UFC commentator Joe Rogan has mentioned an attention-grabbing attainable return opponent for UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.
Alex Pereira is as soon as once more the king of the sunshine heavyweight division after knocking out Magomed Ankalaev earlier this yr. Nevertheless, all indicators level in direction of him venturing as much as heavyweight as an alternative of staying at 205 kilos, with some suggesting that he may pursue a 3rd world title – one thing that has by no means been achieved earlier than within the historical past of the UFC.
On the similar time, Alex Pereira himself has made it crystal clear that he needs to go in there and face off in opposition to Jon Jones. He needed to take action on the White Home occasion subsequent summer time, however ‘Poatan’ has indicated that this may occasionally not occur, with Dana White beforehand stating that he’s unsure he can essentially belief Jones to compete at such an occasion.
In a latest episode of his podcast, the aforementioned Joe Rogan weighed in on what may very well be subsequent for Alex Pereira.
Joe Rogan talks about Alex Pereira’s future
“There’s lots of chatter about him combating within the heavyweight division,” Rogan stated of Pereira on his JRE podcast. “There’s lots of chatter about him even perhaps combating Ciryl Gane.
“I don’t understand how a lot is true — I haven’t talked to Dana about it. Nevertheless it’s not an illogical transfer. He’s 240 kilos proper now. 240-plus!
“Make no mistake about it, that man can knock out heavyweights. Little doubt about it. He hits more durable than anybody they’ve ever recorded,” he added.
Quotes through Bloody Elbow
Pereira can pick nearly anybody to combat and it could most likely be given the OK by the Final Preventing Championship, and if he does face Ciryl Gane, they may effectively make that an interim title combat – particularly if Aspinall goes to be out of motion for some time.
