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Human spotlight reel: Spectacular Michel Pereira set to wow the followers at UFC Vancouver (VIDEO)
Michel Pereira has developed a repute for being one of the crucial unorthodox and artistic strikers within the UFC and may have one other alternative to showcase his array of untamed strikes at this weekend’s UFC occasion in Vancouver.
Blended martial arts, as soon as a distinct segment sport which befell completely on the fringes of the athletic panorama, has turn out to be much more ubiquitous in nature within the final decade.
The game has grown immeasurably in that point to the purpose the place promotions exist in each nook of the globe providing fighters the chance to make a reputation for themselves in what has turn out to be, within the UFC’s case a minimum of, a multi-billion greenback trade.
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As such, and given the 24/7 protection of the game because of the expansion of social media and tv networks like ESPN embracing it, it has maybe turn out to be harder for athletes to face out from the group.
In occasions previous, all that was required was a contract supply from the UFC or the now-defunct Japanese group PRIDE, however these days it could possibly be argued that merely showing on a UFC card does not fairly maintain the identical sway as it might have finished in years previous.
Merely put, if a fighter needs to make an impression, one of the best ways to take action is by placing on a present – and that’s precisely the route that flashy striker Michel Pereira took to get to the UFC.
The Brazilian welterweight went viral on social media earlier this 12 months after footage of his combat in South Korea confirmed ‘Demolidor’ using each flashy transfer within the guide in his win towards Dae Solar Kim, as he unleashed a barrage of surprising methods which flummoxed his opponent.
properly, I assume I’ve no alternative however to assist this gentleman for the rest of his combat profession. My solely request is that he at some point fights Yoel Romero. pic.twitter.com/Kh5OUf1VCA
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) February 24, 2019
Michel Pereira is arms down one of the crucial entertaining fighters on the planet. Identify one other man that does backflips into head stomps….I'll wait #ROADFC52
— John Hyon Ko [고현] (@JHKMMA) February 23, 2019
Michel "Demolidor" Pereira pic.twitter.com/35aBDhAIGH
UFC matchmakers took discover and signed Pereira to a deal shortly afterward. His debut got here in Might towards skilled English fighter Danny Roberts, but when the bout represented a step up in competitors, the style of Peireira’s victory definitely did not counsel so.
Pereira offered a always shifting goal within the Might bout and completely confused his British opponent earlier than touchdown a clubbing overhand blow which despatched Roberts to the canvas. The tip got here lower than two minutes into the primary spherical.
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“I’ve had higher fights than this,” he stated of the win.
“I fought little or no in there. I could not even present half of my expertise.
“I nonetheless have a number of implausible strikes to point out the UFC followers.”
He has his probability this weekend. Pereira will face short-notice alternative Tristan Connelly on the primary card of UFC Vancouver as an expectant fanbase awaits to see precisely what methods the Brazilian conjurer has up his sleeve.
And, judging by his earlier feedback, he will not be happy except he achieves the kind of spectacular end you might be more likely to see plastered throughout your social media timelines come Sunday morning.
