Brazilian mixed martial artist, who fights at lightweight Luis Santos has won the second season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil in 2013.

Luis Santos is considered as one of the best and most experienced welterweights in the Brazilian MMA. He earned his shot at the reality show among 28 fighters. He was set to face Team Nogueira's Paulo Goncalves Dias in the preliminary bout, and he scored a first-round knockout. But his win never aired on Globo.

UFC did not talk about why it never aired but sources say that Santos was still signed with Bellator that is why he did not air.

Santos talk to MMAFighting about it. He said "That's not the true story. Bellator didn't have anything to do with it. The UFC was the one who damaged me. I was a free agent but they didn't respect me, cutting me from the reality show. I did my best at TUF: Brazil with my knockout victory in the preliminary fight, and I don't know why the UFC cut me. They never gave me an explanation, but that's in the past."

Now, Santos has moved on but many asked what would have happened if he was never kicked out of the show. He answered "It's hard to say where I would be today because I have total confidence that I would have won that tournament."

Santos will be making his One FC debut against Bakhtiyar Abbasov (12-3) at Friday's One FC 22 in Singapore. If he wins in this fight, he will be given a shot at the welterweight gold against Ben Askren.

He said "I want to write my history at One FC. 'm working hard to get there, win and fight for the title in 2015. I don't think about using One FC to get to another promotion. I want to do my best there, give the fans some great fights, and build a career in Asia."

He adds "Fighting for the One FC title is my goal, but I have to think fight by fight. I'm focused on this fight now, and if I win and One FC thinks I should fight for the title right away, I will be more than ready to do it. But if they think I should face another opponent first, I will fight whoever they want to earn my title shot."