Overview

• Speaking on Sept. 3, Pereira acknowledged he personally posted the critical X message and that his account was not hacked.
• Through coach and translator Plinio Cruz, he described the tweet as impulsive after seeing matchmaking chatter online and said it was due to a breakdown with his team, not the UFC.
• Pereira said relations with the promotion are sound after he conveyed that he needed time to recover from injuries following UFC 313.
• The light heavyweight title rematch with Magomed Ankalaev is official for Oct. 4 at UFC 320 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
• The situation aligns with broader fighter complaints over communication, with Mackenzie Dern recently saying she learned her title-fight status from Instagram.