TUF Brazil 3 Finale results, photos: Marcos Rogerio de Lima KOs Richardson Moreira in 20 seconds

SAO PAULO – Marcos Rogerio de Lima probably didn’t want to fight his friend and “TUF: Brazil 3? housemate Richardson Moreira. So he just went and got it over with. In a hurry.

De Lima (12-2-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) needed only 20 seconds to deliver a knockout of Moreira (7-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC), showing some big potential in the UFC’s heavyweight division after his appearance on Season 3 of “TUF: Brazil.”

The heavyweight bout was part of today’s TUF Brazil 3 Finale event at Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass ahead of additional prelims and a main card on FOX Sports 1.

De Lima had a 19-pound weight advantage over Richardson, who probably is headed to light heavyweight after this. But de Lima may want to stay put at heavyweight after Saturday’s win, which came after he was a semifinalist on “TUF: Brazil 3? as coach Chael Sonnen’s top heavyweight pick.

De Lima landed a kick up high early, forcing Moreira to clinch up. They had a few seconds of dirty boxing before de Lima landed a knee to the body, then a straight right hand on the button that dropped Moreira.

De Lima came in right behind it with a left hand on the ground, and then one more was all the referee needed to see before shutting things down.

“Rick is one of the guys I made the most friendship with on ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’” de Lima said. “I was training in the camp to give him a good knee, and as soon as he separated, to give him a right punch. So that’s what I did.”

De Lima won for the fourth time in five fights and now has nine of his 12 wins by knockout. Moreira, a Team Nogueira fighter, had a two-fight winning streak snapped, not counting his time in the “TUF: Brazil” house.

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(John Morgan contributed to this report on-site in Sao Paulo.)