Glover Teixeira scored the knockout victory in round 1 to secure his spot as the challenger to the winner of Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza defeated Yushin Okami via TKO and Joseph Benavidez also scored a TKO victory over Jussier Formiga. Hallman, Natal and Bagautinov were also victorious in Brazil.
