Will Alex Pereira return to middleweight to reclaim the belt that was as soon as his?
The UFC gentle heavyweight champion, who has teased a possible transfer to heavyweight for a 3rd title, was fast to publish his response after watching Dricus du Plessis efficiently defend the middleweight title at UFC 305 by tapping out Pereira’s longtime rival Israel Adesanya within the fourth spherical Saturday evening in Perth, Australia.
“Coming right down to 185 yet another time,” Pereira wrote.
“Poatan” gained the UFC middleweight belt in 2022 with a fifth-round knockout of Adesanya, however misplaced it in a direct rematch 5 months later. The Brazilian star then moved as much as 205 kilos, defeated Jan Blachowicz, and captured the vacant title with a knockout over Jiri Prochazka. Pereira has since defended it twice with knockouts of Jamahal Hill and Prochazka once more.
Pereira is at the moment scheduled to make the third protection of his gentle heavyweight belt at UFC 307, which matches down Oct. 5 in Salt Lake Metropolis.
