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Alex Pereira, right, fights Ciryl Gane during their interim heavyweight title bout at UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, June 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pereira fumes over ‘illegal shots’ after Gane’s interim UFC heavyweight title win

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Brazil's Alex Pereira, left, punches Czech Republic's Jiri Prochazka during the second round of a light heavyweight title bout at the UFC 295 mixed martial arts event, early Nov. 12, 2023, in New York. Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira was on vacation in Australia and No. 1 challenger Jiri Prochazka on a three-day meditation retreat when his coach banged on the door about the fight opportunity. Now they will face each other Saturday, June 29, 2024, in UFC 303 in a rematch from less than a year ago. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Late replacements Pereira and Prochazka face off in rematch for light heavyweight title in UFC 303

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

Arman Tsarukyan, left, kicks Charles Oliveira during a UFC 300 mixed martial arts lightweight bout Saturday, April 13, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Pereira retains light heavyweight title with 1st-round KO of Hill at UFC 300

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

Brazil's Alex Pereira, right, fights Nigeria's Israel Adesanya during the first round of a middleweight title fight at the UFC 281 mixed martial arts event, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in New York. No. 1 title contender Israel Adesanya faces champion Alex Pereira for the middleweight belt on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Miami in UFC 287. Pereira knocked out Adesanya in the fifth round in November. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Adesanya couldn’t wait for UFC title rematch with Pereira

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

Israel Adesanya prepares to fight Jared Cannonier in a middleweight title bout during the UFC 276 mixed martial arts event Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Las Vegas. Adesanya has lost twice before to Alex Pereira, only in their old careers as kickboxers. Adesanya has since become one of UFC's best fighters and puts his middleweight title on the line against Pereira in the main event of UFC 281 Saturday, Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Adesanya looks for better outcome vs Pereira in UFC cage

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press