UFC fighter Alex Pereira has clarified that a confusing social media post on Wednesday afternoon, which seemed to suggest he was considering retirement, was in fact published by a hacker.
A message appearing on the X (formerly Twitter) account of the former UFC light heavyweight champion, known as “Poatan”, stated that he had “already had thoughts of not fighting anymore.” The post attributed this feeling of being “disheartened” with the UFC to “things I’ve just heard.”
However, just a few hours later, the Brazilian star stated that the message was not posted by him.
In a video shared on his Instagram page, Pereira explained in Portuguese: “I’ve received a ton of messages, getting messages from everyone, who saw a post from my Twitter. I didn’t even know about it, I was hacked. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, you guys see. But I was hacked and I’ll resolve it. I don’t even know what’s going on. I have a great relationship with UFC. People like to do bad things. That’s that. Chama.”
Pereira`s most recent fight was in March, where he lost his 205-pound title to Magomed Ankalaev. This was his first defeat since moving up to the light heavyweight division. Now a former two-division UFC champion, “Poatan” has openly expressed his desire for a rematch against Ankalaev, a sentiment that the Russian champion reportedly shares.
