#LFA241 Tale of the Tape 🏆🇧🇷
The promotion will make history on Friday, September 11th, with LFA 241, marking the promotion’s debut in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais — the sixth Brazilian state to host an LFA event. LFA 241 will take place inside the Ginásio Mineirinho, and will be headlined by a bantamweight world title bout as Vinicius Pires faces Rafael Pereira for the vacant championship.
The LFA bantamweight title became vacant after reigning champion Artem Belakh relinquished his title to compete on the 2026 season of The UltimateFighter, opening the door for two of Brazil’s top 135-pound contenders to battle for the belt.
Rafael Pereira (15-4) enters the bout unbeaten since 2018, riding a ten-fight winning streak into the biggest fight of his career — five of those wins coming inside the LFA cage, where he has gone a perfect 5-0, with five finishes among his last ten outings. Originally from Minas Gerais, Pereira returns home to fight for the title in front of his own fans,...