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Danny Segura

Ailin Perez calls for UFC main event slot, wants Kayla Harrison or ‘war of the asses’ with Norma Dumont

A five-round main event. That’s what Ailin Perez wants for her next UFC fight.

The rising UFC women’s bantamweight thinks it’s time the promotion gives her a headlining slot, as she wants to prove to the fans and UFC brass she’s primed for big things in her career. Perez (10-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who in her short time in the UFC has grown an Instagram following of almost half a million, would like it to be against former PFL champion Kayla Harrison.

“What I want is to fight in a five-round main event, with a preference to be against Kayla Harrison,” Perez told MMA Junkie in Spanish. “We want that fight because she’s the best fighter in the division and the person with the biggest name after me.

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