In particular, the featherweight has displayed “increasing levels of consciousness this week,” per a report by Women’s MMA Rankings on Twitter, citing her management team.

According to that same report, the Professional Fighters League (PFL), who now own Bellator, will pay Silva her full fight purse for her would-be September 14 fight with Eman Almudhaf. The Bellator London card took place at the OVO Wembley in London, England, with Silva’s fight announced as cancelled, for reasons unknown at the time, by Bellator officials on weigh-in day.

Over a month later, news broke of Silva being in a coma following a weight-cut gone wrong. According to Women’s MMA Rankings, a family member was flown from Brazil to London by the PFL to be by her side.

Daiane Silva holds a 3-0 record in MMA, and trains with CM System in Curitiba, Brazil. Her three wins all came in the lightweight (155lb) division, with the September bout marking her first attempt to cut the extra ten pounds down to featherweight.

The incident has reignited debate about the dangerous practice of weight-cutting online. In 2015, ONE Championship’s Yang Jian Bing died at just 21-years old due to heart failure after a bad weight cut. The tragedy resulted in the company changing its weigh-in procedure, weight classes, and saw them add a hydration test for fighters. The UFC moved its weigh-in window to an earlier time the following year (2016), resulting in the now familiar “official” and “ceremonial” weigh-ins. The move was made to allow fighters additional time to rehydrate between their weight cut and fight.

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Daiane Silva was to have faced Eman Almudhaf at Bellator London on September 14, 2024, only for their fight to be cancelled on short notice. Promotion officials announced the bout’s cancellation on weigh-in day, without revealing details behind the decision.

Fast forward over a month, and Cris Cyborg’s team revealed the news on social media, stating they wanted to extend solidarity to CM System, Silva’s team, and noting that the fighter remained hospitalized in London, England “in serious condition” after she suffered “complications during her weight cut.”

Adding that they had helped launch Daiane Silva’s career (via Nacao Cyborg Fights), the Cyborg Nation account added that they were “committed to going deep to identify and hold the culprits accountable who allowed this to happen,” adding “we will bring you more information in the coming weeks.”

Per the Women’s MMA Rankings account on Twitter, Silva remains in a coma; Uncrowned’s Drake Riggs confirmed news that the fighter had slipped into a coma following her weight cut, but noted that it’s unclear as to whether she remained in one, given the scarcity of details surrounding the incident.

Silva, with an undefeated 3-0 record in professional MMA, was making her professional debut at the Bellator Champions Series event in London on September 14.

Cageside Press reached out to PFL and Bellator MMA officials on Saturday to verify the news, but did not receive a response by deadline.

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