The promotion announced the tragic news on social media.

This morning, Monday, August 3rd, our beloved flyweight fighter, Allan Nascimento, was found unresponsive after suffering an apparent heart attack in his sleep. Despite the efforts of the responding medical team, he was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Our thoughts and deepest… pic.twitter.com/vlaBaBOyJr

— UFC (@ufc) August 3, 2026

“This morning, Monday, August 3rd, our beloved flyweight fighers, Allan Nascimento, was found unresponsive after suffering an apparent heart attack in his sleep. Despite efforts of the responding medical team, he was pronounced deceased at the scene. 

Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Allan’s family, friends, teammates and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.” 

Nascimento was part of the Chute Boxe team under Diego Lima and trained with the likes of former lightweight champion and current BMF champ Charles Oliveira. In 29 professional bouts Nascimento put together a 22-7 record with a 4-2 run in the UFC.

The flyweight last fought in June dropping a split-decision to Mitch Raposo at the META Apex. He held wins over Jake Hadley, Carlos Hernandez, Jafel Filho and Cody Durden to name a few.

Our thoughts are with Nascimento’s friends, family and teammates during this trying time.

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Round 1 – Raposo came out fast, pumping the jab and immediately taking the center of the cage while Nascimento looked to settle into the fight. That proved costly early, as Raposo uncorked a big combination that sent Nascimento stumbling backward into the fence.

Raposo’s footwork was the story of the opening round. He stayed light on his feet, constantly circling away from Nascimento’s power while forcing the Brazilian to chase him around the cage. Nascimento began mixing in kicks to slow him down and eventually shot for a takedown, but Raposo stuffed it after catching him with a sharp uppercut on the way in.

The exchange left Nascimento busted open, and Raposo kept pouring it on. Just past the midway point of the round, he cracked Nascimento with a crushing left hook that snapped his head back and had the crowd buzzing.

Nascimento struggled to deal with Raposo’s speed all round long. Every time he looked to counter, Raposo had already landed and moved out of range, making the veteran swing at air more often than not.

With about 90 seconds left, Nascimento changed levels for another takedown, transitioning from a double-leg to a single, but Raposo calmly reversed the position and pinned him against the fence.

Raposo eased off the gas slightly in the final minute, allowing Nascimento to land a couple of solid leg kicks, but it wasn’t enough to erase what had been a dominant opening round for the quicker, sharper Raposo.

Round 2 – Raposo came out in the second with a different approach. Instead of bouncing around the outside, he stood right in front of Nascimento, trusting his hands and his timing to win the exchanges.

Nascimento tried to slow him down with front kicks to the body, but Raposo wasn’t having it. He blitzed forward with a sharp combination before accidentally eating an eye poke that forced the referee to step in.

Raposo barely took any time to recover. He wanted right back in there, clearly not interested in giving Nascimento a chance to catch his breath.

The game plan had completely shifted. Raposo wasn’t relying on movement anymore. He was making reads, timing Nascimento’s attacks, and tagging him every time he came forward.

Nascimento got desperate, shooting for takedowns whenever he could, but Raposo shut every one of them down. The Brazilian simply couldn’t get his wrestling going.

Even with the height and reach advantage, Nascimento couldn’t solve the puzzle. Raposo’s speed was on another level, and his accuracy was even better. Every time Nascimento thought he had an opening, Raposo was already gone after landing another clean shot.

Through two rounds, Raposo was putting on a clinic.

Round 3 – Knowing he was likely down two rounds, Nascimento came out for the third with a sense of urgency. He started winging big shots, looking for anything that could change the fight, and even connected with a flying knee that helped him close the distance into the clinch. But once again, Raposo refused to be dragged to the mat.

Nascimento kept pouring it on, taking bigger risks and finally finding some success. He backed Raposo up with heavy punches, forcing the shorter fighter to tie him up to slow the pace. Nascimento made him pay anyway, ripping a hard knee to the body before breaking free.

Then came the moment he’d been searching for all night.

Nascimento uncorked a massive right hand that crashed into Raposo and sent him crashing to the canvas. The Brazilian immediately jumped on top, sensing the finish was right there.

Raposo did everything he could to survive, grabbing hold of Nascimento and breaking his posture to keep the ground-and-pound from doing even more damage. But for the first time in the fight, the momentum had completely shifted.

Nascimento unloaded with everything he had, firing punches from the top in a desperate attempt to steal the fight with a late stoppage. After spending the first two rounds chasing Raposo, it was suddenly the Brazilian who had the crowd on its feet and Raposo fighting to make it to the final horn.

