Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira has had a completely unimaginable run since making his UFC debut.
It’s loopy to assume that simply 4 years in the past, ‘Poatan’ was a comparatively unknown prospect within the MMA recreation. In the present day, he’s a two-division world champion and is properly on his solution to turning into the most effective P4P fighters the game has ever seen. Together with his immense success has come stacks of money and the chance to pay it ahead.
Taking to X, the reigning mild heavyweight titleholder revealed that he had bought a lavish residence for his dad and mom and supplied a take a look at the place they have been in 2021 in comparison with the place they’re at this time.
“Photo 1, four years ago having lunch at my parents house,” Pereira wrote within the publish.
“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 move 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 in regards to the occasions when he couldn’t afford easy requirements, like diapers for his youngsters.
“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 underneath the GLORY Kickboxing banner, turning into a two-division champion with the promotion and touchdown a completely brutal knockout towards 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 best way, 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 towards Khalil Rountree at UFC 307 in Salt Lake Metropolis.
