Alex Pereira is ready to ... The reporter mocked Pereira by asking Ankalaev if he was going to send the Brazilian back to work in the tire shop. While the contender gave a respectful answer ...

Alex Pereira has such an incredibly inspiring story. This is a Google Maps image of him working at a tire shop in Brazil in 2013. He went down a path of alcoholism during this time. Pereira's ...

Alex Pereira began his kickboxing training in 2009. Pereira grew up in a favela and left middle school at 12 years old to work in a tire shop. His coworkers influenced him, and he began drinking ...

The reporter asked Ankalaev, "If you absolutely dominate Alex in this fight, do you think you'll send him back to working in a tire shop?" As Ankalaev responded to the question, Pereira also threw ...

“If you absolutely dominate Alex in this fight do you think you’ll send him back to the tire shop?” Ankalaev laughed while the crowd booed and Pereira was less than happy to say the leas ...

There was a lot of speculation on who would headline the fight, and some were surprised when it was announced that Alex Pereira ... in a tire shop. At one point in his life, Pereira was even ...

As he prepares to defend his UFC light heavyweight throne out in Las Vegas, Alex Pereira offers ... In August 2024, Pereira returned to the same tire shop where he once worked as a young man ...

"Even a few minutes before a fight, Alex looks like he is going to the grocery store, not into a cagefight ... "But so was the tire shop." Pereira's wrestling has improved greatly under coach ...