Until now, we have seen Sean Strickland batter his sparring partners during training sessions. However, it looks like Alex Pereira wants to join the club. The UFC champion recently released footage of an intense training session and fans could not believe their eyes.
Alex Pereira recently released a clip from one of his latest training sessions. Fighters usually refrain from sharing training footage on the internet. However, Pereira has released clips in the past but none caused as much surprise as this one. The clip saw Pereira exchanging punches with his sparring partner in what seemed like a regular training session. However, the situation quickly escalated, and the light-heavyweight champion was seen throwing hard punches at his sparring partner while smoothly backing up and dodging his. ‘Poatan’ shared the image of him and the now bloodied sparring partner on Instagram.
It is important to remember that Pereira previously had a successful career in kickboxing. He was a former Glory kickboxing champion and boasted 21 knockouts in his professional kickboxing record. In the UFC, he captured the middleweight title and then transitioned to light-heavyweight to quickly become the champion.
‘Poatan’ recently defended his UFC title against former champion Jamahal Hill at UFC 300. He finished the fight in just one round. Pereira then wanted to move up to the heavyweight division and take on Tom Aspinall at UFC 301 which was just a few weeks from UFC 300. However, a toe injury prevented this from happening and Pereira is currently going through recovery.
Fans react to Alex Pereira’s latest intense sparring session
The social media post of Alex Pereira’s hard sparring session and his bloodied sparring partner caught the attention of fans on social media. People went to the comment section to share their reactions to the post. Here are some of the reactions from X:
Alex Pereira and Glover Teixeira (Via UFC)This is not sparring bro was looking for blood
— Adjusted55 (@BillPrinter00) May 24, 2024
This is serious 😂😂
— Vere_da_warri_girl🥰🤩😍 (@Pweshiouz13) May 24, 2024
That’s how sparring high level fighters works🤣 can’t put pressure on them and not expect it back immediately
— 𝔱𝔦𝔱𝔬 🌃 (@Tito2shiesty) May 24, 2024
looked to me like the other guy definitely tried to drop him a few times with the right hook and overhand to the temple and behind the ear, but Alex rolled very well with each punch
— 48-47 Condit (@myoverhandleft) May 24, 2024
His actual fight looks less scary than this 💀
— Harman Dhamija (@HarmanDhamija) May 24, 2024
Why does he box with his chin up
— undercovergenius (@KatsuHaru123) May 24, 2024
People were definitely shocked to see the state of Alex Pereira’s bloodied sparring partner. One user commented that his actual fights look less scary than this clip. Another user observed that Pereira’s sparring partner definitely tried landing some heavy shots of his own. However, the light-heavyweight champion rolled with the punches well.
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