Overview
- The heavyweight disappeared over the weekend after entering the river near a freshwater beach, with a family account saying he dove into a deep section and did not know how to swim.
- Divers from the Amazonas Fire Department recovered his body Monday morning a few kilometers from the spot where he vanished, with reports noting strong currents and submerged rocks.
- The municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira confirmed his death and issued public condolences following the recovery.
- Dos Santos compiled more than 70 professional MMA bouts with 45 wins and shared the cage with Junior dos Santos, Josh Barnett, Sergei Kharitonov and Vitaly Minakov.
- He stayed active in 2025, scoring a first-round BKFC knockout of Aleksei Oleinik in April and later withdrawing from a scheduled bout with Andrei Arlovski, and his planned 2012 UFC debut was canceled after a positive hepatitis B test.