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The UFC boss had no hope in Alex Pereira: “Man, was I wrong!”
Dana White and Alex Pereira. Photo via YouTube and USA Today Sports
When Alex Pereira signed with the UFC in 2021, no one, including the promotion’s CEO Dana White, believed he was going to be a two-division champion just two years later.
“It’s incredible, right? No, I don’t think like that, especially when you have a guy that’s coming in from kickboxing,” White told reporters at the UFC 303 post-fight press conference.
“You know? Has this long kickboxing career and is older coming into the UFC. I think the exact opposite. This guy’s not going to do very well here. He’s going to get taken down, smashed, submitted, you know, all that kind of stuff. But, man, was I wrong.”
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Alex Pereira is a “absolute monster”
Pereira’s performance against Jiri Prochazka was one of his finest so far, and left the UFC CEO stunned. After dropping the former champion with a perfect short left hook at the buzzer of the first round, he finished the job in the first seconds of round two.
“He looked incredible,” White said of Pereira. “Fight started just like the last fight, chopping that calf kick, busting his leg up and then, ‘Oh, he got saved by the bell.’ No, he didn’t. It was incredible. That guy is a monster, absolute monster.”
Alex Pereira is a former two-division Glory Kickboxing champion. He joined the UFC with very little MMA experience.
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