Las Vegas – UFC CEO and President Dana White found Alex Pereira on the same day at the UFC Pi in Las Vegas as his UFC 320 fight with Magomed Ankalaev.
The reason? “We want to fight heavyweight,” White was told.
Pereira won his light heavyweight title on Saturday and Ankalaev won early in the opening round of the original Rematch of the couple. After the fight, he hinted on a possible confrontation with Jon Jones, but instead of a callout asked “Patan” for a moment of silence for Jones’ brother Arthur, who died on Friday.
As for White, he was stunned by seeing Pere on the PI on Fight Day. “I said:” What about us tonight and concentrate on tonight, and then we can talk about heavyweight? “I don’t know,” White told Media, including Cageside Press na UFC 320 in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “There are still fights here in this division, but we will see. This man has been an absolute stud for us. “
White later called Pereira a ‘dream’ for the promotion to have. “He doesn’t care. He wants to fight everyone. He wants to go to heavyweight. He is a dream to have in this organization.”
Is there a reason for the hesitation of White when it comes to Pereira who strives for a third title (or a super fight) in heavyweight?
“Probably that he was a middleweight. He was a middleweight. He is going to jump up two weight classes in the UFC? It’s not like jumping two weight classes in boxing. It’s a big leap,” White cried. “And it is not as if I have some reservations. The man is, he is in a division that there are still some interesting fights. I don’t know. I think the man is so nice, we will see. We have to talk about it. I just don’t see why, unless he wants to retire, why I throw him in heavyweight.
From Saturday, Alex Pereira is now a former UFC Middleweight Champion and a two -time light heavyweight champion with the promotion. Although Carlos Ulberg has certainly done enough to earn a title shot, it is also clear that a fight against Jones, and the possibility of a historic third UFC title, is very attractive for the Brazilian.
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