Raoni Barcelos Stable After CT Scan as Coach Tells Fans to Relax
Raoni Barcelos is stable after a frightening finish in Las Vegas, and his coach says fans can stay calm.
Davi Ramos posted a video from outside the hospital after Barcelos was taken for evaluation following his fifth-round loss to Raul Rosas Jr. at UFC Fight Night. Ramos spoke in Portuguese and asked the Brazilian’s supporters not to panic.
“Raoni is doing well, everything’s okay so everyone can relax,” Ramos said. “He just went to get a CT scan, but everything is fine. We’re here waiting for him and hoping everything goes well. Everyone can stay calm. Thanks.”
The UFC later issued its own statement. The promotion said Barcelos was taken to a Level 1 trauma center after the fight, that a CT scan and a full assessment were completed, and that he is being monitored.
The official update said he is stable, alert, and responsive, with full movement. He will remain under medical supervision while further information is collected.
That sequence matters because the end of the main event looked worse than a standard stoppage. Raul Rosas Jr won by knockout via slam at 1:38 of Round 5 at the Meta APEX, with referee Herb Dean waving it off after Barcelos went limp on the canvas.
Barcelos was carried from the cage on a stretcher and taken to a Las Vegas hospital. Early reports from the scene said he was already awake during the ambulance ride, and later updates said he could speak and move.
Raul Rosas Jr who improved to 13-1, was shaken in the cage afterward. He asked the crowd to pray for Barcelos before the result could even settle.
The fight itself had been going the other way. Barcelos, 39, entered the fifth round ahead on all three scorecards in a bantamweight main event that had turned into a grind.
The Brazilian was 22-5 coming in and riding a five-fight winning streak. The loss dropped him to 22-6 and ended that run in the most abrupt way possible.
Raul Rosas Jr had been the younger fighter looking for a signature win in his first UFC main event. He got it, and the conversation immediately left the scorecards and moved to Barcelos’ condition.
Ramos is part of the same corner that included Glover Teixeira for this camp. Teixeira had rejoined Barcelos’ team for the first time in years, but it was Ramos who stepped in front of the camera with the first direct word from camp.
The CT scan is standard after a fighter loses consciousness and is removed on a stretcher. Camp said the scan was underway when the video was filmed. Later reporting said Barcelos had finished the scan, with no public results released at that point.
UFC’s language is the one that should guide the story from here. Stable, alert, responsive, and still under observation is not a clean bill of health. It is also not the emergency his exit from the cage first suggested.
Bantamweight now has a six-fight winning streak on Rosas’ side and an open medical file on Barcelos’. Rankings and next-fight talk can wait until the hospital work is finished.
Barcelos has been one of the more durable veterans in the division, a wrestler and jiu-jitsu player who built this stretch of his career by making younger prospects uncomfortable. Saturday’s finish was not a long beating. It was a sudden stop after a slam in a fight he was winning.
For now the update from his coach and from the UFC is the same in tone. He is being watched. He is responding. The people closest to him are asking everyone to stay calm while they wait for the rest of the tests.