LAS VEGAS – Alex Pereira needs to go up. He needs to go down. He’s additionally comfy staying put.
The pliability the present UFC gentle heavyweight champion Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) has expressed in the case of weight courses has impressed promotion CEO Dana White. That features the latest callout of Dricus Du Plessis by “Poatan.”
“My tackle him is, he’s f*cking nasty,” White instructed MMA Junkie and different reporters at a Dana White’s Contender Sequence 70 post-fight information convention Tuesday. “That’s my tackle him. He needs to maneuver up. He needs to maneuver down. He needs to go all over the place. That’s why individuals love him. These are the kind of fighters individuals love. Pereira needs to struggle everyone. I like it.
“… The factor that’s nice about it’s, this is the reason I mentioned a minute in the past everyone loves him and he’s nice. Nevertheless it additionally provides us a ton of choices that as we’re in matchmaking, ‘Ought to we do that, ought to we do this? Shouldn’t we do that, shouldn’t we do this?’ It’s a very good drawback to have with a man like him. How about he’s on trip and accepts the last-minute struggle? All the things about Alex Pereira is what makes followers completely love the man.”
Pereira, 37, is presently booked to defend the promotion’s gentle heavyweight title Oct. 7 at UFC 307 vs. Khalil Rountree (13-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC). He beforehand held the UFC middleweight title.
Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) doesn’t have a title struggle booked, although Sean Strickland has been recognized because the possible subsequent challenger. He most lately competed Aug. 17 when he defeated Israel Adesanya at UFC 305.
White was noncommittal to a possible matchup between Pereira and Du Plessis ought to they each win.
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