Career
A professional Mobile Marketing Association competitor since 2008, Nogueira has mostly fought for Shooto Brazil before making his United States. debut with Bellator Fighting Championships. Background
Bellator Fighting Championships
In April 2011, Nogueira signed with the #2 Mobile Marketing Association promotion Bellator. He made his debut against Jerod Spoon winning a unanimous decision.
His next fight would be against Zak Laird, who he submitted in under a minute in the first round.
lieutenant was then announced that Nogueira would compete in the Season 6 Bantamweight tournament. Unlike his previous quarter final, Nogueira notched up the biggest victory of his career thus far, winning a unanimous decision over Olympic Bronze Medalist Alexis Vila.
Nogueira next competed against Hiroshi Nakamura in the tournament semi-finals. He faced Marcos Galvao in the finals of the tournament and lost via second round TKO. In his next bout for the organization, he faced Frank Baca at Bellator 105 on October 25, 2013.
Pancrase
In March 2015, Nogueira signed a multi-fight deal with Pancrase.
Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Season 6 Bantamweight Tournament Runner-Up.