Wikipedia: Alex PereiraAlex Pereira
"Poatan"
First clean shot ends the night.
Fight Plan: Alex Pereira
A coach-ready game plan — historical weaknesses opponents have exploited and what to drill in camp.
- Chin can be vulnerable to high-volume blitzes that catch him coming inward
- Limited offensive grappling and submission threat if taken to the ground
- Defensive shell is occasionally porous against high-level technical kickboxers
- Constant lateral movement to break their rhythm
- Stack southpaw sparring partners in camp
Fighter fingerprint
Six-axis profile — the shape tells you the style at a glance.
Distance Control and Aggression are the standout edges; opponents should expect their game plan to lean on these. Wrestling is the lowest axis — exploit it.
- Aggression92
- Cardio75
- Wrestling55
- Fight IQ92
- Distance Control99
- Finishing85
Prep for camp: Alex Pereira
Recommendations a coach can act on tomorrow — opponent tendencies, drills, and the sparring styles to stack against this fight.
- Utilizes a low-guard stance that baits opponents into entering his counter-striking range
- Systematically breaks down lead legs with calf kicks that require no wind-up
- Deploys a deceptive lead left hook ('the touch of death') with minimal hip rotation
- Pad work on cutting their right-side cage exits
- Force a high-pace round 1 — break the gas tank early
- Win exchanges with volume, not single shots — they walk through power
- Mix unscripted looks in sparring — they thrive on patterns
- Southpaw pressure striker
- High-output kickboxer with heavy leg kicks
- Switch-stance technician to simulate game-plan changes
See it on film
Every read above should be verifiable. Jump straight to the footage on the platforms that host it legally — official channels first, archive sites second.
Entries, cage control, scrambles, submissions
Last 3 performances, full rounds and post-fight breakdowns
Coaches: official clip embeds per fighter are coming next — for now, deep links open searches pre-filtered to Alex Pereira.
How Alex has changed
Trend lines across the last three years of tape.
Synthesized from recent fight tape · refresh to recompute
Stylistic neighbors
Closest matches across attributes, finish profile, and discipline — useful for sparring partner selection.
Status / Injuries
No immediate injuries reported following the June 2026 bout.
Checked 6/21/2026
Recent Form
- L2026-06-14vs Ciryl GaneKO/TKO · R2 · UFC Freedom 250
- W2025-10-04vs Magomed AnkalaevKO/TKO · R1 · UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2
- L2025-03-08vs Magomed AnkalaevU-DEC · R5 · UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev
- W2024-10-05vs Khalil Rountree Jr.KO/TKO · R4 · UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.
- W2024-06-29vs Jiri ProchazkaKO/TKO · R2 · UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2
Availability
Competed most recently in June 2026.
Attribute Profile
Scouting Summary
A former two-division GLORY Kickboxing champion who transitioned to MMA to become a two-division UFC champion. He is arguably the most dangerous standing power-striker in the history of the sport, characterized by a unique ability to end fights with a single touch. While his ground game is evolving under Glover Teixeira, he remains a specialist whose success depends on keeping the fight vertical.
Primary source ↗Tendencies
- Utilizes a low-guard stance that baits opponents into entering his counter-striking range
- Systematically breaks down lead legs with calf kicks that require no wind-up
- Deploys a deceptive lead left hook ('the touch of death') with minimal hip rotation
- Neutralizes grappling threats primarily through elite distance management and underhooks
Signature Moves
- Lead Left Hook
- Calf Kick
- Flying Knee
- Step-in Jab
Weaknesses
- Chin can be vulnerable to high-volume blitzes that catch him coming inward
- Limited offensive grappling and submission threat if taken to the ground
- Defensive shell is occasionally porous against high-level technical kickboxers