Rodrigo Nascimento
BrazilRodrigo Nascimento, “Ze Colmeia”, is a Heavyweight from Brazil with an official record of 12-5 (1 NC). Cage Brothers holds 15 of those bouts: 9 wins, 5 losses and 1 no contest, the wins coming 5 by submission and 4 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a second-round submission loss to Alexandr Romanov at PFL Chicago: Pettis vs. McKee on 11 April 2026, the second defeat in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2026 | Alexandr Romanov | LOSS | SUBGuillotine Choke | R2 · 3:10 | PFL Chicago: Pettis vs. McKee |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Oleg Popov | LOSS | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | 2025 PFL Semifinals: Middleweights, Light Heavyweights, Heavyweights |
| May 1, 2025 | Abraham Bably | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | 2025 PFL First Round: Heavyweights & Light Heavyweights |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Alexandr Romanov | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi |
| May 11, 2024 | Derrick Lewis | LOSS | KOPunch | R3 · 0:49 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento |
| Nov 4, 2023 | Don'Tale Mayes | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis |
| May 20, 2023 | Ilir Latifi | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill |
| Sep 17, 2022 | Tanner Boser | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song |
| Jul 17, 2021 | Alan Baudot | NC | NCNo Contest | R2 · 1:29 | UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises |
| Oct 10, 2020 | Chris Daukaus | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 0:45 | UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen |
| May 16, 2020 | Don'Tale Mayes | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R2 · 2:05 | UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris |
| Jul 31, 2019 | Michal Martinek | WIN | SUBArm Triangle | R1 · 3:16 | Dana White's Contender Series: Season 3, Week 6 |
| Oct 7, 2017 | Everton dos Anjos | WIN | SUBSubmission (Kimura) | R1 | Juiz De Fora Fight: JF Fight Evolution 18 |
| Nov 19, 2016 | Fabio Moreira | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R2 | BH Fight: BH Sparta 10 |
| Apr 15, 2016 | Fabricio Nascimento Silva | WIN | SUBSubmission (Triangle Choke) | R1 | BH Fight: BH Sparta 8 |
Wins, losses and draws are Rodrigo Nascimento’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 15 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Rodrigo Nascimento’s record, in numbers
Rodrigo Nascimento’s official record is 12-5 (1 NC). Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 15 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 9 wins, 5 losses and 1 no contest — because 3 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 9 wins break down as 5 by submission and 4 by decision — 5 of 9 inside the distance, a finish rate of 56%. Across all 15 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 8 minutes 46 seconds.
Rodrigo Nascimento has been stopped 3 times in the 15 bouts on file — 2 by knockout and 1 by submission — which is 20% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both losses.
Of the 15 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was the main event of the card. Four of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 487 Heavyweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Rodrigo Nascimento has a finish rate above 17% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 54% of them and a two-year bout count above 90% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Rodrigo Nascimento is listed at 6ft 2in with a reach of 80in, fights orthodox and is 33, born 25 November 1992.
These figures are recomputed from Rodrigo Nascimento’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.