Michel Pereira danced his way to the cage, then plowed through opponent Michal Oleksiejczuk for a quick win at UFC 299. The middleweight bout on the prelims at Kaseya Center lasted only 61 seconds as Pereira (30-11 MMA, 8-2 UFC) put Oleksiejczuk (19-7 MMA, 7-5-1 UFC) unconscious with a rear-naked choke. The submission attempt followed a body…
The fiercest trickster Michel Pereira eyeing UFC middleweight rankings spot after quick UFC Vegas 81 win. Michel Pereira was forced to move up to 185 pounds after missing weight for a scheduled UFC 291 welterweight bout with Stephen Thompson. The fight was called off after Thompson refused to fight Michel Pereira for not fulfilling the…
Michel Pereira won’t get to fight at UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro like he had hoped, but he did receive an intriguing matchup as a consolation prize. Pereira, who has won five straight in UFC competition and recently entered the promotion’s welterweight rankings, will face Sean Brady at UFC on ESPN 43 in San…
Michel Pereira wants Jorge Masvidal next, but it’s not just about getting a high-profile matchup. Michel Pereira is not done taunting Jorge Masvidal just yet. After provoking the BMF champion at UFC Vegas 55’s post-fight scrum following his split decision win over Santiago Ponzinibbio, the Brazilian doubled down on the trash talk on Monday. The…
UFC Vegas 55 event is co-headlined by a welterweight contest featuring Michel Pereira taking on Santiago Ponzinibbio. Michel Pereira (27-11 MMA) enters the contest on a four-fight win streak, his latest being a decision victory over Andre Fialho. ‘Demolidor’ has gone 5-2 during his seven-fight UFC career. Meanwhile, Santiago Ponzinibbio (28-6 MMA) had entered tonight’s…
Striking specialists Muslim Salikhov and Michel Pereira will not be competing at UFC Vegas 46. MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz confirmed with sources with knowledge of the change that Salikhov has been forced to withdraw from his welterweight bout with Pereira scheduled for Jan. 15. Officials are currently seeking a replacement opponent for Pereira. The reason…
Michel Pereira aims to be more entertaining than Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier in his fight against Niko Price at UFC 264. Pereira wants to steal UFC 264 main event’s thunder: ‘People are waiting for it’. In what could be the biggest UFC main event of the year when Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier meet…
UFC welterweight Michel Pereira called out Nate Diaz for a future matchup, suggesting that it would be a “very good fight” for the fans. Diaz is coming off of a unanimous decision loss to Leon Edwards at UFC 263, but he said that he hopes to get back into the Octagon in the next three…
Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier meet again on July 10 in the blockbuster main event of UFC 264, which takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. McGregor (22-5) is a former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion, as well as being the most popular athlete in mixed martial arts history. Poirier (27-6, 1…
Welterweight sluggers Michel Pereira and Niko Price will participate off in the latest addition to the July 10 pay-per-view event at T-Mobile Arena. UFC 264, headlined by the Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor trilogy, will be the first UFC card held in front of a capacity crowd in Las Vegas since UFC 248 in March…
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