Has Andrew Tate ever fought the UFC Middleweight champion Alex Pereira in a kickboxing match?
While Andrew Tate and Alex Pereira were fighting as kickboxers around the same timeframe, the two never had a chance to face each other.
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Andrew Tate is often considered by his fans a former World renowned kickboxing champion. Similarly, the current UFC middleweight champion, Alex Pereira is also a former kickboxing champion. Given the timeline of their Kickboxing career, it was assumed their paths crossed, however, that is not the case at all.
Unlike Pereira, Tate found his popularity through the internet, not from kickboxing. The half-British went viral on the internet which helped him gain a tremendous amount of support from young men all around the world. His fans claim that Tate is an elite-level kickboxer and was dominating the kickboxing scenario in his prime. However, Tate mostly fought in local kickboxing promotions in Romania and England.
On the other hand, someone like Alex Pereira is a certified beast and has a huge name in the kickboxing community. Pereira has fought in some of the premier kickboxing promotions such as WGP and Glory. The Brazilian was knocking opponents down and has defended his titles several times in Glory kicks. It is safe to say when it comes to pure comparison of the level of competition and skillset in the Kickboxing world, Tate is not even close to Pereira.
Alex Pereira’s arc rival Israel Adesanya praises Andrew Tate’s online marketing strategy
Due to Andrew Tate’s Kickboxing history and popularity, it was obvious that the media wanted to ask about him as a UFC fighter. In one such interview when former UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya was asked about Tate, Izzy denied knowing him.
Izzy mentioned that he didn’t know Tate during his Kickboxing days however got to know him through the internet. Nevertheless, Adesanya surely had some kind words for Tate as the fighter praised the ‘Top G’ for his online popularity.
“I didn’t know him when he was kickboxing. when he just started to pop up on my Instagram and my Youtube and I was like, ‘Who the f*** is this guy? he created that marketing strategy, that’s a genius way to get [out there] because he was on everybody’s page. I never really followed his career as a kickboxer,” said Adesanya. Tate might not have an extremely impressive Kickboxing career but still managed to have an incredible following through his content.
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