{"id":36717,"date":"2026-02-08T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Alex-Pereira-Congratulates-Former-Glory-Kickboxing-Foe-on-UFC-Vegas-113-Win-200062"},"modified":"2026-02-08T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:50:00","slug":"alex-pereira-congratulates-former-glory-kickboxing-foe-on-ufc-vegas-113-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/alex-pereira-congratulates-former-glory-kickboxing-foe-on-ufc-vegas-113-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Pereira Congratulates Former Glory Kickboxing Foe on UFC Vegas 113 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/alex-pereira-congratulates-former-glory-kickboxing-foe-on-ufc-vegas-113-win.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alex-Pereira-224511\">Alex<br \/>\nPereira<\/a> was glad to see a former kickboxing opponent\u2019s skills<br \/>\nsuccessfully translate inside the Octagon on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pereira\u2019s former Glory kickboxing foe, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dustin-Jacoby-73825\">Dustin<br \/>\nJacoby<\/a>, took on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Julius-Walker-366067\">Julius<br \/>\nWalker<\/a> in a light heavyweight matchup at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-Bautista-vs-Oliveira-110753\"><br \/>\nUFC Vegas 113<\/a> on Saturday. Walker took down his former training<br \/>\npartner, Jacoby, multiple times in the first round. However, Jacoby<br \/>\ndropped Walker in the second round and followed up with precise<br \/>\nground-and-pound, forcing the referee to step in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Glory Days<\/h2>\n<p>Pereira was nostalgic while watching the fight and congratulated<br \/>\nJacoby on his win. \u201cPoatan\u201d also called for his former foe to be<br \/>\nplaced in the official <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUFC<\/a> light heavyweight rankings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncredible work [<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dustin-Jacoby-73825\">Dustin<br \/>\nJacoby<\/a>] put some respect on his name and place him in the<br \/>\nrankings!\u201d Pereira wrote on Instagram.. \u201cNostalgia from the Glory<br \/>\ndays, would love to see him in the rankings to show the evolution<br \/>\nthat has occured in a different Sport! Chama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pereira (13-3) knocked out Jacoby (22-9) in the first round of<br \/>\ntheir Glory kickboxing clash in 2014. While Jacoby started juggling<br \/>\nbetween kickboxing and MMA soon after, Pereira made his MMA debut<br \/>\nin 2021. \u201cThe Hanyak\u201d is currently on a three-fight knockout streak<br \/>\nthat could see him enter the Top 15 rankings. Meanwhile, Pereira<br \/>\nrecently reclaimed his light heavyweight title against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Magomed-Ankalaev-170785\">Magomed<br \/>\nAnkalaev<\/a> and is currently rallying for a matchup against<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jon-Jones-27944\">Jon<br \/>\nJones<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DUepseijlfX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.24137931034483\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Pereira was glad to see a former kickboxing opponent\u2019s skills successfully translate inside the Octagon on Saturday.&nbsp; Pereira\u2019s former Glory kickboxing foe, Dustin Jacoby, took on Julius Walker in a light heavyweight matchup at UFC Vegas 113 on Saturday. Walker took down his former training partner, Jacoby, multiple times in the first round. However, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}