Over the course of this week, Brazilian knockout artist, Alice Pereira turned the newest unbeaten knockout finisher of the identical title to hitch up with the UFC — with the promotion confirming the addition of the 19-year-old to their roster — as she appears to be like to pave an analogous path to Sao Paulo compatriot, Alex Pereira.
Pereira, who boasts an undefeated 6-0 skilled combined martial arts document, competed simply earlier this month beneath the banner of Cage Masters FC — the place she was pressured the space for the primary time in her younger profession in a unanimous resolution win over Samara Santos in a bantamweight championship struggle.
Previous to her win over the above-mentioned Santos, the Brazilian rising prospect had racked up a prolonged run of knockout wins to go along with a rear-naked choke success dispatching all however a type of opponents within the very first spherical in addition.
Alice Pereira set to make UFC touchdown after inking take care of Octagon hosts
“And who would think that Alice Pereira, the little girl who dreamed of just debuting in MMA, is now the newest contractor of the biggest MMA organization in the world and she has a full story on Forbes,” Alice Pereira shared on social media in a single day.
“Not in my wildest dreams would I imagine that Dana White would call me on Christmas Eve wearing a shirt with my name on it to give me the best gift of my life and that the boss Mick Maynard would follow me and post my video on his personal Instagram…I‘ll go twice as hard. I’m happy for the media and the hype, but I won’t get distracted because I know I’m far from where I want to be yet.”
