Alex Pereira has earned the nickname "Poatan" due to his infamous knockouts. "Poatan" translates to "Stone Hands" in Tupi. Pereira is Indigenous and belongs to the Pataxo tribe. According to the ...
“Poatan” had sent out some pretty angry tweets. Coming into UFC 312, Strickland had said Alex just hated Du Plessis’ guts. But the cameras never caught any emotion from the famously stone ...
On Saturday, March 8, "Poatan" Pereira lost the UFC light heavyweight belt in a closely contested fight against Ankalaev. The battle went the distance, and the judges ultimately awarded Ankalaev ...