‘Poatan’ has also only had one destination in mind for this super fight, with the injury he suffered last time out confirming to Pereira that he’d wait for the UFC’s event at the White House before coming back. A recent post from the champion has seemingly revealed that this is no longer his plan.

UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira wants to move up to the heavyweight division to add a third belt, with a view to facing Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall. Pereira is a two-weight champion, having stopped Magomed Ankalaev in his last fight at UFC 320 in October to reclaim the light heavyweight title and avenge

When Alex Pereira beat Israel Adesanya, he arguably began his villain arc in the UFC. After losing a rematch to Adesanya, he made his light heavyweight debut, gained a following very quickly, and became the biggest star in the UFC. Not just a fan of ...

Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka might have had the greatest UFC stare-down of all time. The best light heavyweights in the world have crossed paths twice in the Octagon, with reigning UFC Champion Pereira TKO’ing Prochazka both times. Jiri Prochazka ...