Aline Pereira will attempt to follow in her brother’s footsteps
when she makes her professional MMA debut at Legacy Fighting
Alliance 147 on Nov. 10.
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Pereira, who is the younger sister of UFC middleweight title
contender Alex
Pereira, will square off against Helen
Peralta in a flyweight bout on the LFA 147 main card. The
promotion recently announced the event.
LFA 147 takes place at the WinnaVegas Casino in Sloan, Iowa, and is
headlined by a lightweight bout between Junior Melo and Melquizael
Costa. In the co-main event, Justin
Wetzell will meet Rafael
do Nascimento at bantamweight. The card will air on UFC Fight
Pass at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
Pereira has compiled a 6-2 record as a professional kickboxer, with
multiple appearances under the Glory banner. Most recently, she
challenged for the promotion’s super bantamweight title, dropping a
five-round decision to Tiffany
Van Soest at Glory 77 in November 2021.
A cast member on Season 30 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Peralta has
spent the majority of her MMA career competing under the Invicta FC
banner. She last competed at Invicta FC 49, where she dropped a
three-round verdict to Poliana
Botelho on Sept. 28.