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- Alex Poatã’s Journey to UFC Before Facing Sean Strickland | MMA Connect Cast Podcast
Alex Poatã’s Journey to UFC Before Facing Sean Strickland | MMA Connect Cast Podcast
Discover Alex Poatã’s pre-fight journey and experiences before his upcoming match against Sean Strickland. Tune in to the MMA Connect Cast podcast for insights into the life of this talented UFC fighter.
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Welcome to another ConnectCast. If you've made it this far,
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The more subscribers, the more relevance, the more relevance,
the more good guests we have.
Good guests like today's guest, Alex Poatã Pereira.
Welcome, my brother.
Thank you very much. I'm already thanking you.
so follow his channel and you can take our personal talk
ok, my brother
Alex, I have a curiosity to start
what did you do before the fight and how did you end up in the fight?
I'm from São Bernardo, from the countryside
before the fight I worked, I did a lot of things
I even sold bricks helping my father, I did a lot of things
I was a rubber tapper, I worked in a rubber shop since I was 12 years old.
I had a not very healthy life, a lot of drinking, a lot of money,
and I wanted to get out of that life.
We always hear that sport is what saves.
I didn't like soccer, because in Brazil it's soccer.
I didn't like soccer, I don't even know how to kick a ball.
When I was a kid I liked to go out and fight.
You were a big fighter?
More or less.
I started kickboxing in 2009. I was 21, almost 22.
I started to try to get out of the drinking habit.
I didn't think about becoming a champion or being a professional fighter.
I lived from the fight.
I didn't think about it.
I got it. You started at 21, man.
21 to 22, sir.
Wow.
In the middle.
Most people start before you stop to think.
You started at 21, didn't start thinking about being a professional,
and you got where you got.
Glory champion, WGP, everything.
Who took you to kickboxing?
Did you choose this fight?
How did it happen?
I met him in the village, he was a ninja, a village gym trainer, in a wooden shack.
I started training with him, but he saw that I had a lot of potential in the first training sessions.
He was honest and told me that he couldn't take me to be a champion.
He already believed in me. He saw my potential.
He took me to the gym and introduced me.
That's where I started. People saw my ease of learning and taught me.
I understand. Actually, when he said he couldn't take you to be a champion, he didn't have the resources to make you a champion, but he knew you wanted it.
Yes, technically. I'm not even talking about the financial aspect.
Yes, technical resources. The gym, sparring and everything. How old were you at that time?
21. It was right at the beginning.