Mitch Raposo pulled it off in the end with a razor-thin split decision victory and called out Brandon Moreno and Edgar Chairez for Noche UFC.

Official Result: Mitch Raposo def. Allan Nascimento via Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

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Mitch Raposo had been set to face Allan Nascimento at the event this Saturday, April 18 at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in flyweight action.

However, illness (reported by MMA Junkie’s Nolan King to be a virus contracted by Raposo) has forced the bout off the card. It’s now being targeted for a Fight Night event at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas on June 20.

UFC officials released a brief statement confirming the development on Thursday.

“Due to illness with Mitch Raposo, his flyweight bout with Allan Nascimento has been moved to UFC FIGHT NIGHT on Saturday, June 20 at Meta APEX in Las Vegas.”

Raposo (10-3) was looking to build off his first victory under the UFC banner, against Azat Maksum last October. Nascimento (22-6) has won four straight since dropping his UFC debut in 2021, but has struggled with injuries and bouts falling through.

This Saturday’s UFC Winnipeg now moves forward with 12 fights and is headlined by Gilbert Burns vs. Mike Malott at welterweight. The following match-ups have been announced for the event:

• Gilbert Burns vs. Mike Malott
• Kyler Phillips vs. Charles Jourdain
• Mandel Nallo vs. Jai Herbert
• Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Karine Silva
• Thiago Moisés vs. Gauge Young
• Dennis Buzukja vs. Márcio Barbosa
• Julien Leblanc vs. Robert Valentin
• Tanner Boser vs. Gökhan Saricam
• Melissa Croden vs. Darya Zheleznyakova
• JJ Aldrich vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth
• John Castañeda vs. Mark Vologdin
• Jamie Siraj vs. John Yannis

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TUF 29 and Contender Series alum Mitch Raposo (10-3) will face off against Allan Nascimento (22-6) at the event, which takes place at the TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario on April 18, 2026.

Raposo recently announced the booking on social media (h/t Eurosport’s Marcel Dorff).

“9 weeks until I finish Allan. All the Glory to God. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for him. Ottawa Ontario, see you April 18th,” Raposo wrote in announcing the match-up.

Raposo, who came up short on The Ultimate Fighter 29 and had two showings on Dana White’s Contender Series, is 1-2 in the UFC and coming off a win over Azat Maksum last October. Prior to that, he’d been on the wrong side of split decisions against Su Mudaerji and Andre Lima.

Brazil’s Nascimento has had a much smoother UFC run in the cage, posting a 4-1 record through five fights. Staying healthy has been the flyweight’s biggest challenge, as he missed most of 2023 and all of 2024 with multiple fights falling through due to injury and illness.

Nascimento’s last outing saw him saw him earn a Performance of the Night bonus for his November submission of Cody Durden.

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Steve Garcia

Maybe it’s because he started off his UFC stint 1-2, but fans seem to have been too dismissive of Steve Garcia’s current win streak, which he extended to seven on Saturday. Ever since dropping to featherweight after his loss to Maheshate, Garcia has been on a tear, winning seven straights, six of which via KO. The streak features names like Chase Hooper, the also streaking Melquizael Costa, Calvin Kattar and now David Onama.

After his win, Garcia called out Josh Emmett in his post-fight presser. Though that’s not a bad name to call out at all, I prefer the option he laid out. After submitting the aforementioned Emmett in under two minutes, I had Youssef Zalal fighting the winner of this main event should Garcia be victorious in UFC 320’s edition of what’s next. And victorious he was, so why not see if Zalal can avenge his teammate Onama and stop the red-hot Garcia?

Garcia’s next fight: Youssef Zalal

Waldo Cortes-Acosta

It wasn’t the cleanest performance from referee Mark Smtih and we’ll see if Ante Delija can manage to get this result overturned with an appeal, but in the spirit of fairness, Waldo Cortes-Acosta didn’t do anything wrong on Saturday. We will treat this as a victory for the Dominican fighter as long as it is ruled as such.

Tom Aspinall will undoubtedly rematch Ciryl Gane and the winner will probably have to fight Alexander Volkov. But if the division can manage to move through all this relatively quickly, “Salsa Boy” might be just one more good win away from a title shot. Jailton Almeida, Derrick Lewis and Shamil Gaziev should he beat Serghei Spivac are all names I wouldn’t be against putting in there with WCA, but I ultimately landed on Curtis Blaydes as I think Cortes-Acosta should have his takedown defence tested once more before eyeing a title shot.

