For Brazilian heavyweight Rodrigo Nascimento, being a well-versed fighter on the feet, on the ground, and everywhere in between doesn’t necessarily makes you a complete fighter.
“Ze Colmeia,” who battles Alan Baudot at UFC Vegas 31’s curtain jerker on Saturday night, says that suffering his first loss as a professional MMA fighter — a 45-second knockout to Chris Daukaus in his most recent bout in October 2020 — finally made him “complete.”
“My last fight was a new experience for me,” Nascimento told MMA Fighting. “I had never lost before.