UFC fighter Allan Nascimento has died at the age of 34 after suffering a suspected heart attack in his sleep.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the UFC said Nascimento was found unresponsive on Monday morning after suffering a medical episode overnight.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis morning, Monday, August 3rd, our beloved flyweight fighter, Allan Nascimento, was found unresponsive after suffering an apparent heart attack in his sleep,\u201d the company said on social media.<\/p>\n
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By continuing you agree to our Terms<\/a> and Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite the efforts of the responding medical team, he was pronounced deceased at the scene.<\/p>\n \u201cOur thoughts and deepest condolences are with Allan\u2019s family, friends, teammates, and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n Known by the nickname \u201cPuro Osso\u201d, Nascimento built a reputation as one of the flyweight division\u2019s most skilled grapplers.<\/p>\n The Brazilian national competed professionally in MMA since 2011 and joined the UFC in 2021, compiling a 4-2 record inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n He earned two Performance of the Night bonuses during his UFC tenure and finished his professional career with a reported record of 22-7.<\/p>\n Nascimento last fought on June 20, when he dropped a split decision to Mitch Raposo in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n Before that defeat, he had recorded victories over fighters including Cody Durden, Carlos Hernandez, Jafel Filho and Jake Hadley.<\/p>\n He trained alongside former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira, who has since paid tribute to the athlete.<\/p>\n \u201cToday I lost a brother I gained through the fight game,\u201d Oliveira said.<\/p>\n \u201cThanks for always being there, for sharing the mats and the grind, and for your words.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m so grateful to have had you by my side, brother, through training, the tough times, and the good times hanging out. Love you, man, you\u2019re a legend.\u201d<\/p>\n More tributes have continued to pour in from Dustin Poirier, Henry Cejudo and Mackenzie Dern as news of Nascimento\u2019s death rocks the mixed martial arts community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC fighter Allan Nascimento has died at the age of 34 after suffering a suspected heart attack in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,588,41,39,42,40,1720],"class_list":["post-842790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}