Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabricio Werdum named coaches for TUF Brazil II

Earlier today, it was reported in Brazil that Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Fabricio Werdum would be the coaches for TUF Brazil II and the UFC has confirmed the report.

UFC President Dana White confirmed the news on a live video chat on Tuesday night.

According to UFC Tonight, filming for the show will begin at the end of January and the show is expected to debut in March.

This will be the second time that Nogueira has been a coach on the reality show as he was previously one of the coaches on season eight of the show.

The UFC recently held the tryout for the next edition of the reality show coming from Brazil and over 300 fighters tried out for the show. After the reality show is complete, Nogueira and Werdum will square off and the UFC is targeting to have them fight on June 8th in Brazil.