UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia

On August 1st, Bethe Correia gets what she has wanted. After calling out Ronda Rousey and defeating two of her teammates, Brazil's unbeaten 'Pitbull' will challenge Rousey for the UFC women's bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 190 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro. Considered by many to be the most dominant champion in UFC history, the unbeaten Rousey has established that reputation with five successful defenses of her title.

Maurico Shogun Rua squares off with fellow MMA legend Antonio Rogerio Nogueira for a rematch of their epic battle from ten years prior. "Shogun" walked away the victor on that night, and Nogueira will look to avenge his loss and put on another classic show for mma fans around the world.

The lightweight bouts on season 4 of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 4 were some of the most intense on the series, and the same is expected tonight when Fernando Bruno and Glaico Franca meet for the season title here in Rio de Janeiro. The final lightweight pick of original coach Anderson Silva, Team Nogueira's Fernando Bruno went on to earn a finals berth with victories over Jack Fernandes and Nazareno Malagarie, and with a win against Franca, the rising star from Rio de Janeiro can become the latest member of the Nova Uniao squad to make his impact in the UFC. Standing in the way of Fernando Bruno's dream of winning The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 4 title tonight is Team Shogun's Glaico Franca, a determined finisher from Santa Catarina who submitted Nikolas Motta and Joaquim 'Netto BJJ' Silva to get his own shot at making the UFC history books, and he's not going to let that opportunity pass him by.

Two of Brazil's finest 135-pound fighters, Dileno Lopes and Reginaldo Viera battled it out against a hungry group of fellow prospects to make it here tonight, and when it's all over, only one of these young men will be left standing with the Ultimate Fighter Brazil title. When opportunity knocked on season four of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil, Sao Paulo's Reginaldo Vieira answered, and despite losing a quarterfinal bout to Matheus Nicolau, injuries to two teammates allowed Vieira to come back and beat Mattheus Mattos and Bruno Korea to earn his spot in tonight's bantamweight final. Nova Uniao standout Dileno Lopes took a more conventional route to the most important night of his career, with wins over Renato Monaco, Bruno Gustavo and Matheus Nicolau putting him one victory away from a UFC contract if he can defeat Reginaldo Vieira.

Fresh from a stint coaching The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 4, heavyweight legend "Minotauro" Nogueira gets back to his day job in his home country of Brazil when he faces off with Stefan Struve. Plagued by injuries in recent years, Brazilian icon Minotauro Nogueira now has a clean bill of health, and in his first fight since an April 2014 loss to Roy Nelson, he's eager to get back in the win column once more against the Netherlands' Struve. And to do it in front of his legion of fans gives the former UFC and PRIDE champion even more motivation. Winner of four of his last six bouts, the Netherlands' Stefan 'Skyscraper' Struve has always been one of the UFC's most popular heavyweights thanks to his all-action style and willingness to take the risks necessary to finish fights. And even with all his success thus far, a win over a superstar like Nogueira would be his crowning achievement.

Though scheduled for three rounds, when heavyweight powerhouses Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva and Soa 'The Hulk' Palelei collide, no one is expecting this clash of hard-hitting big men to get anywhere near the final bell, and that's just the way they like it. One of Australia's most popular fighters, veteran slugger Soa Palelei is a rarity in that he can match his opponent Antonio Silva in both size and strength. With that settled, this fight will likely come down to a battle of wills, and in that showdown, 'The Hulk' believes he simply wants it more. Despite a recent cold spell, victories over top UFC contenders Andrei Arlovski, Alistair Overeem and Travis Browne show that Brazil's own Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva is just one win away from putting himself back in the title picture, and he expects to get that win here against Palelei.