Before he was on his way to the UFC, Alex 'Patan' Pereira once went up in the air to win a world title with one of the most common flying knee Ko's you will ever see.
Scoring a knockout with a flying knee is perhaps the most brutal way in which you can win a fight – and as one of the most important strikers in the world, it is no surprise that Alex Pereira has two.
While the most famous flying knee of the Brazilian superstar was scored in his UFC debut against Andreas Mikhailidis; His most devastating finish in the air came in his glory days.
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Alex Pereira went up in the air to land sensational flying knee Ko
The year is 2019 and while he is preparing for defending his glory kickboxing middleweight title for the fourth time, Alex Pereira has set his sights on one thing and one thing just … Revenge.
Dutch striking Jason Wilnis had already scored two huge victories over Patan; The first via a second round pension in 2012, followed by a unanimous decision in 2015.
And safely to say that the future UFC-Superster was not about to go 3-0 to the same hunter.
The intention of Pereira was clearly from the opening bell, ran over the ring to throw powerful stairs and beat left hooks – even almost 'catching psycho' with a rotating wheel kick less than 10 seconds in the first round.
A traditional slow starter, Wilnis began to exchange low stairs with Pereira, but left himself open to see POATAN time and again saw that opening and let him pay.
Only 70 seconds in the first round Pereira Wilnis dropped with a photo-perfect high staircase that opened an annoying cut above his left eye.
Almost as soon as the referee restored the match, Pereira sprinted over the ring and went into the air and jumped into a flying knee that blushed on Wilnis' Kin.
“It is very important for me to have my family here,” said Pereira after the KO victory through his translator and coach Plinio Cruz.
“In the corner, just before the fight, my father looked at me and said,” Give me this gift, give me the knock -out “… we fake a few kicks on the bottom before we came up and then we could see a flying knee [was there] And that was it. “
Alex Pereira scored annoying knock -outs everywhere
From the kickboxing ring to the MMA cage, 'Patan' has the habit of leaving hunters unconscious wherever he goes; Even the only professional boxing fight from Pereira ended as cheeky as you would expect.
In 2017 Pereira took on colleague Brazilian Marcelo de Souza Cruz in his first and last pro boxing battle; With images of that fight that recently appears on YouTube.
Fans expected Pereira to easily do work from Cruz and despite eating a few powerful shots, 'Patan' was able to dominate the first two rounds thanks to his superior footwork and speed.
In the third round, Pereira landed a powerful uppercut that Cruz wiggled; While his opponent went back to the ropes, the future UFC champion fired his patented left hook to secure the TKO victory.
This weekend, the Brazilian superstar returns to action in the main event of UFC 313 against number one ranked competitor Magomed Ankalaev – catch the Live of Las Vegas promotion on March 8.
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