Former UFC two-division champion Alex Pereira is not afraid of any fighter, evidenced by his courage to challenge for championship titles across three different weight classes against the toughest athletes in the world.
But when it comes to referee Herb Dean, “Poatan” is shaking in his proverbial boots.
“Honestly, I’m afraid to go back to fighting with all this going on,” Pereira wrote in his Instagram stories. “I think I’ve already done my part.”
“Lots of people hitting me up about the shots to the back of the head,” Fili wrote on Instagram. “I’m very frustrated because it was an illegal shot that started the end of the fight for me. Everything else before that was covering up, I was intelligently defending myself, I was firing back, I was weathering the storm, and I knew [Oliveira would] be exhausted after that. I’m not especially happy that Herb let those go. I’m not especially happy that he let two or three of them go.”
