Even in defeat, Alex Pereira’s unicorn status secured on White House lawn

Scott Fontana MMA Alex Pereira sets sights on unprecedented UFC history By Scott Fontana Published June 15, 2026, 1:21 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Alex Pereira is not one for bombast. He’s not much of a braggart. He doesn’t actively denigrate his foes. All he does is fight better than just about any human of his size in the history of sanctioned combat sports. Already a two-division champion by the time he descended upon Washington last week in advance of Sunday night’s UFC Freedom 250 spectacle on the South Lawn of the White House, Pereira was poised to become the first in UFC history to challenge for gold in a third weight class. Forget winning for a moment; nobody had even attempted to make this sort of history.

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