality.

UFC president Dana White told MMAjunkie.com on Friday the promotion is currently searching for venues to host the event, which is targeted for an as-yet-undetermined date in June.

“It looks like it’s probably going to be a stadium show,” he said.

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Jose Aldo Jr. knows an impressive win at UFC 142 will make him a superstar in his homeland.

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If Chael Sonnen gets by Mark Munoz later this month at UFC on FOX 2, his next bout could be a huge one.

UFC president Dana White recently joined “UFC Tonight” on FUEL TV to discuss potential plans for a long-awaited rematch.

In the segment, which ultimately didn’t make it to air, White said that if Sonnen gets his rematch with UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, it’ll likely take place in Silva’s home country of Brazil – in a soccer stadium.

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As MMA continues its popularity boom around the globe, the talent pool of Brazilian fighters is becoming more and more apparent.

Take for instance, the famed Nova Uniao team, home of UFC featherweight
champion Jose Aldo, as well as a host of notables that includes Eduardo
Dantas, Wagnney Fabiano, Marcos Galvao, Thales Leites, Diego Nunes,
Marlon Sandro and Ronys Torres, among countless others.

On New year’s Eve, Nova Unaio product Rodolfo Marques hopes to add his name to that list.

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In truth, Rafael dos Anjos thought his UFC career was over before it ever really began.

Starting his octagon run with losses to Tyson Griffin and Jeremy
Stephens, the Rio de Janeiro resident assumed he’d probably be released
from the promotion.

“I didn’t know if I’d be cut when I lost to Stephens,” dos Anjos
recently told MMAjunkie.com in his native Portuguese. “But they gave me
another tough guy in Griffin, and I lost again, so I was sure I was
going to be cut.”

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Brazil has long produced top-level mixed-martial-artists, and it now
appears the country will play a big role in the plans of the sport’s
biggest promotion, the UFC.

But while fans around the globe will surely witness televised scenes
from the country’s beautiful beaches and lavish countryside,
near-incomprehensible poverty is rarely but a few steps away.

Veteran manager Alex Davis, a Brazilian native and current resident of
the country, hopes fans will keep close to their hearts the background
of some of the country’s fighting prospects, especially as the nation’s
talent continues to rise to prominence.

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