Alexandre Almeida was selected to be on the fourth season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil earlier this year, but was kicked out of the show after his medical report indicated a brain aneurysm. Nine months later, "Capitao" is fighting for the WSOF featherweight championship.
A former Jungle Fight 145-pound champion, Almeida received a call from the UFC a couple days before flying to Las Vegas, informing that the Nevada Athletic Commission advised them to remove him from the show.
Almeida thought it was it. The 16-5 featherweight feared he would never be cleared to compete again. When he was about to quit, he decided to do more tests.