Alex Pereira’s younger sister Aline is gunning for a contract with Dana White’s UFC.The 35-year-old has been fighting in MMA along with her brother Alex, who has titles at both middleweight and light-heavyweight.Pereira’s sister Aline is set to follow in her famous sibling’s footstepsGettyAnd she will now attempt to get her own big break in the UFC, after success in multiple combat sports.The 35-year-old, who has fought in Karate Combat and won on Jake Paul‘s MMA card headlined by Ronda Rousey in May, is keen to follow in her brother’s footsteps.Her opportunity will come on the October 13 bill of Dana White‘s Contender Series.Pereira will take on Smilla Sundell, a ONE Championship fighter who became the promotion’s youngest ever champion at the age of 17.Sundell has two wins in her professional MMA career so far and has yet to be beaten.As for the Brazilian, she has faced a turbulent spell in MMA under the Legacy Fighting Alliance banner, stepping away from the cage in 2023 after a brief stint.But she then decided to return two years on from the bout, and is now being trained by her modern-era icon brother Alex.Having secured a comeback victory over Nejra Repp, she had begged for the opportunity from White.And now with victory on a high-profile card on Netflix to get her career back on track, now she is hopeful she can recreate her brother’s success in the female ranks.Can Pereira’s sister secure a contract?Of course, Pereira will have the backing of a talented corner which could also include UFC staple Glover Teixeira.Pereira is back on course after a difficult start to her MMA careerGettyBut standing in her way is formidable opposition in Sundell, who too has been tipped for a bright future on White’s roster.Given the fortunes of Bella Mir, who was beaten in a stunning upset last week, Pereira will hope to avoid the same fate.But she is highly motivated by signing for whatever promotion her notorious sibling ‘Poatan’ competes within.She said: “I’ve been following my brother’s footsteps since the beginning.“I [sign with] every promotion he fights. I go after him everywhere he goes, so [the MMA switch] happened naturally. “I already knew that I would also follow him if he went to MMA.”talkSPORT's UFC pound-for-pound rankingstalkSPORT.com has collectively voted on the best fighters to form a regularly updated UFC pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings system for the rest of 2026 and beyond.Our P4P list will be updated regularly based on performances in the Octagon — with wins, records, title wins and defences, calibre of opponents, methods of victory and much more all determining who makes it.UFC champions Islam Makhachev, Tom Aspinall and Sean Strickland feature – but big stars such as Alex Pereira and Arman Tsarukyan miss out.