Viviane Pereira Explained

Viviane Pereira
Other Names:Sucuri
Birth Date:28 August 1993
Birth Place:Tauá, Ceará, Brazil[1]
Fighting Out Of:Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil[2]
Weight Kg:52
Weight Class:Strawweight
Reach In:64
Style:Boxing, Wrestling, BJJ
Team:Dragon Kombat (until 2020)[3]
Astra Fight Team (2021–present)
Years Active:2013–present
Mma Kowin:4
Mma Subwin:3
Mma Decwin:9
Mma Decloss:3
Sherdog:136367

Viviane "Sucuri' Pereira (born August 8, 1993) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and competes in strawweight division. She last competed for Invicta Fighting Championships. A professional mixed martial artist since 2013, Pereira has also fought in the UFC.[2]

Background

Pereira started MMA training in a social project and decided to pursue a career as a fighter, after her first win.[2]

Pereira was kicked off her team after informing her coach that she was pregnant with his child, which she gave birth to in December 2020. The father of the child, Marcos Batista, who runs the Dragon Kombat team in Fortaleza, blocked her from all means of communication and kicked her out of the gym she trained at, while continuing to avoid judicial intimations by not showing up to court. Pereira had been dating Marcos since she was 15, after beginning to train with him around the age of 12.[4]

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Pereira started her professional MMA career in 2013, where she took fights in her native Brazil, notably for Xtreme Fighting Championships, ASPERA Fighting Championship, Bitetti Combat and LIMO Fight Combat. She amassed a record of 11-0 prior to being signed by UFC.[5]

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Pereira made her promotional debut on December 10, 2016 at UFC 206 against Valérie Létourneau in Toronto, Canada.[6] [7] She scored more points than Létourneau and earned her first UFC win via split decision.[8] [9]

On June 3, 2017 Pereira faced Jamie Moyle at UFC 212.[10] [11] After three rounds, the judges award the win to Pereira via unanimous decision.[12]

Pereira faced Tatiana Suarez on November 11, 2017 at .[13] She lost the fight via unanimous decision, the first loss of her MMA career.[14]

Pereira faced Yan Xiaonan, replacing injured Nadia Kassem on June 23, 2018 at UFC Fight Night 132.[15] She lost the fight via unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the promotion.[16]

Invicta FC

On August 9, 2018, Pereira announced that she had signed a multi-fight contract with Invicta Fighting Championships.[17]

On October 9, 2018, it was announced that Pereira replaced Heather Jo Clark on short notice to face Mizuki Inoue at Invicta FC 32: Spencer vs. Sorenson on November 16, 2018.[18] At the weigh-ins, Inoue weighed in at 116.4 pounds, 0.4 pound over the strawweight non-title fight limit of 126. She fined 25 percent of her purse, which went to her opponents Pereira and the fight proceeded to a catchweight bout.[19] Pereira lost the fight via unanimous decision.[20]

Pereira then moved down to atomweight division, facing Alesha Zappitella at Invicta FC 35: Bennett vs. Rodriguez II on June 7, 2019. However, Pereira missed weight by 0.7 pounds and was fined 25 percent of her fight purse.[21] Pereira won the fight via unanimous decision.[22]

