Former two-division UFC champion Alex Pereira will look to chase a title in a 3rd weight class when he meets Ciryl Gane on the UFC White Home co-main occasion on June 14.
“Poatan” relinquished his mild heavyweight championship to maneuver as much as the heavyweight division to chase historical past at UFC Freedom 250. No different fighter within the historical past of the promotion has earned titles in three weight courses.
“Hear, simply Alex Pereira is without doubt one of the best,” mentioned former UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis. “I’ve mentioned this for a very long time, if not – No, the best fight athlete to ever stay for my part,” du Plessis informed Combat Forecast and Betway South Africa in accordance with an article featured on Yahoo.
“Alex Pereira thus far – The GOAT in fact being Jon Jones, the GOAT of the UFC. I’m taking about throughout the board. Going, doing what he did in kickboxing, coming to the UFC in such a brief time frame, and now difficult for his third title. I imply, that’s remarkable.”
“I’ve him successful the combat,” du Plessis mentioned. “I’m backing Alex Pereira on this combat. I hope he wins the combat, and I believe he’s going to win that combat. He’s large. He’s large. He doesn’t look small in opposition to Gane.”
On the prime of the June 14 occasion, light-weight champion Ilia Topuria and interim champion Justin Gaethje will look to solidify the title at 155-pounds.
The next fights are anticipated to finish the UFC White Home combat card:
A bantamweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Champion Sean O’Malley and Aiemann Zahabi.A light-weight contest that includes Maurício Ruffy and former three-time Bellator Light-weight World Champion (additionally former light-weight title challenger) Michael Chandler.A middleweight bout between Bo Nickal and Kyle Daukaus.A featherweight bout between former title challenger Diego Lopes and Steve Garcia.
