If Alex Pereira ever will get bored with stacking our bodies contained in the Octagon, he might all the time carve out a profession as an expert pillow fighter.
And sure, that may be a actual factor.
During the last 4 years, ‘Poatan’ has dominated the MMA scene, going from a relative unknown to a two-division UFC champion and changing into one of many sport’s hottest rivals.
After claiming the middleweight title in 2022, Pereira made the transfer to mild heavyweight the place he presently reigns because the king of 205. Alongside the best way, he’s earned victories over a slew of former titleholders together with Sean Strickland, Israel Adesanya, Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochazka, and Jamahall Hill.
In October, he efficiently defended his mild heavyweight crown for the third time in 2024, ending Khalil Rountree within the fourth spherical of their UFC 307 headliner in Salt Lake Metropolis — a win that solidified him as LowKick MMA’s Fighter of the Yr.
Alex Pereira trades in his four-ounce gloves for a pillow
With no return to the Octagon presently scheduled, Pereira was free to take a seat again, chill out, and have fun the vacations together with his household. In fact, Pereira’s model of “family time” in all probability isn’t the identical as everybody else’s.
By all accounts, Alex Pereira’s subsequent opponent contained in the Octagon must be Magomed Ankalaev, the sunshine heavyweight division’s top-ranked contender. The Dagestani is driving a 12-fight unbeaten streak courting again greater than six years together with his most up-to-date coming towards Aleksandar Rakić at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi.
Nonetheless, Pereira has solid some doubt that Ankalaev can be subsequent main many combat followers to ponder the query; if not the Russian, then who?
