Overview
- Pereira and Cortez each shared Instagram Stories from the celebration, including a kissing photo reported by some outlets as later removed.
- Cortez had been in Brazil for the holidays and noted experiencing her first Brazilian Christmas before the New Year reveal.
- Ortega addressed a wave of tags and messages by saying he is beyond happy and will focus on his family and career in 2026.
- Renato Moicano joked in an Instagram video that the news could fire up Ortega ahead of their March 7 meeting at UFC 326.
- Pereira remains the UFC light heavyweight champion after his 80‑second KO of Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320, with future fight plans unclear as a training clip of him working alongside Cortez circulated online.