One thing about Alex Pereira is that he has an unquenchable thirst for fighting knowledge.
After losing his heavyweight debut to Ciryl Gane in June, former two-division champion Pereira (13-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) will look to right the ship at UFC 335 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Dec. 12 when he clashes with Sergei Pavlovich (20-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) in a five-round co-main event.
"Poatan" is looking to level up his game going into the fight, and that includes a recent training encounter with two-time UFC heavyweight titleholder Cain Velasquez, who shared footage of their technique training.
Velasquez and Pereira recently put in some work at the UFC Performance Institute, and Velasquez shared a clip of him teaching the Brazilian how to break out of standing
back control.
It's a wholesome clip between two of MMA's greats, and you can check it out below (via Instagram):
Velasquez has had an increasing presence around the MMA community after he was released from prison in February following a 10-month sentence stemming from his February 2022 arrest for pursuing and shooting at a truck carrying Harry Goularte, a man accused of molesting Velasquez's then-4-year-old son.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Video: Cain Velasquez teaches Alex Pereira wrestling ahead of UFC 335
