Smilla Sundell closed out Dana White’s Contender Series Season 10 with a unanimous decision over Aline Pereira on October 13 in Las Vegas. The 21-year-old former ONE Muay Thai world champion won a three-round women’s bantamweight fight, and the judges all gave her the same 29-28 score.
The result mattered because Week 10 marked the end of a season that had already sent 42 combatants to the UFC Octagon through its first nine weeks. Dana White’s Contender Series is built to turn one strong showing into a bigger opportunity, and Sundell’s name now sits at the center of that conversation after she handled a bout that went the full distance.
Week 10 started at 7pm ET and 4pm PT and the five-fight card streamed live on Paramount+ in the United States. That made Sundell’s fight part of the closing night of a season-long run that had been tracked by fans and fighters looking for the next UFC addition.
Pereira did not make it easy. She found success late and even scored a takedown in the final round, which gave the bout a late push, but it was not enough to change the scorecards. In a three-round fight, a single round can swing the margin, and the judges still saw Sundell ahead 29-28 across the board.
What remains unanswered is whether Sundell leaves the night with a UFC contract, because no such announcement was included with the result. For now, the win is the point: Sundell walked into the closing week of the season and left with a unanimous decision over Pereira, keeping herself in the frame as the latest fighter trying to turn a Contender Series win into the next step.
