You could say it’s been a good week for MMA fighter Alex Pereira. At the weekend he successfully won the UFC title after knocking out long-term rival Israel Adesanya in the final round. Interestingly, the pair had previously fought each other before in kickboxing bouts.
Going into their fight, some speculated whether Adesanya would try to grapple Pereira to throw his opponent off. At times, Adesanya tried this but Pereira was able to defend his takedowns. Today it was revealed that Pereira was given his brown belt by his coach Plinio Cruz who is a long time BJJ black belt.
Although Pereira is most definitely a kickboxing specialist, it’s not too surprising to see him being given a brown belt as you can imagine his BJJ skills are also pretty solid.
How?!! The man didn’t use a single JuJitsu move in the fight!