Alex Pereira calls for heavyweight title charge after huge UFC 303 win: ‘I do think that is in my future’
Off the back of his spectacular knockout win tonight at UFC 303, history-maker Alex Pereira has vowed to continue in that vein in the near future, once more campaigning for a massive move to the heavyweight limit next.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion and the current undisputed light heavyweight titleholder, returned tonight in the main event of UFC 303 – taking on former champion, JIri Prochazka in a title fight rematch in Las Vegas.
And building on from his prior win over the Czech Republic native – as well as his April blitzing of Jamahal Hill, Sao Paulo finisher, Pereira recorded a stunning second round high-kick and strikes KO win over Prochazka – felling the ex-champion for another brutal victory inside the Octagon.
Alex Pereira eyes heavyweight leap after stunning KO win at UFC 303
Approaching just three years inside the promotion – which has saw him lift two separate divisional crowns, as well as end the middleweight reign of arch-rival, Israel Adesanya, Pereira admittedly has sights still fixed on a historic move to the heavyweight limit.
“I think that’s in my future,” Alex Pereira told Joe Rogan of a heavyweight move following his devastating win at UFC 303. “You know, I said that the last time I was here [inside the Octagon]. There didn’t seem to be a lot of interest in the organization, but I’m here, and I’m available and I do think that’s in my future.”
Winning vacant light heavyweight spoils against the above-mentioned Prochazka at the happy hunting ground of Madison Square Garden last November, Pereira dispatched the former Rizin FF champion with a second round TKO win in New York to add the 205lbs crown to his prior middleweight division success.
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