{"id":41421,"date":"2026-11-03T03:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T03:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Michel-Pereira-returns-to-action-in-UFC-icons-promotion-203469"},"modified":"2026-11-03T03:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T03:08:50","slug":"michel-pereira-returns-to-action-in-ufc-icons-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/michel-pereira-returns-to-action-in-ufc-icons-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Pereira returns to action in UFC icon\u2019s promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/michel-pereira-returns-to-action-in-ufc-icons-promotion.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Michel-Pereira-135705\">Michel<br \/>\nPereira<\/a> has found a new home after leaving the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pereira is scheduled to face <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/In-Su-Hwang-263079\">In Su Hwang<\/a><br \/>\nin a middleweight bout at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/ZFN-ZFight-Night-5-115185\">Z &#8211;<br \/>\nFight Night 5<\/a> on Dec. 19 in Incheon, South Korea. ZFN is led by<br \/>\nformer UFC fighter <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Chan-Sung-Jung-36155\">Chan Sung<br \/>\nJung<\/a>, known as \u201cThe Korean Zombie.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Michel Pereira&#8217;s next fight takes him to South Korea<\/h2>\n<p>Pereira (32-15, 2 NC) completed his UFC contract in February before<br \/>\nreturning on a one-fight deal to face <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sharabutdin-Magomedov-309711\">Sharabutdin<br \/>\nMagomedov<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-280-Fiziev-vs-Torres-112205\"><br \/>\nUFC Baku<\/a> in June. He lost by unanimous decision and<br \/>\nsubsequently became a free agent. The Brazilian lost four of his<br \/>\nfinal five UFC bouts.<\/p>\n<p>Hwang (9-2), meanwhile, unsuccessfully sought a UFC contract on<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Dana-Whites-Contender-Series-12411\"><br \/>\nDana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/a> last year. The South Korean<br \/>\nrebounded with a third-round technical knockout victory in May.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DfPPzIEzltQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.32307692307692\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michel Pereira has found a new home after leaving the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Pereira is scheduled to face In Su Hwang in a middleweight bout at Z &#8211; Fight Night 5 on Dec. 19 in Incheon, South Korea. ZFN is led by former UFC fighter Chan Sung Jung, known as \u201cThe Korean Zombie.\u201d Michel Pereira&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}