i agree with u on brazil . I hope many countires will have there own version of the ultimate fighter, great diea

UFC knows their uphill challenges of Brazil and Japan. Putting together a TUF for Canada makes little sense. There are a million reality shows in the States, but only one (successful) combat sport show. The Canadians are English speaking and can/do try out for the US version of TUF. To put this together for Brazil would mean it would be completely in Portuguese, obviously the same goes for Japan. As such, very unlikely to draw in an audience other than in those respective countries.
So why the Middle East/Abu Dhabi TUF? As many of you know, global businesses often refer to something called EMEA. This means Europe, Middle East and Africa. If you are a western company you probably take on EMEA as a totally different challenge than the Americas. There are far too many languages in EMEA; however the vast majority of business is done in English. So I would see that fighters from around EMEA will be trying out for this TUF, and that there will be quite a bit of English spoken, and subtitled. Fighters from Europe (France/Benelux/Scandinavia), Africa (Morocco, Iran, Turkey), and Asia (think Russia/Belarus when you see this, not necessarily just Japan) will be eager to jump at the chance to fight on television for the UFC. Fighters like Kampmann, Struve, Mousasi, Badr Hari are all fighters who would have benefited from TUF had one existed for them. The multicultural and primarily English speaking cast would vastly broaden the available viewership for such a TUF.
So first you get a partner with experience with successful expansion into EMEA. That part was completed with the Flash sale. Next you get an event in place and make it a spectacle, broadcasting it to 450 million people on television. That will be completed with UFC 112. Next you get the interest to continue to grow by producing content that isn’t so focused on the American market, and finds new talent for the UFC pool. I think we have a winner folks!