Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira has had a fully unbelievable 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 sport. At present, he’s a two-division world champion and is effectively on his approach 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 gentle 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 had been in 2021 in comparison with the place they’re in the present day.
“Picture 1, 4 years in the past having lunch at my dad and mom home,” Pereira wrote within the submit.
“Picture 2, their residence in the present day. Thanks very a lot my God,” the UFC champion added, displaying off the spectacular mansion he bought for his household.
‘Poatan’ flexes his money circulation whereas sitting in a Ferrari
Days earlier than, Pereira posted an image of himself sporting a gold bracelet and 1000’s 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 bear in mind when my sons had been on their final pair of diapers and I didn’t have cash to purchase new ones,” Pereira wrote.
Pereira discovered success beneath the GLORY Kickboxing banner, turning into a two-division champion with the promotion and touchdown a fully 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 document and received each the middleweight and lightweight 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 towards Khalil Rountree at UFC 307 in Salt Lake Metropolis.