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Tielly Alves, the girlfriend of newly signed UFC flyweight Raulian Paiva, has been declared brain dead.

The recent news about newly signed UFC flyweight Raulian Paiva and his girlfriend, Tielly Alves, being hit by a car in Brazil just took a darker turn.

Per a report by Brazilian news website Ag Fight, the hospital where Tielly was in a come following the accident officially declared the 25-year-old to be brain dead.

In an interview for Ag Fight, Paiva explained how the entire situation escalated from an argument in a night club to the couple being chased on the streets in the middle of the night.

“Thank God we have support of all our friends,” Paiva said.