Nascimento vs Bably

Who won Nascimento vs Bably?

Rodrigo Nascimento beat Abraham Bably by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of PFL 2025 World Tournament, on Thursday 1st May 2025 at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rodrigo Nascimento.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Nascimento vs Bably stats

Rodrigo Nascimento stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 6 by submission.

Abraham Bably made his way to the cage with a record of 5 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Rodrigo Nascimento's 1st fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2025. Abraham Bably marked his 4th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Rodrigo Nascimento's PFL record stood at 1-0-0, while Abraham Bably's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Bably had a massive power advantage over Nascimento, boasting a 60% knock out percentage over Nascimento's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Nascimento had a massive advantage over Bably, boasting a 55% submission rate over Bably's 0%.

Rodrigo Nascimento was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Nascimento was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 9 years and 8 months earlier than Bably, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 31 to Bably's 15.

Nascimento vs Bably form

Rodrigo Nascimento had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Alexander Romanov at UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi on 2nd November 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Derrick Lewis at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento on 11th May 2024 by knockout in the 3rd round at Enterprise Center, St. Louis, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Don Tale Mayes at UFC Fight Night – Almeida vs. Lewis on 4th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Before that, he had beaten Ilir Latifi at UFC Fight Night – Pennington vs. Aldana 2 on 20th May 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Tanner Boser at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song on 17th September 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Nascimento's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 20 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Bably's last 4 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

What time did Nascimento vs Bably start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 11:25 PM UTC , which was 7:25 PM EST or 4:25 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:25 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Nascimento vs Bably?

Rodrigo Nascimento was a 17/20 (-110) underdog going into the contest, while Abraham Bably made his way into the ring at 22/25 (-120) with oddsmakers.