{"id":40868,"date":"2026-10-05T07:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Glover-Teixeira-Raoni-Barcelos-had-brain-swelling-after-UFC-Vegas-121-203063"},"modified":"2026-10-05T07:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:36:06","slug":"glover-teixeira-raoni-barcelos-had-brain-swelling-after-ufc-vegas-121","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/glover-teixeira-raoni-barcelos-had-brain-swelling-after-ufc-vegas-121\/","title":{"rendered":"Glover Teixeira: Raoni Barcelos had brain swelling after UFC Vegas 121"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Glover
\nTeixeira<\/a> has shared more details about Raoni
\nBarcelos<\/a>\u2019 concerning defeat to Raul Rosas
\nJr.<\/a><\/p>\n

Barcelos took on Rosas Jr. in a five-round
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> bantamweight bout headlining
\n
\nUFC Vegas 121<\/a> at Meta Apex in Las Vegas on Sept. 26. Barcelos,
\nwho was ahead on the judges\u2019 scorecards going into the final round,
\nsuddenly went limp during a wrestling exchange and lost
\nconsciousness, prompting the referee to stop the fight.<\/p>\n

Teixeira says Barcelos underwent neurological testing after
\nlosing consciousness against Raul Rosas Jr.<\/h2>\n

Rosas Jr. was declared the winner by technical knockout, while
\nBarcelos was rushed to a Level 1 trauma center. Former UFC champ
\nTeixeira was in Barcelos\u2019 corner for the fight against Rosas Jr.,
\nand he recently shared some concerning details about Barcelos\u2019
\nmedical reports. Teixeira said Barcelos was tested for neurological
\nissues because it wasn\u2019t a conventional knockout.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was different because it wasn\u2019t a knockout,\u201d Teixeira said on
\nthe Overdogs Brasil podcast. \u201cIf it had been a knockout, we\u2019re used
\nto that. A fighter takes a shot, gets knocked out, OK, let\u2019s take
\nhim to the hospital, all right. But this was something that
\nhappened out of nowhere, and we started thinking about all kinds of
\nthings. Could it have been his heart? Could it have been something
\nneurological? They went in and ran the tests.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Teixeira, some swelling was found in Barcelos\u2019 brain,
\nwhich might have caused him to lose consciousness. Teixeira
\nspeculated that it might have been the body\u2019s defense mechanism to
\nmake an exhausted Barcelos stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was some swelling in his brain, so it was a traumatic brain
\ninjury and maybe that swelling caused him to black out,\u201d Teixeira
\nadded. \u201cIt was the body\u2019s defense mechanism. \u2018Let\u2019s shut this down
\nbecause this guy isn\u2019t going to stop.\u2019 His mind was stronger than
\nhis body, right? He didn\u2019t want to give up.\u201d<\/p>\n