It was fast.
Today (Wednesday, May 7, 2025), former heavyweight champion in the UFC fighting championship (UFC) Alex Pereira Posted on Twitter / X, declaring that his employer “played” with him and that he was planning not to fight (no more details here).
Less than two hours later, “Poatan” went to Instagram to specify that his Twitter / X account had been hacked and that it remains in excellent terms with the UFC … of course.
“Well, everyone, I received a ton of messages,” said Pereira. “Receive messages from all those who saw a post on my twitter. I didn’t even know it; I was hacked. It’s been a while since I posted anything, you see the guys.”
“But I was hacked, and I will solve it. I don’t even know what’s going on,” added Pereira. “I have an excellent relationship with the UFC. People like to do bad things. That’s it, Chama. “
Although it may be that someone guessed that their password was Poatan1234 And published this cryptic message – especially since his last post was at the end of April – Fight Fighter Dustin Poirier can relate to hacking.
Or, listen to me: CEO of the UFC Dana White and CBO Hunter Campbell Immediately called her and told him to go back and pretend that it was a hack.
How much Dana has paid you?
– MMA Delinquant (@delinquentmma) May 7, 2025
I call CAP. No one hacks a celebrity and says something like that. The UFC probably said that it did not get the revenge match with Ank, then the UFC probably saw that it was threatening to retire and they did not want to lose another superstar, so they probably settled the situation
– The combat sports matrix (@thecsmatrixer) May 7, 2025
In any case, Pereira has been on the sidelines since his loss of decision unanimously to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313 two months ago. UFC chief Honcho, White, said that he was going to “probably” get an immediate revenge match – maybe that has changed, which caused this drama today.
