SHOCKING fact about 225-pound Alex Pereira’s body fat percentage has MMA fans in shock of Brazilian’s physique

Alex Pereira's notable low body fat and high muscle mass fuel speculation about his potential as a future three-division champion in MMA.

SHOCKING fact about 225-pound Alex Pereira’s body fat percentage has MMA fans in shock of Brazilian’s physique

Alex Pereira is a physical specimen (Image via: Instagram/Alex Pereira)

Alex Pereira is the only two-division champion in two sports. Pereira won the middleweight and light heavyweight titles at Glory Kickboxing and the UFC. His rivalry with the Israel Adesanya is one of the best sports rivalries. They are 1-1 in MMA and 2-0 in Kickboxing, in Pereira’s favor.

Now, a social media post from Pereira from a year ago has got the attention of the MMA fans. Pereira was a very big middleweight fighter. He used to gain more than 40lbs after the weigh-ins at middleweight. When Pereira was the middleweight champion, he had just 9.8% body fat when he weighed in at 226.2 lbs out of which a staggering 118.2 lbs was muscle mass.

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Pereira is now the light heavyweight champion in the UFC. He defeated former champion Jiri Prochazka at UFC 295 to become the champion. With the victory, Pereira has defeated 4 former or current champions in the UFC across two weight divisions. Many fans tout Pereira as having the best chance of becoming the first three-division champion in a major MMA promotion.

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Pereira is also one of the deadliest strikers in combat sports. The Brazilian has a powerful left hook which has knocked out many MMA and Kickboxing champions. Jamahal Hill is the presumed opponent for Pereira for his first title defense at light heavyweight. However, Hill is presently facing a lawsuit from his brother. Moreover, Khalil Rountree Jr. recently called out Pereira after his 3rd TKO over Anthony Smith.

MMA fans shockingly react to Alex Pereira’s physique after major revelation

Alex Pereira has less than 10% body fat when weighing 228 lbs. Pereira posted about it a year back on social media. Now, fans are digging up the post, proclaiming Pereira to be a future champion at heavyweight.

Alex Pereira showcases his double belts from UFC and GLORY
Alex Pereira showcases his double belts from UFC and GLORY (via X)

See how the MMA community on Twitter reacted to the incredible physique of Alex “Poatan” Pereira.

https://twitter.com/SanjiCeli/status/1734874131298971669
https://twitter.com/iamdurchoke2/status/1734670430617604218

Even though Pereira has a chance to become champion at heavyweight, the prospect of facing bigger fighters like Tom Aspinall, Sergei Pavlovich, and Ciryl Gane is daunting. The aforementioned fighters are also younger than Pereira. However, heavyweights can fight into their forties and can still be successful.

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