Barbara Nepomuceno will try to reclaim her kickboxing belt in the main event of WGP 51 in Brasilia, Brazil, on Nov. 24, but her goal for 2019 is to finally make her mixed martial arts debut.
The 28-year-old striker, who has a 3-1 professional kickboxing record after going 69-4 as an amateur, looks to avenge her only pro loss (due to knee injury) to Val Stanski on Saturday night, and the chance to recapture the title came when she was focusing on her transition to MMA.
Nepomuceno signed a deal with Korean promotion ROAD Fighting Championship earlier this year and was hoping to make her debut before the end of the year, but the MMA company asked her to push the plans back a little bit.