Larrisa (photo) vacated the Jungle under-61,2 kg title to move to the UFC. Photograph: Jungle Fight/Disclosure
Following in the footsteps of so many other fighters who migrated from Jungle Fight for Ultimate, the champion of the Brazilian organization's women's bantamweight category Larissa pacheco is preparing to debut in the biggest MMA event on the planet. Larrisa will have a home duel at UFC Fight Night 51, which takes place on September 13th in Brasília (DF), in which she will face compatriot Jéssica Bate Estaca.
On the Brasília card, Larissa pacheco replaces Canadian Valerie Letourneau, whose reasons for leaving the event were not revealed. The information was released on the website of the “Combate” channel. At just 19 years old, Larissa has a perfect professional record, with ten wins in ten fights. In her last fight, the Pará native beat Lizianne Silveira and defended the Jungle title.
UFC Fight Night 51 takes place on September 13th, at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, in Brasília (DF). In the main fight of the night, the Brazilian Antonio Pezão faces the Belarusian Andrei Arlovski, in a duel valid for the heavyweight category. The duel is a rematch of the fight held in 2010 at the now defunct Strikeforce and won by Pezão in a unanimous decision by the judges. In the co-main bout, lightweight Gleison Tibau faces Polish Piotr Hallmann.
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