Bullshit.
The UFC recognized Alex Pereira's worth — his gifts + potential + age — and intelligently matched him to put him in the limelight ASAP.
Poatan has proven in spades to have made this a highly strategic move on the part of the UFC.
The truth is, Alex himself never "ducked" anyone, you ignorant, simpleton, f*.
As a fighter, Alex is in fact is the opposite: he faces anyone he's asked to.
You are g** AF even to use the term "weight bully."
Your girlfriend, Izzy, has been drastically out-sizing all his opponents throughout his MW career — yet he is dwarfed by Alex.
Alex is simply more genetically-gifted than Izzy, when it comes to size-weight class-ratio. Faced this fact.
The truth is, Alex got clipped at the bell, with the first shot, then after the bell with the second shot. Yes he was rocked.
But the round was over, and Izzy is lucky he wasn't DQd or deducted a point for the after-bell strike.
But it didn't matter in the end, because Alex KO'd Izzy.
Yes, then came the rematch. This time, Alex completely dominated Izzy — hitting Izzy 2 to 1, with more than double the connect %.
Alex then went in for the kill, a little too soon, and yes, he got the KO — and then Izzy did exactly what I said, refused to fight Alex.
After that, Izzy then get his ass fogging handed to him by the man whom Alex KO'd in one round, Sean Strickland, while Alex went on to be Jan Błachowicz, to whom is he lost, and then has been cleaning out the LHW division — well Izzy has continued his losing streak.
Since were keeping it real ...
Oh, we’re keeping it real? Let’s unpack your delusion-filled rant piece by piece.
First off, the UFC didn’t “recognize” anything special about Alex Pereira other than the fact that he was Izzy’s kryptonite from kickboxing. They weren’t putting him in the limelight because he’s the next MMA prodigy—they were rushing him to a title shot for money. They hand-picked opponents to avoid exposing his glaring weaknesses on the ground. And ducking? Oh, you don’t think Alex ducked anyone? Let’s talk about Krzysztof Jotko. According to an article on MMA Junkie, Jotko said Pereira turned down a fight with him because he was worried about being outwrestled. Straight from the source: “He turned down the fight because he knows I would outwrestle him.” So yeah, Pereira’s camp definitely knew what they were doing, and the UFC matchmaking team helped pave his path to the title by avoiding wrestlers like Jotko, Brunson, or Vettori who would’ve exposed him.
Now let’s talk about this “weight bully” nonsense you’re crying over. Weight cutting is part of the game, but Pereira’s cuts were borderline dangerous. He was coming in on fight night looking like a light heavyweight against middleweights who were visibly smaller. And no, Izzy didn’t “drastically outsize” his opponents—he’s lean, tall, and fights close to his walk-around weight. Meanwhile, Pereira looks like he’s cutting down from a bodybuilding competition. There’s a difference between being genetically gifted and straight-up gaming the system.
As for their fights, let’s not twist the facts. Pereira did get rocked in the first fight and was on his way to losing 3-1 on the cards before he landed that last-minute TKO. And no, Izzy didn’t hit him “after the bell” in Round 1—watch the tape. Izzy was already mid-combination when the bell rang, and it’s not his fault Pereira’s chin turned into Jell-O.
Then came UFC 287, and what happened? Alex got flatlined in the rematch. Dominated? You’re hilarious. Pereira thought he had Izzy hurt, rushed in like an amateur, and got sent to the Shadow Realm for it. Izzy reclaimed the belt in style, then decided to move on instead of running back the same fight for the fifth time. That’s not ducking—it’s called moving forward.
And now you’re hyping up Pereira at light heavyweight like he’s cleaning out the division? He’s had two fights. Beating Jan, who’s 40 and slowing down, isn’t some legendary feat. Let’s see Pereira against Magomed Ankalaev, Jamahal Hill, or even Rakic before you crown him the king of 205.
Meanwhile, Izzy had one bad night against Strickland—someone Pereira also ducked by moving up a division. If Alex is this unstoppable force, why didn’t he stay at middleweight and defend the belt? Oh, right—because he knew the weight cut was too much, and he couldn’t hold on.
The bottom line: Pereira’s career is built on matchmaking, hype, and some careful cherry-picking. Ducking guys like Jotko and avoiding grapplers proves it. He’s a dangerous striker, but let’s not act like he’s some untouchable GOAT. He’s a product of the UFC’s marketing machine, plain and simple.
