Phillipe J. Nover (born February 3, 1984), is a retired

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. He is best known for making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir. He is a former Ring of Combat lightweight champion.

Early life and career

Nover was born and raised in Brooklyn. He trained with Sifu Ralph Mitchell at Universal Defense Systems which covers Filipino

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. He began training in martial arts at age ten and attended

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. He attended

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. Nover holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Alexander "Soca" Freitas. Nover trains at

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in New York City, Edge Wrestling in New Jersey, and Church Street Boxing gym in Tribeca New York under his striking trainer Jason Strout.

The Ultimate Fighter

Nover normally fought as a welterweight but since The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir only had an opening for lightweights and light-heavyweights he had to cut weight to be able to participate. Dana White called him "Fainting Phillipe" because he had fainted when White was announcing the coaches. In the preliminary round, Nover defeated

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with a rear naked choke in the second round. In episode 8, Nover defeated Dave Kaplan, again via rear naked choke then proclaimed himself as the toughest

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on the planet. In the same episode Dana White mentioned that Nover reminds him of a young

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. Nover defeated

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in the semi-finals via a kimura lock but ultimately lost in the Ultimate Fighter Finale on December 13, 2008 to

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via unanimous decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Phillipe Nover fought Kyle Bradley at

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, losing via a controversial TKO at 1:03 of the first round. After taking down Nover, Bradley landed some heavy punches on his prone opponent. Nover was pulling guard ready to defend, however Referee Yves Lavigne stopped the fight. Lavigne was booed by the crowd for the remainder of the event. Phillipe Nover was set to fight

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, replacing the injured Kyle Bradley. On September 16, 2009, the day of the fight, Nover had fainted. As a result, the match with Stout was cancelled. Nover then faced a fellow Ultimate Fighter alumni

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on February 6, 2010. Nover lost a controversial unanimous decision. Sherdog.com scored the bout 29-28 in favor of Nover. With a UFC record of 0-3, he was released from the promotion.

Post-UFC

After being released from the UFC, Nover continued to train MMA in New York and teach at a local mixed martial arts school. Nover took a year off from competing to focus on his coaching and nursing careers. He had a few Muay Thai matches before returning to compete in MMA. He returned to the cage after an 18-month layoff to meet Jake Murphy, a Greg Jackson-trained fighter, at Hoosier Fight Club 8 on August 20, 2011. He replaced the last man to defeat him, Murphy's original opponent,

, who had to pull out of the fight due to injury. Nover won the fight by unanimous decision, 29-28 on all three judges' scorecards.

Bellator Fighting Championships

A few weeks after his win over Murphy, Nover was signed to fight in

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. His debut came at

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against Polish submission ace,

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. Nover lost the fight via a controversial split decision. During the bout, Nover was able to dominate on the stand-up and maintain top position on the ground as well as display strong submission defense. However, two of the three judges score Held's multiple submission attempts. Sherdog.com scored the bout 29-28 in favor of Nover. Nover faced Derrick Kennington on September 28, 2012 at Bellator 74. He won the fight via submission in the second round. In his third fight for the promotion, Nover faced

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at Bellator 95 on April 4, 2013. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Return to UFC

After five years away from the organization, Nover made his return to the UFC when he faced

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in a featherweight bout on May 16, 2015 at UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Faber. He won the fight via split decision. Nover next faced

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on December 10, 2015 at

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. He lost the fight via split decision. Nover faced

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on September 24, 2016 at

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. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Nover faced

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on February 11, 2017 at

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. He lost the back-and-forth fight via split decision. On February 15, 2017 Nover announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu

Before his fight with

, Phillipe was awarded a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Alexandre "Soca" Freitas on Dec. 6, 2008. The ceremony took place at the Soca Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in New York. Phillipe has been studying BJJ since he was 17 years old. Nover faced his Ultimate Fighter Season 8 finale opponent Escudero in a submission-only match on November 9, 2013 at the World Jiu-Jitsu Expo; they fought to a draw. In his next match-up, a wrestling match at Grapple at the Garden on December 1, 2013, he was defeated by former UFC lightweight champion

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. Nover announced that he became a third degree black belt in January 2020.

Instructor lineage

Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie, Sr. →

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→

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→ Alexandre Freitas → Phillipe Nover

Retirement

Nover is a cardiac nurse in Brooklyn, one of the New York City emergency response frontliners in the Coronavirus pandemic.

Championships and Accomplishments

*Ring of Combat **ROC Lightweight Championship (One time, Vacated)

Mixed martial arts record

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Early life and career

The Ultimate Fighter

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Post-UFC

Bellator Fighting Championships

Return to UFC

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu

Instructor lineage

Retirement

Championships and Accomplishments

Mixed martial arts record

Exhibition record

See also

References

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