Former Ranked UFC Bantamweight Raulian Paiva Arrested For Domestic Violence

Former ranked UFC bantamweight Raulian Paiva was reportedly arrested in Brazil recently for domestic violence against his wife. Prior to his departure from the MMA leader earlier this month, Paiva competed seven times inside the Octagon, going 3-4 afte…

Former ranked UFC bantamweight Raulian Paiva was reportedly arrested in Brazil recently for domestic violence against his wife. Prior to his departure from the MMA leader earlier this month, Paiva competed seven times inside the Octagon, going 3-4 after earning a contract on Dana White’s Contender Series. While he won three straight to briefly occupy…

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Man sentenced to 16 years in prison for murder of Tieli Alves, girlfriend of UFC flyweight Raulian Paiva

Raulian PaivaElber Nunes Zacheu, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of Tieli Alves, the girlfriend of UFC fighter, Raulian Paiva, as well as the attempted murder of the Brazilian flyweight, and the striking of another male with a glass bottle. Paiva, and his late girlfriend, Alves, are said to have left […]

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Elber Nunes Zacheu, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of Tieli Alves, the girlfriend of UFC fighter, Raulian Paiva, as well as the attempted murder of the Brazilian flyweight, and the striking of another male with a glass bottle.

Paiva, and his late girlfriend, Alves, are said to have left a nightclub in Santana, Brazil on October 21. 2018, avoiding an attempted altercation with the aforenoted, Zacheu, and another male, Johny de Souza Amoras. 

Travelling via motorcycle, Paiva is said to have been struck by a vehicle at a red light, with Alves’ helmet coming off during the incident, before she was dragged by the car containing Zacheu for “at least 64 feet.” Alves would pass away six days after the collision. 

Zacheu, the male sentenced to 16 years in prison, was travelling in the passenger seat of the vehicle which struck Paiva’s motorcycle, while Amoras is alleged to have been operating the motor vehicle. Amoras was arrested a day before Zacheu’s trial, and is set for his own trial proceedings next year. 

Raulian Paiva voices his displeasure with the sentence issued to Elber Nunes Zacheu

Commenting on the sentencing of Zacheu, Paiva told MMA Fighting how he was not happy with the length of prison sentence handed down to the former.

“That’s not enough time for what he (Zacheu) did – the crime he committed, but justic is being done,” Raulian Paiva said. “Justice is flawed in Brazil, but I hope he pays for what he did. We can’t do anything else. We’re happy he’ll be in prison. Not for long, but he will be in prison. Nothing will bring Tieli back to life, but at least he’ll stay in prison for 16 years.”

“Now we’ll wait for Johny’s trial next year, and we hope he gets at least 20 years,” Raulian Paiva explained. “He’s the one that was driving the car and did what he did to us.” 

Santana native, Paiva’s most recent Octagon outing came in the form of an appearance at UFC Vegas 58 back in June of this year at the UFC Apex facility.

Raulian Paiva Believes He Will Make O’Malley “Wimp Out” At UFC 269

Raulian Paiva feels he knows the way to beat Sean O’Malley at UFC 269.

There is an exciting bantamweight matchup on the card this weekend at UFC 269. Sean O’Malley will be taking on Raulian Paiva on the main card portion of the event. O’Malley has …

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Raulian Paiva feels he knows the way to beat Sean O’Malley at UFC 269.

There is an exciting bantamweight matchup on the card this weekend at UFC 269. Sean O’Malley will be taking on Raulian Paiva on the main card portion of the event. O’Malley has been successful at making himself known in the MMA world. He is a fan favorite both inside the cage and out. However, his opponent Paiva feels that he may be too much show and not enough fight.

Paiva spoke to MMA Fighting a bit about his game plan coming into this bout against O’Malley, and how he feels he can be victorious.

“He lost when he fought a top fighter. Marlon Vera is very experienced, has many fights in the UFC, he put pressure over him and that’s it,” Paiva said. “He wimped out, got desperate and that happened, he got TKO’d. … There are fighters that only know how to hit but drop in performance when they are under pressure, and that’s what I see in O’Malley.

Paiva came to the UFC in 2019 after a win on The Dana White Contender Series. He has now won three in a row, most recently a decision victory over Kyler Phillips in July. O’Malley has had a similar journey as Paiva. He was awarded a contract on DWCS and has now only lost one fight in the UFC. Despite his stellar record, Paiva sees holes in O’Malley’s game and plans to expose them.

