Alex Pereira has earned the nickname "Poatan" due to his infamous knockouts. "Poatan" translates to "Stone Hands" in Tupi. Pereira is Indigenous and belongs to the Pataxo tribe. According to the ...

Alex Pereira is a gifted combat sports athlete who has won accolades in multiple sports. He ruled the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as the champion of the ...

Alex Pereira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and kickboxer who is a former UFC Light Heavyweight and middleweight champion. Outside of the ring, he leads a fairly private life but is known to ...

According to Glory Kickboxing, where Pereira competed before, 'Po' in his native language Tupi stands for hand, whereas 'Atan' can be translated to something solid or stone-like. Hence, the ...

Alex Pereira needs no introduction to the world of professional mixed martial arts. He is an acclaimed kickboxer and a professional mixed martial artist. The Brazilian fighter is currently signed ...

A former two-division GLORY Kickboxing champion that initially went 4-0 as a UFC middleweight before losing the division’s title in a rematch with Israel Adesanya, Pereira defeated Jan ...