Michel Pereira was born on 6 October 1993 and is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing as a Welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
23 Facts About Michel Pereira
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Michel Pereira is a former Serbian Battle Championship Welterweight Champion.
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Michel Pereira's next fight was a loss versus Junior de Oliveira with Iron Man CF.
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Michel Pereira's next fight was on the prelims of XFC International 9, during which he faced Cairo Rocha.
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Michel Pereira was scheduled to defend his SBC title against Laerte Costa at SBC 17 on 18 April 2018.
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Michel Pereira won the fight by a first-round rear naked choke submission.
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Michel Pereira's next fight was likewise a 176 lbs catchweight about, against Ryul Kim at HEAT 42 on 27 May 2018.
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Michel Pereira won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.
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Michel Pereira remained on the South Korean circuit for his next fight, being scheduled to fight Batmunkh Burenzorig at HEAT 43 on 17 September 2018.
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Michel Pereira was scheduled to make his second SBC Middlweight title defense against Dusko Todorovic at SBC 19 on 1 December 2018.
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Michel Pereira was scheduled to face the heavyweight Dae Sung Kim at Road FC 052 on 23 February 2019, in an openweight bout.
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Michel Pereira's first fight in the UFC was scheduled for 18 May 2019 at UFC Fight Night 152 against Danny Roberts Michel Pereira utilized unorthodox striking techniques, including an attempted showtime kick, and superman punch, before winning the fight via knockout early in round one.
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Michel Pereira's next fight was scheduled for UFC Fight Night 158 against Sergey Khandozhko.
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Michel Pereira dominated Sanchez for most of the fight but was disqualified for hitting Sanchez with an illegal knee while he was grounded.
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Michel Pereira faced Zelim Imadaev on 5 September 2020 at UFC Fight Night 176.
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Michel Pereira dominated the fight, and slapped Imadaev back several times, before winning the fight via submission in the third round.
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Michel Pereira faced Khaos Williams on 19 December 2020 at UFC Fight Night 183.
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Michel Pereira faced Niko Price on 10 July 2021 at UFC 264.
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Michel Pereira was scheduled to face Muslim Salikhov on 15 January 2022 at UFC on ESPN 32.
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Michel Pereira fought Andre Fialho on 22 January 2022 at UFC 270.
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Michel Pereira faced Santiago Ponzinibbio on May 21,2022 at UFC Fight Night 206.
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Michel Pereira was scheduled to face Sean Brady on March 25,2023, at UFC on ESPN 43.
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Michel Pereira was scheduled to face Stephen Thompson on July 29,2023 at UFC 291.