MMA Junkie's 2022 Breakout Fighter of the Year: Alex Pereira

Jan 2 2023 by MMAjunkie

 

Alex Pereira went from unranked to champion in the span of 12 months.

The former two-division Glory Kickboxing champion had a lot of hype when he was signed to the UFC in late 2021 and lived up to it with a flying knee knockout of Andreas Michailidis at UFC 268.

With Pereira’s history with former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, it was clear the UFC was trying to fast-track him. But the narrative was: This is MMA, not kickboxing.

To kick off his 2022, Pereira was matched up with...

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