# @lfafighting on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcyr5cFvl02
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69993030-lfafighting-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-02T16:43:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** LFA (@lfafighting) — https://gondola.cc/lfafighting

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#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, adding extra emotional weight to LFA’s historic debut in the state.

Standing across the cage will be Vinicius Pires (12-2 overall, 6-1 in the LFA), a former LFA bantamweight champion looking to reclaim the title he lost in November 2025. Pires enters the fight on the heels of a dominant win at #LFA229, and one of Brazil’s most established 135-pound competitors, is determined to remind the division why he once stood atop it. 

📲 LFA 241: Pires vs. Pereira, presented by MonsterEnergy, will stream live in the United States on VICETV at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT and will also air across Latin America on ESPNDeportes and ESPNKnockOut, and throughout Russia and the CIS countries on Fight Club. Featured prelims live on SpectationSports 

🎟️ Tickets available 🔗 Link in bio

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