Jean
Silva had to issue a quick clarification after his post about
Alex
Pereira was misinterpreted by fans.
Sean
Strickland challenged Khamzat
Chimaev for the middleweight title at UFC 328
on Saturday at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Strickland earned a hard-fought unanimous decision win, handing
Chimaev his first professional loss. Strickland has now pulled off
two of the biggest upsets in his two title fight wins against
Chimaev and Israel
Adesanya.
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Silva subsequently shared a post of Pereira knocking Strickland out
cold in 2022. Silva wrote in quotes: „Fast tracked to a title.”
„Fast tracked to a title“ https://t.co/Y1myWIdZ7v
— Jean „Lord“ Silva (@Jeansilvamma96)
May 10, 2026
A Simple Misunderstanding
Silva immediately faced backlash from fans who failed to understand
the sarcasm. Silva then explained that he was sarcastically mocking
those who accused “Poatan” of being favored by the UFC.
“I’m clearly just taking a jab at folks who say Poatan had an ‚easy‘ path when he only faced absolute killers, and people saying
I’m hating on the guy ffs,” Silva wrote.
Eu claramente tirando sarro de quem fala que
o Poatan teve um caminho „facil“ sendo que ele só pegou pedreira, e
o pessoal falando que eu to dando hate no cara pqp 🤣🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/SsIaW4cZxc— Jean „Lord“ Silva (@Jeansilvamma96)
May 10, 2026
Pereira (13-3) and Strickland (31-7) have become good friends after
sharing the Octagon. Pereria went on to win the middleweight title
in his next fight. While Pereira failed to defend his belt, he then
moved up to light heavyweight, won the belt, and defended it thrice
before losing to Magomed
Ankalaev. The Brazilian exacted revenge by knocking out
Ankalaev in 80 seconds in their rematch before vacating the belt
and moving up. Pereira is now aiming to create history by winning a
third
UFC belt when he faced Ciryl Gane
for the interim heavyweight title at
UFC Freedom 250 on June 14 at the White House.