Alex Pereira has been praised for the best way he handled his UFC Freedom 250 loss within the immediate aftermath.<\/strong><\/p>\n On Sunday night within the UFC Freedom 250 co-main event, Alex Pereira was brutally finished by Ciryl Gane of their interim heavyweight title fight.<\/p>\n Since then, \u2018Poatan\u2019 has come out and appealed his loss, claiming that the Frenchman landed several illegal strikes to the back of his head.<\/p>\n Despite that, he has been praised for the best way wherein he dealt along with his loss within the immediate aftermath.<\/p>\n ‘Poatan’ is now in an ungainly position after leaving light heavyweight<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The Brazilian has at all times been praised for the best way wherein he deals along with his losses.<\/p>\n And that remained the case on Sunday night, when his backstage speech to his family and friends was witnessed by Sean O\u2019Malley, who scored a viral KO win over Aiemann Zahabi earlier on the cardboard.<\/p>\n \u201cAlex Pereira being a legend, he said something to his dad and his dad was crying, his family was sad, he said \u2018Hey, we\u2019ve made other families feel like this, it\u2019s our turn.’\u201d O\u2019Malley said on the Ariel Helwani Show<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI used to be like, that dude is a legend only for having that perspective that quick after a fight and having that mentality, a whole lot of respect for that,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n Since Sunday night, though, Pereira\u2019s attitude has seemingly modified, regardless that perhaps not towards Gane.<\/p>\n The previous light heavyweight champion has called for Herb Dean to receive disciplinary motion for his role within the fight.<\/p>\n With that, Pereira has also requested that in the longer term, the veteran referee doesn\u2019t officiate any of his fights. <\/p>\n Dean attempted to defend himself against Pereira\u2019s claim by releasing an instructional video explaining what’s thought to be a strike to the back of the pinnacle.<\/p>\n \u2018Poatan\u2019 is hoping that the promotion will book a direct rematch, and he has stated that he’s targeting September for that possible clash.<\/p>\n Despite that, Gane has now earned the chance to rematch Tom Aspinall for the undisputed heavyweight title, and Pereira will likely need to wait for the culmination of that fight before he’s presented with one other likelihood to make history.<\/p>\nWhere did Alex Pereira go flawed after losing his heavyweight debut?<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>Sean O\u2019Malley praised Pereira for his backstage speech to his family<\/h2>\n
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