Alex Pereira, the current UFC middleweight champion, seems to have found a new love interest in Merle, a media presenter, and their social media posts indicate a potential romantic involvement. Pereira, however, got divorced a year ago and has two sons, Alessandro Vidal Silva and Lohan Vidal Silva, with his previous wife, whom he prefers to keep a low profile. The fighter is a private person and has never disclosed any information about his marriage or previous relationships.

In his professional life, Pereira has made a name for himself with his stunning knockouts in his previous kickboxing career, and he hopes to continue doing so in the UFC. He already has 33 professional kickboxing wins, of which 21 came by way of knockouts. However, he faces a new set of challenges in the MMA world and is determined to make his mark as he did in kickboxing. Before joining the UFC, he delivered some spectacular knockouts, his last being a monstrous left hook against Ertugrul Bayrak at GLORY Collision 2.