The UFC middleweight title is currently held by Alex Pereira. In his unbeaten UFC career, Pereira is presently on a four-match winning run.
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Alex is a renowned fighter for the UFC and a contented husband. But he hasn’t given any further information about his wife. His wife’s lack of internet mentions might mean that she prefers to live a quiet life as well. Additionally, they haven’t yet told the public about their previous love relationships. In So Bernardo do Campo, So Paulo, Brazil, Alex Pareira was last spotted with his mysterious wife and their two boys.
Pereira was the only guy to simultaneously hold both the Glory middleweight and light heavyweight belts in kickboxing. At a 2015 event dubbed Jungle Fight 82, Alex Pereira made the switch from kickboxing to mixed martial arts and lost the fight by submission.
Pereira, who previously competed in kickboxing, lost his professional mixed martial arts debut to Quemuel Ottoni [pt] via submission in 2015 at Jungle Fight 82. He proceeded in Jungle Fight, where he went on to win two fights in a row by KO and TKO over Marcelo Cruz and Marcus Vinicius Silveira. On August 10, 2018, Pereira declared he had signed a deal to compete against Diego Henrique da Silva in the Brazilian version of Dana White’s Contender Series. However, Glory refused to let Pereira compete, hence the fight was never held.
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On November 5, 2021, at UFC 268 versus Andreas Michailidis, Alex “Poatan” Pereira made his octagon debut and triumphed via technical knockout in the second round. In this battle, he won the prize for best performance of the evening. Bruno Silva was the opponent for Pereira at UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev, and Pereira prevailed by unanimous decision.
When Pereira faced Sean Strickland at UFC 276 on July 2, 2022, it was his third bout in the organization. Pereira defeated Strickland via first-round knockout. Together with a $10,000 bitcoin, he received a performance of the night bonus.
On November 12, 2022, at UFC 281, “Poatan,” defending his UFC middleweight title, against former champion Israel Adesanya. He won the contest through technical knockout in the first round. He won performance of the night honors at UFC 281.
