Alrie Meleisea
Alrie Meleisea is a professional boxer and MMA fighter.
Meleisea is currently undefeated in both forms of competing combat. She is a former New Zealand National Heavyweight Champion and UBF Asia Pacific Heavyweight Champion. She currently holds two victories over world ranked boxer Nailini Helu and Hamilton boxer Kirsty Lupeamanu.
Meleisea has peaked in rankings like 3rd on Boxrec, 3th WBFed, 2nd WIBA, 2rd UBF, top 3 in WBA Oceania, top 5 in WBC OPBF & WBC ABCO and top 10 in WBC World Rankings. Meleisea highest World ranking was in October 2019 where she was ranked 3rd in the WBA World Rankings.
Before pro boxing
Meleisea was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 22 November 1992. From the beginning, she trained under Vasco Kovačević at Red Line Combat Academy, who is the same person that trains Robert Berridge. Before turning pro, Meleisea had four corporate boxing bouts, winning all the bouts.Nailini Helu I
On 28 October 2016, Meleisea took on Helu on the Robert Berridge vs Adrian Taihia undercard. Originally the bout was scheduled for Helu to take on Cheyenne Whaanga for the vacant NZPBA female light heavyweight title, however due to injury Whaanga pulled out a week before the fight. Meleisea took the fight on against Helu in 48 hrs notice. Helu took the fight easy due to the last minute opponent, however due to this Meleisea won the bout by Split Decision. This was considered the biggest surprise of the year.Kirsty Lupeamanu
On 5 November 2016, Meleisea took on Lupeamanu in Hamilton, New Zealand. Meleisea took the fight on a weeks notice, almost immediately after defeating Helu in her pro debut. Meleisea won the bout by unanimous decision, surprising the New Zealand heavyweight division two weeks in a row. Four months after the bout, Lupeamanu announced that she was forced to retire due to a tumour, making her fight against Meleisea her last professional boxing fight.Nailini Helu II
On 10 March 2017, Meleisea took on Hely for the vacant NZPBA and vacant UBF Asia pacific heavyweight titles. This bout was difficult to make happen, due to Helu had a rematch clause to fight Ange Davis for the vacant NZPBA title. Due to Davis getting injured, Meleisea was next in line for the title shot. Meleisea won the bout by Split decision however the reaction of the audience and social media was split 50/50, some believing it was a controversial decision.Sarah Long
On 18 August 2017, it was announced that Meleisea mandatory challenger was Kickboxer Sarah Long. Long at the time had nine fights in Kickboxing and four fights in professional boxing. The fight was originally going to happen in October, but it was postponed due to Promoter and Long's Trainer Terry Tuteru had a fight clash with one of his other boxers. On 6 October 2017, it was announced that the fight would take place at ABA Stadium on 11 November. The fight itself was a really close with Long being knocked down in the second round. Meleisea retained her New Zealand National title by unanimous decision.Sarah Long II
On 18 May 2018, it was announced that Meleisea will have a rematch against Sarah Long, defending her New Zealand National title. This time Sarah Long's manager, Terry Tuteru will be promoting the event, under their Ultimate rage event series "Ultimate Rage 5". The bout will take place on 23 June 2018 in Onehunga, New Zealand. This has been labeled a grudge match as some believe that the first bout was controversial and the decision should have gone to Sarah Long. Meleisea has had a big training camp for this bout, having sparing sessions with Robert Berridge and Gunnar Jackson. On 20 June, it was announced that the bout between Meleisea and Long was postponed due to a death of a family member from Alrie Meleisea. On 19 September 2019, it was announce that the rematch between Sarah Long and Alrie Meliesea will happen on 28 September at ABA Stadium. The fight was a very close fight throughout the bout, but the decision ended in controversy. The ending in a draw was adequate, but the scoring from the judges shocked people. Judge 1 Adrian Bently who was acting as Supervisor of the night and the more experienced judge on the panel, had the card 40 - 36 to Alrie Meleisea. Judge 2 Kendall Cooper had the card 38 - 38 which was probably the most accurate score out of the judges. And finally, Judge 3 Smita Tailor who is the least experienced judge out of the panel had the scores 40 - 36 to Sarah Long.Personal life
Meleisea has tattoos on her legs called a Malo as part of her Samoan heritage. The tattoo took 10 hours in over 5 days at a young age.Professional boxing titles
- New Zealand Professional Boxing Association
- *New Zealand National female heavyweight title
- Universal Boxing Federation
- *UBF Asia pacific female heavyweight title
Combat record
Boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 5 | Draw | 4–0–1 |  Sarah Long | 4 | 28 September 2019 | ABA Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Sarah Long | 8 | 11 November 2017 | ABA Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | Defended NZPBA female heavyweight titles | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 |  Nailini Helu | 6 | 10 March 2017 | ABA Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand | won the vacant NZPBA & vacant UBF asia pacific female heavyweight titles | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Kirsty Lupeamanu | 4 | 5 November 2016 | Hamilton Cosmopolitan Club, Hamilton, New Zealand | Lupeamanu last professional bout. | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Nailini Helu | 3 | 28 October 2016 | ASB Stadium, Kohimarama, New Zealand | Professional debut |
MMA record
Awards and recognitions
- 2019 Gladrap Boxing Awards Best looking female boxer of the year '
- 2019 Gladrap Boxing Awards Female Boxer of the Year '
- 2019 Gladrap Boxing Awards Returning Boxer of the Year