Alex Pereira sent all of his fans into a frenzy a few days ago when he posted a cryptic message on Instagram. ‘Poatan‘ took to his Instagram Story and wrote “30+300=3”. Fans got their thinking caps on and the most plausible solution, according to most of them, was that Pereira was moving up to Heavyweight to fight Tom Aspinall (30-year-old) at UFC 300 for the interim Heavyweight title (Pereira’s 3rd title).
Has anyone put this together yet?
(H/t @melansiamaluca) pic.twitter.com/ZGjyqCTU8c
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) December 21, 2023
The Brazilian has finally opened up about his cryptic message. The current UFC Light Heavyweight champion and former Middleweight champion claimed it was related to a dream.
“I had a dream – it was 30 plus 300 is equal to three, and I got confused on all those numbers,” Pereira was translated saying in an interview with TheMacLife. “I tossed it on there to see if people could help figure out the equation.”
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Further, the former kickboxer revealed how the numbers in his dream have helped him win the lottery. He claimed, “Like the other day I had a dream about some numbers, and I played a raffle in Brazil and won a motorcycle. Then two months later, it was actually real. I had another one, and I put some more numbers and won another motorcycle.
“So I’m like, ‘You know what? Post this for the fans and see if they can help figure it out.’ I had 30 plus 300 is equal to three. We’re all trying to figure it out too.”
Great idea https://t.co/sAFtuhlJZx
— Tom Aspinall (@AspinallMMA) December 24, 2023
Aspinall had also added fuel to the fire by posting a picture of himself with Pereira. The interim Heavyweight champion also claimed that fighting Pereira was a good idea. However, after Pereira’s explanation, it all seems to be a ruse.
Alex Pereira is open to moving to Heavyweight in the future but wants to focus on his Light Heavyweight reign now
Pereira began his combat sports career as a kickboxer. He won titles in two divisions in GLORY Kickboxing and was recently inducted into its Hall of Fame. After moving to the UFC, Pereira started as a Middleweight fighter and became a champion of the division. After losing the title to Israel Adesanya, Pereira announced a move up to Light Heavyweight.
Alex Pereira becomes the 9th two division champion in UFC history 🏆🏆#UFC295 pic.twitter.com/r7gR5RHh8i
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) November 12, 2023
In July, Poatan made his Light Heavyweight debut against Jan Blachowicz and won the bout via split decision. He earned a title fight against Jiri Prochazka in November at UFC 295. The Brazilian won via TKO to add his name to another belt.
It will be extremely difficult to move up to Heavyweight but Pereira believes he can do it in the future. He said, “I can definitely fight at heavyweight, maybe someday in the future. But it’s got to be something that’s well-planned. So right now I’m focused on my light heavyweight reign.”
Pereira is only the 9th fighter in UFC history to become a champion in two different divisions. No UFC fighter has ever held the belt in three divisions. Pereira might be targeting that record in the coming future.