 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 Frankie Edgar.Nover announced that he became a third degree black belt in January 2020.Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie, Sr. → Helio Gracie → Carlos Gracie Jr. → Alexandre Freitas → Phillipe Nover

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