The 25-year-old Brazilian fighter put on a wild show during his fight against 33-year-old Canadian native Tristan Connelly, with a performance that featured backflips, superman punches, and flying knees
Michel Pereira may have lost to Tristan Connelly at UFC Fight Night in Vancouver on Saturday night, but he certainly won the crowd -- and the internet.
The 25-year-old Brazilian fighter put on a wild show during his fight against 33-year-old Canadian native Connelly, with a performance that featured backflips, superman punches, and flying knees.Pereira's stunts just barely stopped short of full-on breakdancing and looked more like a gymnastics routine than an MMA fight. The people watching couldn't get enough.WHAT IS HAPPENING!?— UFC September 15, 2019 "Pereira is like when you just spam buttons on the controller.
— ESPN MMA September 15, 2019 "I don't care what you say. Michel Pereira is a treasure and I will protect him," Fernanda Prates, an MMA writer for The Athletic, wrote. This is a real photo from a real UFC fight. pic.twitter.com/x0EAsB5adP — UFC September 15, 2019 But all those acrobatics caught up to Pereira, and he seemed to run out of energy by the end. Connelly walked away the champion in a unanimous decision.The theatrics weren't for nothing, though. The faceoff between Pereira and Connelly was crowned Fight of the Night.Connelly was asked about his own strategy in the face of Pereira's performance.
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