Alex Pereira is a champ in and out of fighting. If it wasn’t for ‘Poatan’ saving cards and putting his belt on the line, the 2024 UFC Pay-per-view (PPV) roadmap would have a very different. Along with that, the once-Brazilian favela fighter is also widely viral for his antics stateside. Now, Pereira has gone viral yet again actor Don Lee – aka Ma Dong-seok in South Korea.
Pereira and coach Plinio Cruz hit up the F1 Grand Prix of Mexico—qualifying grandstand is recent past. Along with the Lucha Libre action, they went viral with Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber, and others. Later the fighter went viral yet again with his shopping spree. Cruz has been uploading snippets of them abroad (🎥: pliniocruzmma/IG). Now, worlds collide as he and Korean actor, Don Lee go viral.
Following suit after ‘Poatan’, Lee tries his hook on a “Dragon Punch” Brazilinator-like machine (🎥: IG/
@AlexPereiraUFC). Edging close to a high score of 996, the actor scored 958.5. Don Lee rose to fame with highlights like The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil, The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos, and others. He made his Hollywood debut as a cast of the MCU film Eternals. To turn his foray into a power shot with such a high score is pure testament of why one’d cast him as an immortal tank.
Alex Pereira in South Korea hitting the punching bag machine with Korean actor, Don Lee!
(🎥: IG/@AlexPereiraUFC) pic.twitter.com/uIjnZRbbSX
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Additionally, this isn’t the first time Pereira himself has gone viral with an actor. Actor and 7th-dan black belt in aikido, Steven Seagal is just one of them. The UFC light-heavyweight roost-ruler is also making his acting debut in the upcoming A24 thriller Onslaught, soon. Kickboxing roundhouse kicks and anaconda chokes aside, his punching power is supposedly making it into the movie. This isn’t the only thing he went viral for this week though.
Watch: Alex Pereira fan eats UFC champion’s best body shots with ease
Alex Pereira has taken out some of the best fighters in the world. Ask Khalil Rountree Jr. who had his face busted open atop the UFC 307 pay-per-view (PPV) event. Ask Jamahal Hill; he’s the still sore about it (no, really). There’s one man they might want to consult if they ever face ‘Poatan’ again.
UFC light heavyweight champ Alex Pereira goes viral with fan (Source: X)The UFC light heavyweight champion granted a fan’s request to feel Pereira’s legendary power. Amazingly, the fan lived to tell the tale. Pereira posted a clip of the interaction to his IG Stories, as seen below (credit: @DovySimuMMA on X):
Bro wtf is this guy made from, taking punches and kicks from Alex like that ☠️ pic.twitter.com/nJMDs7mFTx
— Dovy🔌 (@DovySimuMMA) November 19, 2024
The fan stands there, seemingly growing bolder with each punch, and absorbs several straight right hands to the midsection from Pereira. It’s doubtful that Pereira put more than 50% into any of these punches. But it was an impressive sight nonetheless, with the growing flow of motion. It’s a weirdly refreshing change of pace too given that’s not how this usualy goes.
As for his next official fight, Pereira is awaiting his next booking, with recent UFC 309 main event winner Jon Jones eyeing a champ vs. champ superfight. Light heavyweight number one contender Magomed Ankalaev is also waiting in the wings.
