{"id":4561,"date":"2024-10-10T16:38:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=4561"},"modified":"2024-10-10T20:04:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T19:04:59","slug":"dana-white-explains-how-alex-pereira-convinced-him-to-sign-artem-vakhitov-to-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/dana-white-explains-how-alex-pereira-convinced-him-to-sign-artem-vakhitov-to-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White explains how Alex Pereira convinced him to sign Artem Vakhitov to the UFC."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an exciting night of &#8220;Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series,&#8221; Artem Vakhitov proved his worth on the global stage with an impressive first-round TKO victory over Islem Masraf.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Vakhitov wins by knockout: Pereira opens the doors to the UFC for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u0641\u0627\u062e\u064a\u062a\u0648\u0641 \u064a\u0646\u062a\u0635\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0636\u0631\u0628\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0636\u064a\u0629: \u0628\u064a\u0631\u064a\u0631\u0627 \u064a\u0641\u062a\u062d \u0644\u0647 \u0623\u0628\u0648\u0627\u0628 UFC<\/p>\n<p>Vakhitov l&#39;emporte par KO : Pereira lui ouvre les portes de l&#39;UFC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ntBlKf0SL9\">pic.twitter.com\/ntBlKf0SL9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1844453804907036725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, his UFC contract wouldn&#8217;t have materialized without the intervention of his former kickboxing rival, Alex Pereira, who played a pivotal role in convincing Dana White.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Initially hesitant to sign Vakhitov, a former two-time Glory light heavyweight champion, Dana White admitted that it was Pereira who made the strongest case for Vakhitov.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pereira, who won their first kickboxing bout before losing in the rematch, showed great respect for Vakhitov&#8217;s skills and his ability to perform under pressure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the post-fight press conference, White revealed that Pereira had praised Vakhitov&#8217;s talent, saying, &#8220;He is talented enough and deserves to be here in the UFC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pereira also noted that the Contender Series places significant mental pressure on fighters, which might affect their performance. Pereira joked, &#8220;I&#8217;m glad I never had to go through the Contender Series.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">White also expressed his admiration for the success of kickboxers transitioning to the UFC, specifically mentioning Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">Dana White explains how Alex Pereira convinced him to sign Artem Vakhitov to the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>\u062f\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u0627\u064a\u062a \u064a\u0634\u0631\u062d \u0643\u064a\u0641 \u0623\u0642\u0646\u0639\u0647 \u0623\u0644\u064a\u0643\u0633 \u0628\u064a\u0631\u064a\u0631\u0627 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0639\u0627\u0642\u062f \u0645\u0639 \u0623\u0631\u062a\u064a\u0645 \u0641\u0627\u062e\u064a\u062a\u0648\u0641 \u0641\u064a UFC<\/p>\n<p>Dana White explique comment Alex Pereira l\u2019a convaincu de signer Artem Vakhitov \u00e0 l&#39;UFC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/le22y1YNEv\">pic.twitter.com\/le22y1YNEv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; mmamag.ma (@jamalsoussi10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamalsoussi10\/status\/1844449556521681311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He emphasized that many of these fighters, who may not have had the opportunity to shine elsewhere, have found in the UFC a platform to change their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exciting night of &#8220;Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series,&#8221; Artem Vakhitov proved his worth on the global stage with an impressive first-round TKO victory over Islem Masraf. Vakhitov wins by knockout: Pereira opens the doors to the UFC for him. \u0641\u0627\u062e\u064a\u062a\u0648\u0641 \u064a\u0646\u062a\u0635\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0636\u0631\u0628\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0627\u0636\u064a\u0629: \u0628\u064a\u0631\u064a\u0631\u0627 \u064a\u0641\u062a\u062d \u0644\u0647 \u0623\u0628\u0648\u0627\u0628 UFC Vakhitov l&#39;emporte par KO : Pereira [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,86,21,91],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"category-mma-video","9":"category-ufc-news","10":"category-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4561"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4561"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4565,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4561\/revisions\/4565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}