JRE MMA Show #183 with Rico Verhoeven · Aired Aug 4, 2026
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Alex Pereira was the biggest star in the sport of kickboxing.
The finding
What the evidence shows
There is real substance here. Pereira held two Glory titles at the same time, a first for the promotion, and became one of kickboxing's most recognizable names before moving to the UFC. But calling him definitively the single biggest star skips over other massive draws like Rico Verhoeven, who anchored Glory's heavyweight division for over a decade, so this is more a one-sided opinion than a settled fact.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Alex Pereira was the biggest star in the sport of kickboxing?
It leaves out the other side. There is real substance here. Pereira held two Glory titles at the same time, a first for the promotion, and became one of kickboxing's most recognizable names before moving to the UFC. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on JRE MMA Show #183 with Rico Verhoeven, aired Aug 4, 2026, at 21:11. No supporting source was captured, so don't treat this as a sourced conclusion.
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