The UFC middleweight belt isn’t the only addition Alex Pereiracollection. The newly crowned UFC champion was also awarded the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt following last weekend’s win.
Recently, Alex Pereira shocked the world by dethroning former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. UFC 281. Madison Square Garden witnessed the Brazilian’s brightest moment as he put an end to his foe for the third time in his career. Shortly after his spectacular win, “Poatan” is now officially a BJJ brown belt.
Pereira’s coach, Plinio Cruz, was awarded the newly crowned brown belt at BJJ. This award surprised fans when Pereira knocked out Adesanya on their feet in the UFC 281 main event challenge. Recently, lightweight champion Islam Makhachev spoke the bitter truth about the few UFC fighters who have won high-ranking belts in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Fans are starting to believe that Dagestan was right in his statement after Pereira’s latest news. The Brazilian won the middleweight fight by TKO (punches) and barely showed off his jiu-jitsu against Adesanya despite some downed combat in some rounds. Twitter flooded with backlash as Alex Pereira picked up his brown belt.
New UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira was awarded a BJJ brown belt by coach Plinio Cruz last night 📸 @pliniocruzmma pic.twitter.com/wj1UbQmYih
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) 16 November 2022
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Twitter reacts to Alex Pereira getting brown belt in Jiu-Jitsu
Fans were shocked to learn that Pereira is now a brown belt. The newly crowned champion, despite his incredible win, did not find success on the field against his archenemy. Check out some of the fan reactions.
I don’t care if they teach him Jo Jitsu or some other bullshit, but whatever brown belt is, it’s not BJJ because it certainly wasn’t on display last Saturday when he made Izzy look like Prime Khabib. https://t.co/eCWopYX2tu
— 𝘓𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 🥋 (@LeoneCombat) 16 November 2022
Favorite bjj move left hook https://t.co/jUYLM5fYW5
— pujobigaming (@pujobigaming) 16 November 2022
islam makhachv is banging his head against the wall right now 😂😂😂 https://t.co/OmJ5xqgFX6
— abd EL-RHMAN 🇪🇬🦅عَبدُ الرَحمَن (@EAGLES2024) 16 November 2022
Islam was ahead of the curve
— AK (@majestic_foden) 16 November 2022
wow 😭
– make bronx elbow ⚔️ (@tonyselbow1) 16 November 2022
Maybe Islam was right… lol
— Boston Sports Club (@SportsclubBOS) 16 November 2022
These belts don’t matter anymore
— ƬЯIƧ🐍 (@MBeasleysburner) 16 November 2022
Belted after being checked on the ground by a kickboxer? laugh out loud
— Isaac Perreault (@Perreault10) 16 November 2022
the guy has 0 floor games and he has a brown belt on bjj 😂 some gyms really give away belts like candy.
— ^_^ (@nevirnu) 16 November 2022
It’s safe to say that fans aren’t happy with the way gyms are handing out belts to UFC fighters based on their status. Islam Makhachev was very serious about many fighters not having the skills to deserve BJJ belts, and few fans now agree with that statement. What do you think of Pereira’s new belt?
