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Videos: 45-year-old UFC vet Rogerio Nogueira wins boxing fight in return from retirement

Brazil’s celebtriy boxing event Fight Music Show is now in the books.

With popular names in the world of combat sports, such as UFC and Pride veteran Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, former WBO and WBA super featherweight and lightweight champion Acelino Freitas and Olympic silver medallist boxer Esquiva Falcao, the event was watched by many fans and celebrities in the country.

Paired up against former UFC light heavyweight Leonardo Guimares, ‘Lil Nog’ scored a unanimous decision over ‘Leleco’. Meanwhile, London 2012 silver medallist Falcao defeated former Big Brother Brazil contestant Yuri Fernandes by TKO via doctor stoppage.

For Nogueira, the win marks the first he has had his hand raised since a September 2018 TKO win over Sam Alvey.