4 Months After Bearing Israel Adesanya’s Mockery, Alex Pereira’s Sons Takes First Steps Towards Their Goal With Ex-UFC Champ

Alex Pereira is expected to fight for the light heavyweight title soon. He has moved up to the light heavyweight division and won a split-decision victory against veteran Jan Blachowicz. Although some fans were unhappy with the decision, it was enough to set up a potential title shot against Jiri Prochazka for the vacant light heavyweight crown.

After his successful light heavyweight debut, he went on a well-deserved vacation to Germany with his family. He has two boys, Alessandro Vidal Silva, 12 years old and Lohan Vidal Silva with his former wife. And it seems his sons have embarked on their own martial arts journey.

Alex Pereira shares video of sons being disciplined by coach

‘Poatan’ shared a video of his sons and coach on his Instagram Stories. The video shows his sons being talked to sternly in Portuguese by coach and former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira. The 43-year-old holds the record as one of the oldest champions in UFC history.

Teixeira can be seen scolding the two boys, who cannot keep a straight face. He instructs them to do push-ups as punishment, which both boys observe. ‘Poatan’ also wrote a caption that translates to “Learn or learn!!!” with it. The video also shows the American-Brazilian instructing the boys on mixed martial arts, again, in fluent Portuguese. For those of you wondering, Teixeira is a current resident of the U.S. but was born in Brazil and is of Portuguese descent.

Israel Adesanya mocks Pereira’s son after knocking out his father

At UFC 287, Israel Adesanya was able to avenge his loss and reclaim the middleweight crown with a spectacular second-round knockout of Alex Pereira. ‘The Last Stylebender’ then pointed at the Brazilian’s son and mock fell on the ground to taunt him for his father being knocked out.

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This prompted Alessandro to start crying and invited widespread criticism from the fans. Many felt that Adesanya had crossed a line by going after Pereira’s son, needlessly dragging him into the rivalry between him and ‘Poatan’. Adesanya, however, pointed out that he was just getting back at the boy as he had mocked Adesanya with a similar taunt back in 2017 after Adesanya was knocked out by Pereira.

Fans, of course, are excited to see ‘Hands of Stone’ fight for the 205 title. But what everyone in the UFC world is really waiting for is his trilogy with Adesanya. The score stands at one each right after he lost his middleweight title to Israel Adesanya at UFC 287. And fans are eagerly waiting for a conclusion.

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