Despite being another underdog, Fall River’s Mith Raposo wins second UFC fight in a row

A Fall River man now has a winning streak in UFC, notching his second win in a row despite being the underdog in both fights.

27-year-old Durfee grad and #36 ranked UFC flyweight Mitch Raposo (11-3) faced off against #22 Allan Nascimento (22-7) at UFC Fight Night Saturday at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada after his scheduled fight on April 18th at UFC Fight Night in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada was postponed due to Raposo suffering from a virus.

The underdog Raposo won rounds 1 and 2 busting open under Nascimento’s right eye. In the third round, however, Nascimento attacked needing a knockout or submission, dropping Raposo with a solid right hand. Raposo survived the attack to take the split decision (29-28 Raposo, 29-28 Raposo, 29-28 Nascimento).

The Brazilian had won his last 4 UFC fights, the last being against #21 Cody Durden by anaconda choke in the second round.

Raposo’s previous fight was his first UFC win against Azat Maksum (15-3) of Kazakhstan at UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on October 25th, 2025.

Maksum missed weight which has been a pattern for Raposo’s opponents.

At the press conference after the fight, Raposo noted that “now that I’ve got this monkey off my back, people should be scared now.”

In Raposo’s bout before Maksum, the flyweight took on 17-7 Su Mudaerji at UFC 314 in Miami at the Kaseya Center on April 12th, 2025.

The fight was close with all three judges scoring 29-28. Two for Mudaerji and one for Raposo.

On June 1st, 2024, Raposo, who fights out of the Regiment Training Center, made his UFC debut at UFC 302 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on less than two weeks’ notice.

Raposo, who replaced Nyamjargal Tumendemberel who had to withdraw from the fight, took on fellow flyweight 8-0 Andre Lima.

Lima took the split decision over Raposo (30-27, 28-29, 30-27) with damaging legs kicks through all three rounds, however, Lima also grabbed the fence, poked Raposo’s eye and was fined 30% of his purse for missing weight by 4 pounds.