Alex Pereira's spirituality

[blaseblase]

Here's an interesting interview I found with a shaman from the Pataxo tribe, the indigenous tribe in Brazil that Pereira descends from. It goes into their spiritual beliefs and practices.

https://www.ingabacken.com/interview-ubiranan-pataxo

Its pretty similar to the type of stuff you see from Native American tribes in the U.S. The spirits that fighters are freaking out about sounds pretty similar to the holy spirit in Christianity. In fact he refers to it as the holy spirit of heaven.

 

[lewisnerbaska]

Alex can put that devil of his right through me until it reaches my soul.

 

[TheBulge]

Whether it's religious or something else, it's clearly working for him. The big test was when he got knocked out for the first time in his mid 30s which is usually a career ender. It really only had lasting effects for maybe 2 fights and then he fully regained the killer instinct, it didn't affect his ability to pull the trigger.

 

[USA!USA!]

There is no such thing as spirts affecting fights. Let's get that out of the way lol

His spirituality may be interesting, but its not affecting his fights.

His left hook is.

 

[blaseblase]

There is no such thing as spirts affecting fights. Let's get that out of the way lol

His spirituality may be interesting, but its not affecting his fights.

His left hook is.

Yep. Just wanted to put this out there for those who think it's black magic or something stupid like that. It's really basic spiritual beliefs, that one has God on their side. Not really any different than Christians praying before a fight.

 

[PrideNverDies]

Or maybe he's just an elite kickboxing champ

 

[ColinAlbano]

People you really believe in this stuff? What is going on?

 

[Conan the K-9]

Yep. Just wanted to put this out there for those who think it's black magic or something stupid like that. It's really basic spiritual beliefs, that one has God on their side. Not really any different than Christians praying before a fight.

But what if someone prays five times a day?

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Not anything more mentionable than the plethora of fighters who thank their Lord and savior Jesus Christ for delivering CTE and a NDE to their opponents.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[Your Salad]

There is no such thing as spirts affecting fights. Let's get that out of the way lol

His spirituality may be interesting, but its not affecting his fights.

His left hook is.

Yep. Just wanted to put this out there for those who think it's black magic or something stupid like that. It's really basic spiritual beliefs, that one has God on their side. Not really any different than Christians praying before a fight.

While I agree with both of you in a purely logical sense, sugar pills used as a placebo can achieve a 30-50% effective response in clinical tests.
I feel like having your sugar pill god, spirit, demon, whatever on your side might help some individuals reach a higher level of performance.

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Goatans hands are god-sent especially the LH

 

[humperdoo]

Whatever they believe, it's just thier belief. Somehow Jiri didn't succeed in countering it.

 

[Domitian]

Spiritual disbelievers simply don't understand how belief can impact a fighter mentally and how that can improve their ability and effectiveness in fighting.

Just look at Khabib and his crew. They are deeply religious and never give up during a fight.

 

[Barteh]

There is no such thing as spirts affecting fights. Let's get that out of the way lol

His spirituality may be interesting, but its not affecting his fights.

His left hook is.

For people who don't believe in this kind of spirituality the question isn't whether these spirits are helping him.

The question is whether his beliefs that those spirits are helping him, is helping him in some way. I definitely think being a strong believer in that could give somebody extra confidence and help him win.

 

[2004 account]

Here's an interesting interview I found with a shaman from the Pataxo tribe, the indigenous tribe in Brazil that Pereira descends from. It goes into their spiritual beliefs and practices.

https://www.ingabacken.com/interview-ubiranan-pataxo

Its pretty similar to the type of stuff you see from Native American tribes in the U.S. The spirits that fighters are freaking out about sounds pretty similar to the holy spirit in Christianity. In fact he refers to it as the holy spirit of heaven.

the way poatan carries himself so far tells me he is a man of good, I don't buy into that jiri narrative that he does black magic or anything evil to win fights. That's just bs

 

[Rataria]

Right, agree TS. Very astute. However, he could easily be under occupation of a demonic entity/entities depending on the circumstances. Its one or the other. Personally i do believe it to be the former.

 

[Sakuraba'sEar]

Channeling sprit energy should be treated the same as peds. This is bs

 

[ChickenBrother]

I thought Poatan's religion was inviting dudes to fly to him and rest on the shores of the Indian Ocean.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Ancient Rain forest jaguar magic