Alex Pereira has quickly put weight back on after stepping on the scales for his second fight of 2025. Pereira recently claimed that he was only at 40 percent in his first fight with Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313. ‘Poatan’ has always cut a lot of weight for his UFC fights, so seeing him undertake a near 30-pound cut in two weeks isn’t all that surprising. When promoting the video on Instagram, Pereira claimed that this weight cut has been the best of his career. The break that he has taken ahead of October 4 likely contributed to this considering that Pereira cut weight in less than ideal circumstances several times in 2024.