Tonight the first episode of the Ultimate Fighter Brazil will air tonight in the U.S. on ufc.tv at 9:00 P.M. PST(That’s 12:00 A.M. EST, for those of you who don’t want to bother with the conversion). Tonight’s episode will narrow down the field of hopeful participants from 32 to 16 fighters. The fights will be aired tonight to see which 8 featherweight(145 lbs.) and which 8 middleweight(185 lbs.) fighters will earn a spot in the Ultimate Fighter house.

After we know who gets into the house, then the fighters will either be put on team Wanderlei or team Belfort. After the season is over not only will the two best featherweights and middleweights battle for a contract, but coaches Wanderlei Silva and Vitor Belfort will face off as well. But before any of that happens we will get to see multiple fights tonight that will introduce us to who will be in the TUF Brazil house.

To help prepare you for the first episode, here are the match-ups for the elimination fights to get inside the house:

Middleweights

• Leonardo Mafra Teixeira (5-0) vs. Samuel Trindade (6-1)
• Daniel Sarafian (7-2) vs. Richardson Moreira (3-0)
• Francisco Drinaldo (10-1) vs. Charles Maicon (8-1)
• Delson Heleno (23-6) vs. Gilberto Galvao (19-4-1)
• Sergio Moraes (6-1) vs. Thiago Rela (3-1)
• Cezar Ferreira (4-2) vs. Gustavo Sampaio (5-1)
• Joao Paulo de Souza (8-4) vs. Thiago de Oliveira Perpetuo (8-1-1)
• Renee Forte (7-1) vs. Fabio Luiz Vital da Costa (9-0-1)

Featherweights

• Alexandre Ramos (5-0) vs. Hugo Viana (5-0)
• Giovanni da Silva Santos Jr. (10-1) vs. John Teixeira (13-0-1)
• Marcos Vinicius Borges Pancini (19-3-1) vs. Pedro Nobre (10-0-1)
• Rodrigo Damm (9-5) vs. Fabricio de Assis Costa da Silva (14-1)
• Rony Mariano Bezerra (10-3) vs. Dileno Lopes (8-0)
• Anistavio Medeiros (12-7) vs. Rafael Bueno (7-1)
• Wagner Campos (11-3) vs. Fernando Duarte Guerra (10-1)
• Godofredo Pepey (8-0) vs. Johnny Goncalves (4-0)