Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira has had a fully unimaginable run since making his UFC debut.
It’s loopy to suppose that simply 4 years in the past, ‘Poatan’ was a comparatively unknown prospect within the MMA sport. Right now, he’s a two-division world champion and is properly on his solution to changing into top-of-the-line P4P fighters the game has ever seen. Along with his immense success has come stacks of money and the chance to pay it ahead.
Taking to X, the reigning gentle heavyweight titleholder revealed that he had bought a lavish dwelling for his dad and mom and provided a have a look at the place they had been in 2021 in comparison with the place they’re in the present day.
“Photo 1, four years ago having lunch at my parents house,” Pereira wrote within the submit.
“Photo 2, their home today. Thank you very much my God,” the UFC champion added, displaying off the spectacular mansion he bought for his household.
‘Poatan’ flexes his money stream whereas sitting in a Ferrari
Days earlier than, Pereira posted an image of himself sporting a gold bracelet and hundreds of {dollars} in money whereas sitting in a yellow Ferrari and reminiscing concerning the instances when he couldn’t afford easy requirements, like diapers for his kids.
“I remember when my sons were on their last pair of diapers and I didn’t have money to buy new ones,” Pereira wrote.
Pereira discovered success beneath the GLORY Kickboxing banner, changing into a two-division champion with the promotion and touchdown a fully brutal knockout in opposition to Israel Adesanya earlier than they each made the transfer to MMA.
Since his Octagon debut, ‘Poatan’ has amassed a formidable 9-1 file and received each the middleweight and light-weight heavyweight titles — the latter of which he nonetheless holds. Alongside the way in which, he’s scored wins over a slew of former world champions like Sean Strickland, the aforementioned Adesanya, Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochazka, and Jamahal Hill.
Pereira’s most up-to-date outing noticed him land a fourth-round TKO in opposition to Khalil Rountree at UFC 307 in Salt Lake Metropolis.
