UFC's teenage sensation Alice 'Golden Girl' Pereira seeks UFC gold in near future

Undefeated teen with a perfect record, opens up ahead of UFC debut, with her mission being to become the youngest women's bantamweight champion in history.

Alice 'Golden Girl' Pereira, photo owned by Fabio Pirez

19-year-old Alice Pereira, hailing from Brazil, has only been training in Mixed Martial Arts since the age of 16.

Despite this, she has attracted global attention with her impressive knockout power, which led her to an early Christmas present of a UFC contract last Christmas Eve.

She has five knockouts in six fights, and in her most recent fight, she dominated for 25 minutes, knocking her opponent down twice, all while using exciting flying knees and Superman punches.

Alice spoke to us about achieving her dream of signing with the UFC:

"I'm very happy with my signing, it's always been my dream to be signed by the UFC.

"I've always wanted to fight since I was very young, but it wasn't until I was 16 that I took my first kickboxing class.

"As the classes went on, I felt like the dream grew, and when I switched to MMA and had my first fight, that was the day I became even more sure of where I wanted to go."

Alice celebrating victory on Instagram

Alice only made her debut in 2023 and has been on an upward trajectory ever since.

However, despite her success in such a short period of time, she admits the journey hasn't always been easy.

She said: "Obviously every fighter has ups and downs, I'm no different but I believe that what got me to where I am was never giving up!

"There will be bad days as well as happy ones, but the most important thing is to never stop, never miss a workout, and never lose focus, I know this.

"I always knew where I wanted to get to, and even though I sometimes doubted myself, even though I went through difficult days, I never lost sight of my goal."

At 19 years old, Alice has plenty of time to become not only the youngest champion in her weight division but the youngest champion in women's UFC history, with Rose Namajunas holding the record at 25.

The youngest female UFC champion in history, Rose Namajunas, photo owned by the UFC

Pereira's first goal was reaching the UFC, now this is her new goal.

She said: "The goals grow, and this is definitely my new goal, I have the belief I can do it.

"I believe that my age and my record are just inspirations for me to remember how strong I am."

Hardcore fans are already branding her as a future UFC 'monster', but for the fans who haven't yet seen Alice fight, she told us what they can expect.

She said: "I'm a striker fighter!

"I know how to be aggressive and hard-hitting inside the octagon.

"I believe my fans will have a good fight with a lot of aggression and fun when watching me."

Alice's first fight has yet to be scheduled, so keep an eye out for fight announcements and invest your stocks early in this future star!