Alex Pereira has a lot of weight to lose ahead of his rematch with Magomed Ankalaev.
The Russian light heavyweight took his title with a unanimous decision win at UFC 313 in March.
Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev will rematch for 205lb gold at UFC 320 on October 4.
On Saturday, ‘Poatan’ hopped on a scale to show his Instagram followers how much weight he must lose to make weight 14 days from now.
Alex Pereira reveals his current weight
Alex Pereira currently weighs 106.2kg, which roughly translates to slightly more than 234lbs.
The 38-year-old now faces an intense weight cut as he attempts to lose 29lbs in the next two weeks.
Pereira is known for shedding a ton of weight ahead of his fights, so that shouldn’t be a problem.
Still, some fans were worried after finding out exactly what he will go through before rematching Ankalaev.
Seems very heavy 2 weeks out,” one fan said. While another added: “Insane they lose that much water weight.”
“All this just to go to sleep,” an Ankalaev supporter commented.
“Why is he cutting 30 pounds in 2 weeks?” Someone else asked.
“UFC must make illegal cutting,” another X user insisted.
“So this mad lad is gonna cut 15 kilos in 2 weeks? Insane,” a sixth fan tweeted.
Full UFC 320 fight card
UFC 320 will deliver a packed night of action at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the co-main event, bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili will defend his belt for the third time.
Cory Sandhagen stands in the way of ‘The Machine’ and his bid to become the best 135lb fighter ever.
Before that, Alex Pereira’s KO victims, Jiri Prochazka and Khalil Rountree Jr. will go to war in what appears to be a title eliminator.
See below for the full 14-fight card UFC fans have been crying out for after nearly two months without a pay-per-view event to get excited about.
- Magomed Ankalaev vs Alex Pereira 2 – for UFC light heavyweight title
- Merab Dvalishvili vs Cory Sandhagen – for UFC bantamweight title
- Jiri Prochazka vs Khalil Rountree Jr.
- Josh Emmett vs Youssef Zalal
- Abusupiyan Magomedov vs Joe Pyfer
- Ateba Gautier vs Osman Diaz
- Edmen Shahbazyan vs Andre Muniz
- Chris Gutierrez vs Farid Basharat
- Macy Chiasson vs Yana Santos
- Patchy Mix vs Jakub Wiklacz
- Veronica Hardy vs Brogan Walker
- Ramiz Brahimaj vs Austin Vanderford
- Daniel Santos vs Yoo Joo-sang
- Punahele Soriano vs Nikolay Veretennikov