Pic: Alex Pereira’s UFC Freedom 250 side-by-side Heavyweight transformation has Ciryl Gane fans not worried at all

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight and Light Heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is just days away from attempting to make UFC history by winning a third title in a third division as he takes on multiple-time Heavyweight title challenger, Ciryl Gane at UFC Freedom 250 this weekend (Sun., June 14, 2026) on the White House’s South Lawn in Washington, D.C., to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary .

According to ESPN, Pereira has checked into UFC Freedom 250 fight week at 258 pounds.

Now, with media day in the books , Pereira has taken his official fighter portrait as a Heavyweight, which means everyone can finally compare “Poatan” from Middleweight to Light Heavyweight to Heavyweight.

Check out the side-by-side comparison below, from 185 pounds to 205 pounds to 258 pounds.

Obviously, putting on more than 50 pounds is a lot. But after seeing Pereira’s new Heavyweight frame, plenty of fans are convinced he didn’t exactly do it the “right” way.

“He basically ate like a fat f—k and said, ‘I’m a heavyweight now,’” another fan wrote.

“I mean he just grew a gut, it ain’t that hard,” another fan added.

“Ciryl Gane is going to mop the floor with this guy,” another fan predicted.