Alex Pereira will fight in a rematch against Israel Adesanya as his first title defense at UFC 287. He appeared on the media day last evening to talk about his fight as his mentor Glover Teixeira pulled a surprise prank on the middleweight champion during the event. The UFC legend took to Instagram and shared a video clip from that instance as fan shared their reactions.

‘Poatan’ is on a roll with his current run of form since debuting in the UFC in 2021. He is currently on a 4-fight winning streak and won the middleweight title within just over a year of his promotional debut.

Alex Pereira gets pranked by Glover Teixeira

The middleweight champion was getting some makeup done as he prepared to appear in front of reporters on the UFC 287 media scrum. His mentor and UFC legend Glover Teixeira slowly came up to him while Alex Pereira’s eyes were closed. Teixeira borrowed the stippling brush from the stylist and started putting some of his own touches with the brush on ‘Poatan’s face.

While applying the makeup, someone pointed out that Teixeira missed a spot. The UFC legend startled Pereira as he slowly opened his eyes. Both of them shared a laugh after the light-hearted prank.

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Fans react to Teixeira’s light-hearted prank on ‘Poatan’

Many people have flocked to the comments section to share their reactions on Instagram.

“That’s the most emotion I’ve seen on him”

“I’m starting to really like Alex”

“new khabib &DC series”

“Glover too much, at least he made Poatan smile”

“Glover too much 😂😂😂 at least he made Poatan smile”

“Woah sh*t that Android laughed”

“Bro stop scaring him all the time.”

Fans were amused by the prank as they mentioned that it was the most emotion they ever saw from Alex Pereira. Some compared the relationship between Teixeira and Pereira to that of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Daniel Cormier. There were reactions from some UFC fighters, too. Belal Muhammad, Wellington Turman, and Ashlee Evans-Smith were some of the fighters who shared a laugh in the comments.

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Fans were happy to see both fighters share a fun moment ahead of the UFC 287 headliner. The fun and games will stop as soon as Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya get inside the Octagon to run it back one more time.

What did you think about the prank? Drop your comments below.

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