One key fighter on the UFC 321 card doesn’t believe Alex Pereira would stick around at heavyweight for anything more than a superfight.
Pereira has publicly expressed interest in clashing with Jon Jones on the UFC White House card. “Poatan” has even said he would rather fight “Bones” than the winner of the heavyweight title fight between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane. In the past, Jones has been open to the idea of fighting Pereira.
During a UFC 321 media day session, Jailton Almeida shared his stance on Pereira’s desire to fight Jones. He does not expect a permanent heavyweight transfer for Pereira (h/t MMA Junkie).
“I think the conversation about him and Jon Jones is great. A super fight between the two would be fantastic for them, for us as fans and for the UFC,” Almeida said. “But the division has been in so much turmoil in recent months that he needs to do something like a superfight. If he eventually wants to come to the division, fine, but I think he’s more looking forward to something as big as that superfight and not necessarily being part of the division.”
Almeida has a big heavyweight fight on Saturday. He will clash with Alexander Volkov and if the winner can impress, a title shot against the winner of Aspinall vs. Gane. Volkov’s most recent opponent was Gane, and Almeida believes his UFC 321 foe should have gotten the win that night.
“I know it’s different to watch a fight and judge it than to watch it as a casual fan or just as someone who likes fights, but after watching the fight I really thought Volkov won,” Almeida said.
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