Marilia Morais wants to maximize the time she has left in mixed martial arts, so when the Professional Fighters League called, she listened.
The Miami-based 35-year-old Brazilian will make her promotional debut opposite Michelle Montague in a PFL 8 women’s featherweight prelim on Friday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. “I have no words to express how happy I am to be fighting in the PFL, near my home, with all my family near me,” Morais told Sherdog.com. She enters the cage with a 3-1 record, having suffered her first career setback in her most recent assignment: a second-round technical knockout loss to Rebecca Evans under the Cage Fury Fighting Championships banner in July 2023.