Russian Pirate Blasts Michel Pereira After Brazilian Shows Support for Israel: 'Hypocrite'

Michael Pereira Promotes UFC event. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC

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Apparently, the duel between Michael Pereira e Shara Magomedov It has already started. Scheduled to face each other this Saturday (27) in UFC BakuThe two athletes seem to disagree on several points, even outside the octagon. In an interview with 'Red Corner MMA' this Monday (22), the Russian Pirate blasted the Brazilian, who raised the Israeli flag after winning. Andre Petroski in October 2023.

Magomedov criticized the Brazilian's gesture and associated the Flying Paraense's attitude with a desire to gain supporters on social media, instead of genuinely expressing his opinions. He also made a point of explaining why he disapproves of supporting the State of Israel.

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“In my view, he is a hypocrite. Raising the Israeli flag after the fighting—a state that, in front of billions of people, committed genocide against Gaza, against children and women, and right when the whole world was condemning it, he raised the Israeli flag. Then he went to Brazil to rescue dogs from a flood. By rescuing dogs, he's just chasing hype on Instagram and likes,” he stated.

Shara Bullet calls Michael Pereira a hypocrite over his support for Israel. 🇮🇱

"In my eyes, he's a hypocrite. To raise the flag of Israel after the fight – a state that, in front of billions of people, committed genocide against Gaza, against children and women and at the very moment... pic.twitter.com/JbdGHb42T6

— Red Corner MMA (@RedCorner_MMA) June 22, 2026

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Michel Pereira was threatened after a gesture.

Michael Pereira explains why he represented the Israel flag at # UFCVegas81. 🇮🇱

“I saw a lot of videos that broke my heart.”# UFCVegas81 | Full video: https://t.co/PQ7kwFRiIs pic.twitter.com/R66WpoSu4L

— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) October 15, 2023

At the time, the Brazilian publicly announced that he had received threats via social media because of his stance. He justified his decision by saying he had been impacted by videos of the Israel-Hamas war. Furthermore, the fighter also revealed that he had friends from that region.

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“The flag is because of the war that is going on in Israel. I am very sad about what is happening. I have friends from Israel. I saw some videos that really affected me. I have a young child now, I put myself in the place of the Israeli. I saw a video of a child being woken up, hungry, without his father and mother (…) Today, with a young child, it even hurts my heart, because I put myself in their place. So I decided to honor Israel today,” he stated at the press conference after the victory against Petroski.