Diego Pereira

"El Pantera Negra"

AGE	N/A / N/A
HEIGHT	5'5" / 165.1 cm
WEIGHT	135 lbs / 61.23 kg

ASSOCIATION
Arena Southside MMA Academy

CLASS
Bantamweight

Wins 11

KO / TKO

36%

SUBMISSIONS

18%

DECISIONS

45%

OTHERS

Losses 7

KO / TKO

29%

SUBMISSIONS

14%

DECISIONS

43%

OTHERS

14%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Kirato Haebara	Beatdown Promotions 8 - Pereira vs. Haebara Jul / 13 / 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Tomas Churchill	3	5:00
win	Luke Jones	Eternal MMA 81 - Gold Coast Nov / 04 / 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Phil Cassidy	3	5:00
win	Jesse Medina	Eternal MMA 75 - Gold Coast May / 06 / 2023	Decision (Unanimous) Peter Hickmott	3	5:00
loss	Justin Van Heerden	Eternal MMA 72 - Gold Coast Dec / 02 / 2022	Decision (Unanimous) Tomas Churchill	5	5:00
win	Alan Philpott	Eternal MMA 69 - Gold Coast Sep / 16 / 2022	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Tomas Churchill	2	2:58
loss	Ryan Gray	Eternal MMA 64 - Gold Coast Mar / 19 / 2022	Disqualification (Illegal Elbows) Phil Cassidy	2	4:58
loss	Rod Costa	Eternal MMA 63 - Gold Coast Nov / 20 / 2021	Decision (Unanimous) Tomas Churchill	3	5:00
win	Abdalla Biayda	Eternal MMA 61 - Gold Coast Sep / 11 / 2021	Submission (Heel Hook) Tomas Churchill	2	1:33
loss	Jack Jenkins	Eternal MMA 52 - Gold Coast Mar / 07 / 2020	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Garth Harriman	4	4:01
win	Michael Tobin	Eternal MMA 49 - Martinez vs. Togo Nov / 01 / 2019	TKO (Head Kick and Punches) Phil Cassidy	3	0:42
loss	Aaron Blackie	Eternal MMA 42 - Loga vs. Ross Mar / 23 / 2019	TKO (Punches) Garth Harriman	1	0:25
win	Sam Hibberd	Eternal MMA 36 - Pereira vs. Hibberd Sep / 15 / 2018	Decision (Split) Tim Takeno	3	5:00
win	Kairin Moses	ACB 76 - Gold Coast: Young Eagles 23 Dec / 09 / 2017	Decision (Split) Peter Hickmott	3	5:00
win	Justin Van Heerden	Eternal MMA 27 - Vendy vs. Fitikefu Aug / 05 / 2017	KO (Punch) Peter Hickmott	1	2:59
loss	Ryan Lambert	Reign - Reign Fighting 3 Apr / 08 / 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Carl Anderson	3	5:00
win	George Malizis	Eternal MMA 24 - Murphy vs. Duncan Mar / 11 / 2017	TKO (Punches) Roy Hall	2	2:56
loss	Beau Luxford	CITC - Carnage in the Cage 6 Mar / 05 / 2016	TKO (Punches) Jason Green	3	1:12
win	Nix Agulto	Eternal MMA 10 - X May / 30 / 2015	KO (Head Kick) Tim Takeno	1	0:09

FIGHT HISTORY - AMATEUR

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Aaron Zambelli	Eternal MMA 9 - Eternals Mar / 07 / 2015	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Jason Green	3	1:24
loss	Jarrod Nevell	XFC 17 - Redlands Rampage Nov / 24 / 2012	Submission (Armbar) George Dedic	2	1:51

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