Overview
- Divers from the Amazonas Fire Department recovered his body Monday morning nearly 48 hours after he went missing near São Gabriel da Cachoeira.
- Divers found him trapped beneath rocks on the riverbed, and authorities reported a drowning.
- The São Gabriel da Cachoeira city government confirmed his disappearance on Saturday and coordinated search efforts with rescue teams.
- According to his brother’s account on social media, he dove into a deep area of the river, could not swim, and nearby boaters were unable to reach him in time.
- He signed with the UFC in 2012 but never debuted after a hepatitis B finding, and he most recently scored a first‑round BKFC knockout of Aleksei Oleinik before withdrawing from a planned June bout with Andrei Arlovski.