Two weeks out from his fourth title defense, Pereira responded to Cormier with a training video drilling his takedown defense. "Don't worry [Daniel Cormier]. We're over here working," Pereira posted to his Instagram story on Saturday.

Pereira recently spent some time in Australia to corner Sean Strickland for his middleweight title shot against champion Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 312. Cormier thinks “Poatan” is distracted and not focused on his tough task.

Daniel Cormier expressed concerns about Alex Pereira's UFC 313 training camp, questioning whether the light heavyweight champion was actually focused on his upcoming title defense against Magomed Ankalaev,

Ahead of his title defense against Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313, Alex Pereira has responded to criticism from UFC commentator, Daniel Cormier.

Alex Pereira recently alleviated Daniel Cormier’s concerns about his upcoming fight. Advertisement Pereira will puts his light heavyweight title on the line against Magomed Ankalaev in the main event at UFC 313 on March 8 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

On Jan. 20, 2024, Joe Rogan revealed on a Fight Companion episode that Daniel Cormier wasn't always high on Alex Pereira. Ahead of the all-time great kickboxer's promotional run, Cormier dismissed Rogan's praise of 'Poatan,' which the longtime UFC commentator recounted.