Artem Vakhitov picked up an enormous win on Dana White’s Contender Sequence – and Alex Pereira was proper there to look at all of it unfold.
Final evening, Artem Vakhitov put a beating on Islem Masraf and managed to earn himself a UFC contract within the course of. Vakhitov, 33, is greatest identified for being a two-time Glory mild heavyweight champion on the planet of kickboxing. Oh, and he’s additionally the final particular person to defeat Pereira in kickboxing earlier than the latter made his swap over to combined martial arts.
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Does that sound acquainted? It could nicely do, seemingly as a result of it’s similar to how Pereira came to visit to the UFC and kickstarted his rivalry with Israel Adesanya. With that being mentioned, it actually appears as if ‘Poatan’ is on higher phrases with Vakhitov than he was with ‘Stylebender’ again within the day.
Through the bout, Pereira was truly there watching reside to see Vakhitov’s triumph and even spoke to him backstage afterwards.
PURE POWER 🤯
Artem Vakhitov earns the primary spherical TKO on #DWCS! pic.twitter.com/3KIX5i6jRJ
— UFC (@ufc) October 9, 2024
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Dana White explains how Alex Pereira satisfied him to signal Artem Vakhitov to the UFC.
“He mentioned, ‘I feel he is gifted sufficient and he deserves to be right here.’” pic.twitter.com/CUroG6bXDR
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) October 9, 2024