“If you give him space he’ll do his thing, but he’ll start to get desperate and make mistakes more and more if you don’t give him space,” Paiva said. “That’s basically what I’ll do. I’ll make him make mistakes at his own game. I’m going there to pressure him from the first to the third round, if we get to the third round.”

UFC 269 takes place on Dec. 11 live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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Sean O’Malley To fight Raulian Paiva At UFC 269

Sean O'Malley‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley will reportedly be going head to head against the 15th ranked bantamweight Raulian Paiva at UFC 269. O’Malley had his eyes on Dominick Cruz earlier this week by tweeting “Suga vs Cruz December 11th”. Cruz found himself matched up with Pedro Munhoz at UFC 269, leaving O’Malley without a fight. That was […]

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‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley will reportedly be going head to head against the 15th ranked bantamweight Raulian Paiva at UFC 269.

O’Malley had his eyes on Dominick Cruz earlier this week by tweeting “Suga vs Cruz December 11th”. Cruz found himself matched up with Pedro Munhoz at UFC 269, leaving O’Malley without a fight. That was until later last night. O’Malley was taken aback and surprised when the news broke about his upcoming fight with Paiva.

While on twitch, O’Malley found out he was scheduled to fight and wasn’t even brought up to him prior to the announcement. “Twitch Stream, I’m just seeing all this shit too. I haven’t even talked to anybody, I have no clue what they’re even talking about.” O’Malley said to his viewers that were talking about the fight announcement.

The rising star ended up getting a phone call while still streaming and accepted the fight live. O’Malley’s last fight was against Kris Moutinho at UFC 264. O’Malley landed a record-breaking amount of head strikes against Moutinho while on his way to earning himself a TKO victory late in the third round. O’Malley is 14-1, but he still proclaims himself an undefeated fighter since his one loss came via an injury mid-fight.

On the other side of the fight, Paiva has earned himself a three-fight win streak which included an upset majority decision over Kyler Phillips. That match earned both fighters a bonus for the barnburner they had. This fight is a big fight for O’Malley’s career and a win could possibly place him in the top 15 rankings. A win over Paiva could be the fight O’Malley needs to earn himself a fight against Cruz in the near future.

O’Malley is one of the many bright stars in the bantamweight division and has some of the best striking in the division. It will be fun to see the return of the ‘Suga Show’ this December at UFC 269.

Are you excited to see ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley back in the octagon?

Sean O’Malley Set To Meet Raulian Paiva at UFC 269

“Suga” has drawn his next opponent.  ESPN’s Brett Okamoto is reporting that Sean O’ Malley (14-1) will meet Raulian Paiva (21-3) at UFC 269. O’Malley comes into the bout riding a two-fight win streak. In his last outing, the colorful bantamweight was seen putting a clinic on a late notice replacement in Kris Mouthino. Though […]

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“Suga” has drawn his next opponent. 

ESPN’s Brett Okamoto is reporting that Sean O’ Malley (14-1) will meet Raulian Paiva (21-3) at UFC 269.

O’Malley comes into the bout riding a two-fight win streak. In his last outing, the colorful bantamweight was seen putting a clinic on a late notice replacement in Kris Mouthino. Though Mouthino showed incredible heart and durability, he offered little in the way of offense for O’Malley. 

After joining the promotion with two losses in a row, Paiva now finds himself on a three-fight winning streak. Paiva’s most recent victory was an upset over a rising prospect Kyler Phillips in July. 

UFC 269 is set for December 11th with the venue yet to be announced. Thus far the card is sparse on announced bouts, but fans can expect to see two title fights at the top of the card. 

Amanda Nunes will meet Julianna Peña in a rescheduled bantamweight title match-up. Also slated for the event is a third bout between flyweight champion Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo.

Here’s your UFC 269 card thus far: 

Women’s Bantamweight Championship Bout: Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Julianna Peña 

Flyweight Championship Bout: Brandon Moreno (c) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo 

Sean O’ Malley vs. Raulian Paiva 

Who do you think wins this bantamweight showdown between Sean O’Malley and Raulian Paiva? 

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UFC Vegas 32 Highlights: Raulian Paiva Edges Out Kyler Phillips

Kyler Phillips vs. Raulian Paiva was an interesting fight.  The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (July 24, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 32 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. They had a wild first round as Kyler dropped hi…

Kyler Phillips vs. Raulian Paiva was an interesting fight.  The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (July 24, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 32 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. They had a wild first round as Kyler dropped him once but stunned him several times including an […]

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