As soon as the combat is over, Alex Pereira prefers to place his rivalries to mattress.
Contained in the Octagon, ‘Poatan’ is among the most intense and intimidating opponents in all of blended martial arts. However when it’s all mentioned and performed, Pereira all the time prefers to make peace together with his opponents.
“I keep away from having conflicts with my opponents,” Pereira advised MMA Junkie. “Everybody sees. After my fights, I all the time strive… we would even prepare collectively, proper? So it is a attribute of mine. I believe that by doing it this fashion, when you look carefully, after I began doing this, many individuals are additionally doing it. So I believe I’m managing to vary slightly bit the pondering of the athletes.”
Living proof, Pereira’s shock relationship with former foe Sean Strickland.
Lengthy earlier than the Brazilian bruiser grew to become a two-division UFC champion, Pereira went toe-to-toe with the eccentric Strickland in July 2022. Pereira shortly KO’d ‘Tarzan’ lower than midway via the primary spherical, securing his first shot at UFC gold.
Since then, the 2 have repeatedly skilled collectively.
Pereira will likely be again contained in the Octagon this Saturday night time, headlining UFC 320 in Las Vegas towards reigning mild heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev — the man who unseated Pereira because the 205-pound king earlier this yr.
The 2 lately engaged in an intense encounter at the UFC PI forward of their extremely anticipated sequel, so it’ll be attention-grabbing to see in the event that they bury the hatchet following this weekend’s scrap in ‘Sin Metropolis.’
