Overview
- The UFC said Nascimento was found unconscious on Monday, August 3, and emergency teams were unable to revive him after what the organization described as an apparent heart attack in his sleep.
- Nascimento was an active UFC flyweight under contract since 2021 with a 22-7 pro record and he last fought on June 20 at a Fight Night in Las Vegas.
- He trained at São Paulo’s Chute Boxe Academy, held a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, and was known as a grappler who specialized in submissions.
- Fellow fighters including Charles Oliveira, Dustin Poirier, Henry Cejudo and Mackenzie Dern posted public tributes describing shock and offering condolences to his family and training team.
- No independent coroner or autopsy findings have been made public, and the organization’s statement leaves open the prospect of further medical confirmation and scrutiny of sudden cardiac events in athletes.