UFC PROGRAMMING
For more than 3 years, Brazil Production Services was one of the preferred Brazil production vendors for the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion. In this stretch, BPS produced dozens of different shoots for the UFC all over Brazil with several fighters from the company, including some of the biggest names in the fight game such as Anderson Silva, Conor McGregor, José Aldo, Jacaré Souza and others.
BPS shot projects for several different shows, including primetime shows airing on FOX as well as programming for the UFC’s social media channels and content that aired at the stadiums before the fights.
UFC 200: IT’S TIME – ALDO VS EDGAR
Type of Project: Documentary
Shoot Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Company: Positive Image Video / UFC / FOX
One example of the many collaborations between BPS and the UFC is the documentary special that aired on FOX, ahead of a much touted rematch fight between Brazilian former champion José Aldo and American Frankie Edgar at UFC 200. BPS hired a local crew, supported the foreign DP and director that travelled to Rio, hired transportation, equipment and managed all logistics to film with José Aldo in and around Upper Gym in Rio de Janeiro.
UFC ROAD TO THE OCTAGON
The most important often produced show BPS did for the UFC was known as UFC Road to the Octagon, an American prime time documentary series on FOX that followed mixed martial-arts fighters as they prepared for big UFC events to be broadcast live on FOX in the weeks leading up to the fight.
We shot many episodes of this show and below we include the full episodes of some of them.
UFC ROAD TO THE OCTAGON 28 – JÉSSICA ANDRADE
Type of Project: Documentary
Shoot Location: Niterói, Brazil
Company: Positive Image Video / UFC / FOX
The most often produced, high-end show BPS did for the UFC was known as UFC Road to the Octagon, an American prime time documentary series on FOX that followed mixed martial-arts fighters as they prepared for big UFC events. The show was always broadcast live on FOX in the weeks leading up to the fight. In this episode, we hired a fully Brazilian crew to film with strawweight Jessica Andrade in the town of Niterói. For more information about this shoot, read our blog entry about it.
UFC ROAD TO THE OCTAGON 24 – JACARÉ SOUZA
Type of Project: Documentary
Shoot Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Company: Positive Image Video / UFC / FOX
BPS also did local producing, crew hiring, production management, location clearance, transpo, gear and catering for this segment of the sow with jiu-jitsu master Jacaré Souza in Rio.
UFC ROAD TO THE OCTAGON 21 – DEMIAN MAIA & CHARLES OLIVEIRA
Type of Project: Documentary
Shoot Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Company: Positive Image Video / UFC / FOX
BPS produced segments for this episode featuring welterweight Demian Maia and lightweight Charles Oliveira in the São Paulo region once again running all logistics for the shoots.
UFC ROAD TO THE OCTAGON 18 – IURI ALCÂNTARA
Type of Project: Documentary
Shoot Location: Marajó Island and Belém, Brazil
Company: Positive Image Video / UFC / FOX
In this episode, BPS sent a crew from Rio de Janeiro to Marajó Island to follow bantamweight Iuri Alcântara around as he prepared for a big fight in New Jersey.