Chute Boxe is honoring Allan
Nascimento.

Nascimento (22-7) died in his sleep in early August, reportedly due
to a cardiac arrest. The
Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight's coach has now paid
tribute to his late friend and pupil.

Diego Lima renames his institute after longtime student and UFC
flyweight Allan Nascimento

Chute Boxe head coach Diego Lima recently revealed that the Diego
Lima Institute has now been renamed the Allan Nascimento Institute
in honor of “Puro Osso.â€

“Allan has been my student since he was 14 years old,†Lima told
MMA Fighting while tearing up. “So, we have been together for 20
years. It's almost been a month. There hasn't been a single day
when I haven't cried. Our institute today, the Diego Lima
Institute, is not going to be called the Diego Lim Institute
anymore. It's going to be called the Allan Nascimento Institute. As
long as I live, I will honor his name. As long as I live, I will
say his name because he was my student, he is my student, he is my
athlete.â€

Lima also revealed that apart from being his student, Nascimento
was also his business partner, handling some management
responsibilities. Lima had originally planned to retire from
coaching when Nascimento hung up his gloves.

“He was one of the most loyal friends I've ever had in my life,â€
Lima added. “He was my business partner. A lot of people didn't
know this, but when it came to all my management affairs, he was my
partner. I would always have the conversations and negotiations,
but the email account was ours, so all the emails, everything, was
with him. And I used to joke with him that when he retired, I would
retire too. He was going to fight until he was around 40 years old.
That was our plan. Maybe he would go a little beyond that, maybe
not, but as soon as he retired, I was going to retire too, because
then he would take care of everything. Those plans ended up
changing a little bit.â€

The Chute Boxe team is still reeling from the tragic death of
Nascimento. Notably, Charles
Oliveira reportedly withdrew from a rematch against Arman
Tsarukyan at UFC
331 to grieve the death of his friend and teammate.

Rodrigues recently defeated Hernandez by decision in a five-round
middleweight bout in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship, which earned Fight of the Night
honors. Hernandez later accused Rodrigues of grabbing his gloves
during grappling exchanges in the
UFC Sacramento headliner. Rodrigues, however, claims it was
inadvertent and had no bearing on the outcome.

Gregory Rodrigues says his glove grab against Anthony Hernandez
was inadvertent and had no impact on the fight

Rodrigues spoke to Sherdog about the cheating allegations that
emerged in the aftermath of his last bout. While ‘Robocop' admits
that he mistakenly grabbed Hernandez's glove in one instance in the
heat of the moment, he says he immediately let it go when his
opponent pointed it out.

“There was no cheating,†Rodrigues said. “It happened in the heat
of the moment while we were against the fence and as soon as he
pointed it out, I let go. It wasn't something that stopped a
takedown or had any decisive impact on the fight.â€

Rodrigues also claims Hernandez knows the incident did not affect
the result and noted that the two fighters later crossed paths,
even taking a photograph together. The Brazilian hopes to train
with the American as well.

“I have nothing but respect for this guy and I hope we can train
together again in the future,†Rodrigues added.

The former Bellator
star recently explained his reasoning for accepting fights at
middleweight in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship ahead of his Octagon return
against Nursulton
Ruziboev at
UFC Paris.

Michael Page explains why UFC welterweight title-shot tactics
pushed him toward middleweight

Page is 4-1 in the UFC, with his lone defeat in the promotion
coming against the last challenger for the 170-pound title,
Ian
Garry. However, odd bookings followed the loss to Garry, with
the Englishman taking on middleweights Sharabutdin
Magomedov and Jared
Cannonier before dropping back down to welterweight to fight
unranked compatriot Sam
Patterson in a lackluster bout.

Page claims top-ranked welterweights would rather wait around for a
title shot than fight him, prompting the move back up to 185
pounds.

“Everyone at welterweight is, I’m trying to be polite here,†Page
said in a recent interview. “I feel like there’s too many people
wasting time at welterweight at the moment. Too many people with
entitlement issues… They believe that they should be the next in
line. And so, they’re going to wait and this and that. I don’t have
the patience for that.â€

Page acknowledged that winning a championship remains the ultimate
objective, but doesn’t believe fighters should be so calculated
about which matchups to accept.

“Everyone’s goal is the belt, but there’s no need to be this
tactical about it,†Page said. “And there’s like seven people being
tactical about it. It’s annoying. So, I just said, I’ll go the
tougher route and just move up a weight.â€