Cortes-Acosta’s next fight: Curtis Blaydes

Jeremiah Wells

It wasn’t the most thrilling affair, but Jeremiah Wells got his hand raised for the first time since April of 2023, outlasting Themba Gorimbo for a unanimous decision win. At 39 years of age, the best is almost certainly behind Wells, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still some fun things to do with him. I think a fight with the guy who won just two fights prior could make for a fun scrap.

Wells’ next fight: Charles Radtke

Yadier del Valle

Potential betting scandal aside, this was Yadier del Valle’s second 1^st-round rear-naked choke win in as many UFC bouts. With this win, the 29-year-old undefeated prospect took his perfect record to double digit. Being undefeated at featherweight means one thing and one thing only: will Christian Rodriguez take another 0? C-Rod’s last four wins came against then-undefeated Raul Rosas Jr., Cameron Saaiman, Isaac Dulgarian and Austin Bashi. Gimmick aside, there’s no doubt Rodriguez is someone who can test a guy like del Valle. The gimmick just adds a bit of spice to what might otherwise be a bout that would fly under the radar.

del Valle’s next fight: Christian Rodriguez

Charles Radtke

Charles Radtke was looking to bounce back after his brutal KO loss to Mike Malott in May. Though Daniel Frunza survived a bit longer than some of us might have expected, Radtke did eventually sink in the rear-naked choke. As mentioned, I think he and Jeremiah Wells would make for an entertaining matchup.

Radtke’s next fight: Jeremiah Wells

Allan Nascimento

Through inactivity, a weight miss and a bit of bad luck, Allan Nascimento’s last win at 125 lbs goes back to January of 2023. It’s a shame he hasn’t been able to gather more momentum because he could be an interesting player at flyweight. He’s now won four straights, two of which got him Performance of the Night bonuses, after taking Tagir Ulanbekov to a split decision in his promotional debut. The UFC rarely likes to reward inactivity, which is why I think they will most likely just end up rebooking the Rafael Estevam matchup, which isn’t a bad idea at all.

Nascimento’s next fight: Rafael Estevam

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One of four Performance of the Night bonus-winners fell in that category. Ante Delija seemed to have Waldo Cortes-Acosta finished in the night’s heavyweight co-main event, lighting him up alongside the fence. However as replay showed and the ref caught real time, Cortes-Acosta had been poked in the eye right at the start of the deluge.

Despite Delija thinking he had won, Cortes-Acosta was given recovery time, opted to continue, and immediately knocked Delija out.

In the main event, headliner Steve Garcia took another Performance of the Night bonus for his TKO finish of David Onama. The featherweight fight was much-maligned as lacking the appropriate main event star power, and Onama’s name was on the marquee for the first time in his UFC tenue. The end came at 3:34 of round one.

Newcomer Donte Johnson, for a guillotine choke submission of Sedrique Dumas at middleweight, and flyweight Allan Nascimento, who put away Cody Durden with an Anaconda choke to open the UFC Vegas 110 main card, picked up the remaining bonuses.

No Fight of the Night was handed out Saturday; all four bonus winners take in $50,000 U.S. for their efforts.

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No weight miss in this instance, in a fight that found Durden looking to snap a two-fight skid, and Nascimento looking for his fourth straight victory, albeit dating back to 2022.

Durden started the opening frame looking to stand and trade with Nascimento. Landing multiple right hands to Nascimento’s face, Durden was jumping out to an early lead. Nascimento tried to keep Durden at distance with leg kicks, but Cody kept finding a home for hard shots upstairs. Nascimento had yet to attempt a takedown in the round and was repeatedly getting tee’d off on by massive combinations. After five minutes Durden had landed the more consequential blows. The large betting favorite Nascimento looked lost and unsure of himself on the feet in round one.

To start the second Durden landed a solid left-right combination upstairs that rocked Nascimento. A massive straight right hand by Durden got through the guard of Nascimento, who was bleeding from the nose. Durden continued to press the action , while Nascimento circled throwing jabs and leg kicks at distance. Suddenly, Durden marched forward right into massive elbow that knocked him to the ground. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt was all over him locking in the Anaconda choke submission on the ground.

Durden was seemingly winning every second of the fight until the elbow landed late in round two. Nascimento had lost a majority of the striking exchanges throughout the night on the feet, but he only needed to win one to get to a dominant position on the ground and finish the fight by submission. This was the 16th submission win in the career of Nascimento.

Official Result: Allan Nascimento def. Cody Durden by submission (Anaconda choke), Round 2, 3:13 

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Nascimento was coming off a layoff of nearly two and a half years; he’d missed weight ahead of the fight. Filho meanwhile was entering off back-to-back wins over Daniel Barez and Ode Osbourne.

