{"id":30280,"date":"2026-09-28T19:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=30280"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:06:33","slug":"raoni-barcelos-issues-first-statement-since-scary-ufc-vegas-121-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=30280","title":{"rendered":"Raoni Barcelos Issues First Statement Since Scary UFC Vegas 121 Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/>\nLAS VEGAS, NEVADA &#8211; APRIL 24: Raoni Barcelos of Brazil poses on the scale during the UFC weigh-in at Meta APEX on April 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n<p>Raoni Barcelos is awake and talking, and now taking directly to fans after the scary end to his UFC Vegas 121 main event against Raul Rosas Jr.<\/p>\n<p>After four hard-fought rounds that played out at an insane pace, Barcelos was in the lead heading into the final frame on Saturday, but appeared to fall unconscious off a takedown, and was removed from the cage via stretcher. Medical staff at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas were observed checking his pulse, and speculation ran rampant, from heart attack to spinal injury due to the awkward way he\u2019d fallen.<\/p>\n<p>While we don\u2019t have answers on what caused Barcelos to be rushed to hospital, Cageside Press was informed later that night that the Brazilian bantamweight was alert and moving. Now, he\u2019s issued his first statement on the matter, thanking fans for their support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey guys, I want to let you all know that I\u2019m doing great and as soon as I can I will send you all a video!\u201d Barcelos wrote on his Instagram account on Monday. \u201cThank you so much for everyone\u2019s love and prayers! I promised a great fight and I fulfilled what I promised. Thank you God and everyone who fought together with me inside and out of that cage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barcelos wound up losing the fight via knockout as a result of the incident, snapping a five-fight win streak. Though in this case, his health matters far more than who won or lost on the night. He also took him Fight of the Night honors for an incredible performance, earning Raoni Barcelos an extra $100,000.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2026\/09\/28\/raoni-barcelos-issues-first-statement-since-scary-ufc-vegas-121-finish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS, NEVADA &#8211; APRIL 24: Raoni Barcelos of Brazil poses on the scale during the UFC weigh-in at Meta APEX on April 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC) Raoni Barcelos is awake and talking, and now taking directly to fans after the scary end to his UFC Vegas 121<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[244,124,454,243,6622,456,42,269],"class_list":["post-30280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fighters","tag-barcelos","tag-finish","tag-issues","tag-raoni","tag-scary","tag-statement","tag-ufc","tag-vegas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30280","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=30280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}