How Alex Pereira's striking and Glover Teixeira's wrestling are helping Yousri Belgaroui
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Yousri
Belgaroui is sharpening his skills with Alex
Pereira ahead of his biggest test in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship so far.
Belgaroui is scheduled to face Caio Borralho in a middleweight bout at UFC 334 on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Dutchman recently opened up about his preparation for the bout at Teixeira MMA, detailing the benefits of his training with former UFC champions Pereira and Glover Teixeira.
Belgaroui believes his skills are improving every day. The former kickboxer, who fought Pereira thrice during their kickboxing days, considers “Poatan” the best striker in the world. Furthermore, Belgaroui is honing his ground game with Teixeira, noting that while most strikers rely on jiu-jitsu on the ground, the former light heavyweight champion is helping him transition to grappling through wrestling.
“I have been growing every day,” Belgaroui said in a prefight interview. “We always make it hard training. The striking from Alex is the No. 1 striking in the world ever. And Glover’s wrestling. So, together, they help me so much. And Glover’s wrestling style, instead of just the jiu jitsu, which a lot of strikers go into. For me, that transition phase, that wrestling phase is so important and added to my game, that made me who I am.”
Belgaroui defeated Pereira in their first kickboxing fight in 2017. Pereira then stopped Belgaroui in their rematch and knocked him out in their trilogy fight in 2018.
Belgaroui (11-3) won his UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2024 and has since finished all three of his opponents. Meanwhile, Borralho (18-2, 1 NC) has only lost to fellow contender Nassourdine Imavov in nine UFC outings and is coming off a win over Reinier de Ridder.
Belgaroui is scheduled to face Caio Borralho in a middleweight bout at UFC 334 on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Dutchman recently opened up about his preparation for the bout at Teixeira MMA, detailing the benefits of his training with former UFC champions Pereira and Glover Teixeira.
Yousri Belgaroui opens up about ‘growing every day’ with former UFC champs
Belgaroui believes his skills are improving every day. The former kickboxer, who fought Pereira thrice during their kickboxing days, considers “Poatan” the best striker in the world. Furthermore, Belgaroui is honing his ground game with Teixeira, noting that while most strikers rely on jiu-jitsu on the ground, the former light heavyweight champion is helping him transition to grappling through wrestling.
“I have been growing every day,” Belgaroui said in a prefight interview. “We always make it hard training. The striking from Alex is the No. 1 striking in the world ever. And Glover’s wrestling. So, together, they help me so much. And Glover’s wrestling style, instead of just the jiu jitsu, which a lot of strikers go into. For me, that transition phase, that wrestling phase is so important and added to my game, that made me who I am.”
Belgaroui defeated Pereira in their first kickboxing fight in 2017. Pereira then stopped Belgaroui in their rematch and knocked him out in their trilogy fight in 2018.
Belgaroui (11-3) won his UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2024 and has since finished all three of his opponents. Meanwhile, Borralho (18-2, 1 NC) has only lost to fellow contender Nassourdine Imavov in nine UFC outings and is coming off a win over Reinier de Ridder.
“There are tricks up my sleeve people haven't seen.” Yousri Belgaroui thinks he is just getting started as he looks to jump into the middleweight title picture with a win over Caio Borralho. #Polymarket #UFC334 Fight by Fight Preview ➡️: https://t.co/qUSwbgJOoM https://t.co/706uUnuPQx— UFC News (@UFCNews) November 12, 2026
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