UFC 125-pounder Allan
Nascimento might not have had essentially the most conventional path to the
UFC, however he intends on making his keep depend.
The 31-year-old nicknamed “Puro Osso” trains on the vaunted Chute
Boxe camp helmed by coach Diego Lima, famously dying his hair
blonde in assist of teammate Charles
Oliveira prior to now. Nascimento (19-6) will probably be squaring off
towards fellow Dana White’s Contender Sequence vet Carlos
Hernandez (8-1) at
UFC Battle Evening 217 on Jan. 14. A submission specialist by
commerce, with 13 of his 19 profession victories coming by tapout, he’s
well-prepared for an opponent that celebrates all of his personal
finishes by sub. Nascimento spoke to Sherdog about his upcoming
matchup, and likewise mentioned what has introduced him thus far.
“Carlos
Hernandez is my subsequent opponent,” Nascimento acknowledged. “He’s on a
nice profitable streak. He received his Contender Sequence bout in addition to
his UFC debut. I really feel he’s a whole fighter. He’s very harmful.
However I’m very prepared for this battle. I’ll be a very completely different
Allan within the Octagon. I really feel it’s going to be an excellent battle for
everybody watching. I’m assured I’ll stroll away with a
victory.”
A lifelong member of the Chute Boxe staff, Nascimento is educated for
wherever the battle might take him. A latest promotion to black belt
in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu bolstered the Brazilian’s confidence even
additional. Feeling on high of the world, Nascimento believes that this
is really his greatest coaching camp, and that he’ll earn the win by
stoppage.
“Everybody is aware of I belong to Chute Boxe Diego Lima,” the flyweight
defined. “I’ve all the time belonged to Chute Boxe. I’ve all the time educated
of their fashion. Our head coach is Diego Lima. Alireza
Noei is our wrestling coach from Iran. The one exterior
coaching I do is with jiu-jitsu grasp Marco Barbosa. He simply
promoted me to black belt. Hopefully that may give me that further
push to attain my subsequent win. My coaching companions at Chute Boxe are
Daniel
Santos, Charles
Oliveira, Daniel da
Silva and Felipe
Efrain. We have now a really sturdy staff right here. No doubt, my
preparations have been nice throughout this battle camp.”
Nascimento will come into this pairing towards Hernandez on the
heels of his first UFC victory, one he claimed in Might by resolution
over Jake
Hadley. It was not his first look on a serious stage, as he
first stepped into the highlight with a visit to Rizin Combating Federation in 2016, solely to fall
quick to UFC vet Yuki Motoya.
Nascimento turned issues round to get a name to the Brazilian
season of DWCS, however that didn’t go his approach both.
“In 2018, I fought Raulian
Paiva at Dana White’s Contender Sequence. I ended up shedding by
cut up resolution. After that, I had a knee surgical procedure and required some
day off. That’s when the coronavirus pandemic began, including to
my time away from the cage,” Nascimento remarked.
A one-off fast victory in a small group in Sao Paulo,
Brazil, catapulted Nascimento again into the main focus of matchmakers
and recruiters. The rear-naked choke of Elivaldo
Lima Martins in 2021 proved to be the tipping level to a callup
to the large leagues.
“Fortunately, I got here again with a submission victory on the Punho de
Aco promotion,” a relieved Nascimento expressed. “I signed my UFC
contract and fought Tagir
Ulanbekov on my debut. It was one other cut up resolution loss. It
was a questionable consequence, in my view.”
Whereas the
lion’s share of scoring media members awarded the victory to
Ulanbekov at UFC 267, a big contingent of followers posited that
Nascimento had pulled off the win. Nascimento was not one-and-done
with the promotion, and stepped in almost seven months later
towards British submission artist Hadley.
“Subsequent, I received to face Jake
Hadley. He’s actually good and was undefeated at the moment. I
knew I needed to put in additional effort to win by an excellent margin,”
Nascimento admitted. “I received each spherical. It was a unanimous win.
Issues are again heading in the right direction. I’m doing nice, coaching for
this subsequent battle. I’m feeling very proud of this second in my
life, and being within the UFC.”
The adjustment Nascimento made following the razor-close defeat to
Ulanbekov proved to be sufficient to upset the Englishman often known as
“White Kong.” Believing that judges favored Ulanbekov resulting from high
management time, Nascimento made sure that he wouldn’t permit that
to occur once more.
“The bout towards Ulanbekov was very energetic on the bottom. I ended
up shedding a cut up resolution,” he lamented. “In my view, he had a
dwelling benefit. Most individuals I talked to thought I received. However he had
high management. So perhaps that was my mistake, to have my again towards
the mat for too lengthy. That’s what I modified after I subsequent fought
Hadley. If I ever discover myself in that scenario, I search for a sweep
so I can take high place. I’m beginning to higher perceive the
scoring standards used within the UFC.”
Nascimento is aware of that he can not look previous his adversary, one which
has strung collectively eight straight wins since his unsuccessful
skilled debut. Absolutely anticipating to take dwelling the victory, the
Brazilian will not be contemplating calling out huge names within the division
fairly but. As a substitute, he needs to verify the UFC will really feel
compelled to maintain him on the roster, as his first contract ends
following his fourth UFC look. After that, in line with him,
the sky is the restrict.
“I take issues one step at a time,” Nascimento concluded. “Of
course, we have now a lot loftier objectives. That is the third bout on my
UFC contract. I’ve yet one more to go. My work now could be targeted on
getting my contract renewed. After that, I’d prefer to face ranked
opponents, to be ranked myself, and showcase my work and the identify
Allan ‘Puro Osso.’ By the tip of 2023, I’d prefer to make it into the
high 15.”
