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Alex Pereira set to train with Sean Strickland ahead of UFC 291 return, learn English from him: ‘He’s a bit crazy’

Former UFC middleweight champion, Alex Pereira revealed that former foe Sean Strickland will be joining him for a week of training.

At just 5-1 Pereira was matched up with the vastly more experienced Sean Strickland, in what was at the time a huge jump up in class for the Brazilian. Many questions had not yet been answered about Pereira’s in-cage ability, with many onlookers feeling that if Strickland would implement his grappling, it would be a hard night for ‘Poatan’.

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However, the ever-game Strickland instead opted to attempt to walk down the considerably bigger, multiple time Glory kickboxing world champion.