Wilson Reis agreed to fight Joseph Benavidez inside the Octagon, but the decision to select Benavidez as one of the coaches of The Ultimate Fighter 24 opposite Henry Cejudo ended up giving the Brazilian the biggest fight of his life.
A former EliteXC featherweight champion, Reis will challenge Demetrious Johnson for the UFC flyweight championship in the co-main event of UFC 201 in Atlanta, and the Alliance MMA product wasn’t completely taken off guard when his coach Eric Del Fierro called him with the good news.