Former UFC champion Lyoto Machida is the latest mixed martial artist to sing Alex Pereira’s praises as a fighter.
A training partner of the former two-division Glory champion, the ‘Dragon’ believes there are not many athletes like ‘Poatan’ in the UFC. Although Pereira is famous for his knockout power and kickboxing skills, Lyoto has different reasons to admire Alex.
In an interview with Ag Fight, Machida highlighted Pereira’s intelligence and even compared his training partner to his own dad, karate master Yoshizo Machida. According to Lyoto, Poatan shows knowledge that he only learned from his father when Lyoto himself was under training.