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts record

|-|Win|align=center|16–3|DeAnna Bennett|Submission (guillotine choke)|XFC: Detroit Grand Prix 2||align=center|1|align=center|1:50|Detroit, Michigan, United States||-|Win|align=center|15–3|Rayla Nascimento|Decision (unanimous)|Standout Fighting Tournament 43||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|São Paulo, Brazil||-|Win|align=center|14–3|Alesha Zappitella|Decision (unanimous)|Invicta FC 35: Bennett vs. Rodriguez II||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Kansas City, Kansas, United States||-|Loss|align=center|13–3|Mizuki Inoue|Decision (unanimous)|Invicta FC 32: Spencer vs. Sorenson||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States||-|Loss|align=center|13–2|Yan Xiaonan |Decision (unanimous)|||align=center|3|align=center|5:00|Kallang, Singapore||-| Loss| align=center| 13–1| Tatiana Suarez| Decision (unanimous)| | | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Norfolk, Virginia, United States||-| Win| align=center| 13–0| Jamie Moyle| Decision (unanimous)| UFC 212| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil||-| Win| align=center| 12–0| Valérie Létourneau| Decision (split)| UFC 206| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Toronto, Ontario, Canada||-| Win| align=center| 11–0| Carolina Karasek| Decision (unanimous)| Aspera Fighting Championship 42| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| São Paulo, Brazil||-| Win| align=center| 10–0| Vanessa Guimarães| Submission (armbar)| XFC International 12| | align=center| 3| align=center| 4:08| São Paulo, Brazil||-| Win| align=center| 9–0| Vuokko Katainen| Decision (unanimous)| XFC International 10| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| São Paulo, Brazil||-| Win| align=center| 8–0| Liana Ferreira Pirosin| Decision (unanimous)|XFC International 9| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| São Paulo, Brazil|||-| Win| align=center| 7–0| Fernanda Priscila Barros Pinheiro| TKO (punches)| XFC International 7| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:22| São Paulo, Brazil||-| Win| align=center| 6–0| Gina Brito Silva Santana| Submission (armbar)| Limo Fight 13| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Limoeiro do Norte, Brazil||-| Win| align=center| 5–0| Poliana Botelho| Decision (unanimous)| Bitetti Combat 20| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil||-| Win| align=center| 4–0| Nicleide Machado| TKO (punches)| Bitetti Combat 19| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Manaus, Brazil||-| Win| align=center| 3–0| Duda Yankovich| TKO (punches)| Bitetti Combat 18| | align=center| 2| align=center| 2:49| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil||-| Win| align=center| 2–0| Ilara Joanne| TKO (punches)| Ox MMA| | align=center| 2| align=center| 2:39| Fortaleza, Brazil||-| Win| align=center| 1–0| Rosy Duarte| Decision (split)| Sobral Extreme Fight 6| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Sobral, Brazil||-[23]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Viviane Pereira. July 14, 2017.
  2. Web site: Viviane Pereira. UFC. 2017-07-14.
  3. Web site: Single mom, Invicta FC's Viviane Pereira details financial struggles after birth, surgery. August 17, 2021. mmafighting.com.
  4. Web site: UFC vet Pereira: My coach 'kicked me out of the team' after I told him I was pregnant with his baby. 2021-08-19. www.bloodyelbow.com. 19 August 2021 . en.
  5. Web site: Viviane. Sherdog. 2017-07-14.
  6. News: Viviane Pereira out to prove height difference won't matter vs. Letourneau at UFC 206. 2016-12-09. MMAjunkie. 2017-07-14. en-US.
  7. Web site: Estreante brasileira no UFC 206, Viviane "Sucuri" promete "lutão" contra Letourneau. December 8, 2016. Jéssica . Portasio . UFC. 2017-07-14.
  8. News: UFC 206: Holloway defeats Pettis by TKO. Los Angeles Times. 2017-07-14. en-US. 0458-3035.
  9. Web site: Valerie Letourneau vs Viviane Pereira UFC 206 Full Fight MMA Video. MMA-Core. 2017-07-14.
  10. Web site: Viviane Pereira vs. Jamie Moyle added to UFC 212 in Brazil. Jordan. Dale. 2017-04-17. MMA Mad. 2017-07-14.
  11. News: Viviane Pereira vs. Jamie Moyle booked for UFC 212. MMA Fighting. 2017-07-14.
  12. News: UFC 212 results: Viviane Pereira picks apart Jamie Moyle, cruises to unanimous-decision win. 2017-06-04. MMAjunkie. 2017-07-14. en-US.
  13. News: Report: 'TUF 23' winner Tatiana Suarez meets Viviane Pereira at UFC Fight Night 120 in Norfolk. 2017-08-30. MMAjunkie. 2017-10-05. en-US.
  14. News: UFC Fight Night 120 results: Tatiana Suarez dominates in return, overwhelms Viviane Pereira. 2017-11-12. MMAjunkie. 2017-11-12. en-US.
  15. Web site: Viviane Pereira pakt short notice partij tegen Yan Xiaonan tijdens UFC Singapore. mmadna.nl. 17 May 2018 . en-US. 2018-05-18.
  16. News: UFC Fight Night 132 results: Yan Xiaonan outworks Viviane Pereira for unanimous-decision win. 2018-06-23. MMAjunkie. 2018-06-23. en-US.
  17. Web site: Viviane Pereira parts ways with the UFC, signs multi-fight deal with Invicta FC. August 9, 2018. Guilherme Cruz. mmafighting.com.
  18. Web site: Viviane Pereira steps in for Heather Clark to fight Mizuki Inoue at Invicta FC 32. Alexander K. Lee. mmafighting.com. October 9, 2018.
  19. Web site: Invicta FC 32 Weigh-in Results: Featherweight Title Fight Set, Three Fighters Heavy. Sherdog. 2018-11-17.
  20. News: Invicta FC 32 results: Felicia Spencer claims vacant title with gutsy win over Pam Sorenson. 2018-11-17. MMAjunkie. 2018-11-17. en-US.
  21. Web site: Invicta FC 35 weigh-in results: Three fighters miss weight. Peter Carroll. June 6, 2019. mmafighting.com.
  22. Web site: Invicta FC 35 Results: Karina Rodriguez wins flyweight tourney, set to face champ Vanessa Porto. Danny Segura. June 8, 2019. mmafighting.com.
  23. Web site: Viviane. Sherdog. 2018-04-15.