{"id":24254,"date":"2026-08-04T11:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=24254"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:28:30","slug":"ufc-flyweight-allan-nascimento-34-dead-after-apparent-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=24254","title":{"rendered":"UFC flyweight Allan Nascimento, 34, dead after apparent heart attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-label\">Trending:<\/span><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border\"\/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border-2\"\/>Jon Jones respects Daniel Cormier for honest reason he won\u2019t make amends: \u201cHe actually doesn\u2019t hate me\u201d<span class=\"photo-credit\">Credit: Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC flyweight contender Allan Nascimento\u2019s tragic death rocked the Mixed Martial Arts world on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tragedy struck the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Monday as UFC flyweight contender Allan Nascimento was found unresponsive at his home after an apparent heart attack in his sleep.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion announced Nascimento\u2019s sudden passing in a recent press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">\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 UFC said of Nascimento.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">\u201cDespite the efforts of the responding medical team, he was pronounced deceased at the scene. Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Allan\u2019s family, friends, teammates, and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nascimento, 34, last fought in the UFC Octagon on June 20th, losing to Mitch Raposo by split decision. He went 4-2 in his UFC tenure with wins over Cody Durden and Jake Hadley.<\/p>\n<h2>Allan Nascimento dies from heart attack just weeks after last UFC fight<\/h2>\n<p>Nascimento made his UFC debut in October 2021, losing an extremely tight split decision to Tagir Ulanbekov. Before signing with the UFC, Nascimento fought in promotions such as XFC and RIZIN.<\/p>\n<p>Nascimento was one of the most dangerous grapplers in the UFC flyweight division, earning two \u2018Performance of the Night\u2019 bonuses for submission victories. He was a staple of Chute Boxe in Brazil and was a close friend and teammate of BMF titleholder Charles Oliveira.<\/p>\n<p>Nascimento made his professional MMA debut in 2011 before winning his first seven fights. He earned his first shot in the UFC via <em>Dana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/em> in 2018, losing to Raulian Paiva by split decision.<\/p>\n<p>Nascimento bounced back with a first-round submission against Elivaldo Lima before making his UFC debut against Ulanbekov.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone at <em>BJPenn<\/em> sends our condolences to Nascimento\u2019s family and friends during this heartbreaking time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1 mt-0 os-source\">This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/allan-nascimento\/ufc-flyweight-allan-nascimento-34-dead\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ufc-flyweight-allan-nascimento-34-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trending:Jon Jones respects Daniel Cormier for honest reason he won\u2019t make amends: \u201cHe actually doesn\u2019t hate me\u201dCredit: Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC UFC flyweight contender Allan Nascimento\u2019s tragic death rocked the Mixed Martial Arts world on Monday. Tragedy struck the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Monday as UFC flyweight contender Allan Nascimento was found unresponsive at his home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[4778,8210,4253,1330,1185,462,4779,42],"class_list":["post-24254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fighters","tag-allan","tag-apparent","tag-attack","tag-dead","tag-flyweight","tag-heart","tag-nascimento","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}