Alex Pereira and co. vibe to "Gangster's Paradise" after his UFC 307 KO win over Khalil Rountree
Alex Pereira finished Khalil Rountree inside the UFC cage over the weekend and his team seemed like they had quite the time celebrating this in the aftermath. Pereira notched the third defense of his light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 307 and a clip surfaced of the titleholder inside a fancy car as Gangster's Paradise blared over the speakers.
Yousri Belgaroui had posted the video as he and Pereira's coach Plinio Cruz were enthusiastically singing along to the song's hook. Cruz said "chama" toward the end of his singing as he put the camera on Pereira who repeated the iconic phrase with great vigor. The footage was shared on Instagram via @yousriofficial and later posted to Full Send MMA.
Plinio Cruz commented on the Instagram clip,
"Ain't nothing but a "G" thing... Chama"
Check out the footage of Alex Pereira's team partying after UFC 307 below:
Alex Pereira and some of his musical moments
Alex Pereira clearly has a passion for music of all kinds that extends beyond this fun celebratory video. The 37-year-old had a video come out a few months ago where he and Plinio Cruz were seen singing a duet of 'Hakuna Matata' from The Lion King.
'Poatan' also starred in a TikTok clip from earlier this year where he was seen in a car driving with the top down as Alexander Volkanovski's entrance song 'Down Under' by Men At Work played through the speakers.
The Sao Paulo native also seems like a musician in his own right as footage from earlier this year came out showing him playing the accordion. This instrumental effort was done during a live show as the former middleweight titleholder played alongside a performer who was handling guitar duties and vocals.
Alex Pereira can also get down with some metal, as noticed by his regular entrance song from one of Brazil's most popular heavy metal acts. 'Itsari' by Sepultura has been his theme song since his UFC debut.
This track came from their album Roots which added a lot of traditional Brazilian instrumentation to their trash metal approach. This jives well with his Pataxo tribe heritage that he often pays homage to through things like the style of face paint he adorns for fights.