Early on, it was Filho looking for a trip along the fence, though Nascimento proved to have excellent balance and even briefly managed to reverse. That didn’t last however and after an impressive back-and-forth it was Filho getting the fight to the mat. Filho managed to trap Nascimento’s legs with his own, nearly sitting in mount, though he couldn’t hold the position. Instead, Nascimento managed to reclaim half-guard, and eventually, he’d make it back to the feet— with Jafel Filho still all over him.

In the dying seconds of the round, Filho would go after a mounted guillotine, but didn’t have it and ran out of time.

It was Nascimento getting some top time of his own in round two. Well away from the fence, the Contender Series and RIZIN vet had Filho stuck. Filho had tired, and was unable to break free. Nascimento would hunt a finish and close out the round with a smashing elbow, though he was unable to put the fight away.

Round three found Filho taking the momentum back early, getting things down and taking the back. The finish wasn’t to be had and eventually it was Nascimento getting back in the driver’s seat and taking the back himself. Towards the end of the frame, Nascimento had Filho stretched out and close to helpless, arm under the chin, but he ran out of time and instead took a unanimous decision win on the scorecards.

Official Result: Allan Nascimento def. Jafel Filho by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

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Of note, one half of the UFC Vegas 107 main event, Maycee Barber, came in heavy on Friday. She weighed in at 126.5lbs for her fight with Erin Blanchfield, a half-pound over the division’s non-title limit. That does not bode well for Barber, a title hopeful on a six-fight win streak.

Barber looked depleted on the scale, and she was not the only one.

🔵 @MayceeBarber takes to stage tomorrow night! #UFCVegas107 @Sportsnet & @TVASports | Main 9pmET pic.twitter.com/wtroBi19oZ

— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) May 30, 2025

In addition to Barber coming in heavy, the entire fight between Ketlen Vieira and Macy Chiasson was shifted from bantamweight to 145lbs. Considering the UFC no longer has a women’s featherweight division after a half-hearted attempt to establish it during the Amanda Nunes era, they’re lucky the fight is on at all. UFC officials announced the change in weight immediately prior to Vieira weighing in. While Chiasson came in at 144, Viera needed the grace pound even up a weight class, clocking in at 146.

The pair were previously booked to compete in 2023, only for the fight to fall through. Chiasson previously competed as a featherweight, while Vieira missed weight for a bantamweight bout back in 2021.

The chaos didn’t stop there. Allan Nascimento blew the flyweight limit for his fight with Jafel Filho, coming in at 127.5. And one fight was cancelled entirely: Andreas Gustafsson, set to make his promotional debut against Trevin Giles, will have to wait a little longer. No weight mishap this time, instead an injury to Giles is reportedly the culprit.

Giles himself was stepping in on short notice as an injury replacement, after Jeremiah Wells was forced to withdraw from the match-up. Andreas Gustafsson was to have been the first fighter to wear the newly announced “UFC Debut” patch on his fight kit.

UFC Vegas 107: Blanchfield vs. Barber takes place Saturday, May 31, 2025 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

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Bantamweight Javid Basharat has withdrawn due to injury and replaced with Quang Le. Le will face Chris Gutierrez on the main card.

Le (8-0) makes his UFC debut against Gutierrez having originally been scheduled for a contender series bout in September. Le has spent most of his professional career in LFA.

Welterweight Uros Medic has also been pulled due to injury and replaced by Nikolay Veretennikov and will face Danny Barlow.

Veretennikov (12-4) makes his UFC debut against Barlow having appeared on the Contender Series back in 2021. Since then he’s rattled off three consecutive finishes in United Fight League.

Jonny Parsons also withdrew and his fight with Yusaku Kinoshita has been canceled.

Also canceled is the bout between Allan Nascimento and Jafel Filho. Nascimento has withdrawn due to illness.

UFC Vegas 95 takes place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The card is as follows:

• Marcin Tybura vs. Serghei Spivac
• Chris Gutierrez vs. Quang Le
• Chepe Mariscal vs. Damon Jackson
• Danny Barlow vs. Nikolay Veretennikov
• Yana Santos vs. Chelsea Chandler
• Charalampos Grigoriou vs. Toshiomi Kazama
• Karol Rosa vs. Pannie Kianzad
• Karl Williams vs. Jhonata Diniz
• Jarno Errens vs. Youssef Zalal
• Stephanie Luciano vs. Talita Alencar

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