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(Watch) Johnny Walker and Michel Pereira have fun during brilliant capoeira training session

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Brazilian pair Johnny Walker and Michel Pereira decided to have some fun while training

The UFC has been blessed with several Brazilian stars turning it up over the years.

Wanderlei Silva and Anderson Silva are some of the biggest names to have featured in the UFC while the MMA world has seen several champions from the South American country.

Anderson Silva of Brazil prepares to fight Jared Cannonier of USA in their middleweight bout during the UFC 237 event at Jeunesse Arena on May 11, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images)

The UFC has many rising Brazilian stars in their roster too with Johnny Walker and Michel Pereira being a couple of them.

Walker fights in the Light Heavyweight division while Pereira fights in the Welterweight division. The pair recently shared a fun video of them training in capoeira and that got many talking.

While we might not see them fight as they are in different division, it is great seeing the pair trying out things in training which you probably wouldn’t see in the Octagon.

Looking for their next battles

Both Brazilians were on two-fight losing streaks before they came into their last match. However, the pair put in some great performances and got the win.

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Walker defeated Ryan Spann and is now 18-5 in his MMA career. Pereira, for his part, defeated Zelim Imadaev and also won the Performance of the Night Award.

Michel Pereira of Brazil punches Zelim Imadaev of Russia in a welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on September 05, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

However, this was Pereira’s last fight under his latest UFC contract and he has called out Colby Covington next.

Covington defeated Tyron Woodley in impressive fashion but the American is looking for a shot at Kamaru Usman’s UFC title.

Walker was a target for Jon Jones but that all changed when the Brazilian lost to Corey Anderson and then Nikita Krylov in successive fights.

Taking on Jones would be a problem now for Walker given than Bones has moved to the Heavyweight division.

It will be interesting to see what is next for the pair but hopefully, we get to see more such training videos in the future.

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Saiyed Adeem Karim

Ditching a corporate job to follow a dream isn't easy, but when football comes calling, who can say no? Been following the beautiful game since 1998. Liverpool addict, F1 fanatic!

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