As soon as extra headlining one other high-profile card throughout is transient Octagon tenure – incumbent mild heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira has been backed because the potential new “face” of the UFC by Corridor of Fame star, Daniel Cormier – forward of subsequent weekend’s return.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion and the present mild heavyweight titleholder, returns on simply two weeks discover at UFC 303 subsequent weekend in Las Vegas, headlining the Worldwide Combat Week card in a rematch towards former champion, Jiri Prochazka.
Changing promotional megastar, Conor McGregor who has been sidelined by an undisclosed harm, Pereira took important occasion standing on the monumental UFC 300 occasion again in April – lodging a surprising opening spherical knockout win over Jamahal Hill within the course of.
Alex Pereira en path to additional stardom with UFC 303 return
And receiving main props from the blended martial arts neighborhood for moving into the McGregor-shaped void at UFC 303 subsequent weekend, Pereira is nicely on his technique to turning into the brand new face of the group – in keeping with Cormier.
“Might you think about the cash he’s (Alex Pereira) making now,” Daniel Cormier stated throughout an episode of Good Man / Unhealthy Man. “He says sure to every little thing – [he] headlined Madison Sq. Backyard twice, headlined UFC 300 which was a monster, he steps in once more on brief discover for UFC 303.”
“Now, it’ll all the time be arduous to prime Conor McGregor with regard to star energy,” Cormier defined. “You continue to acquired Israel Adesanya, you continue to acquired Jon Jones, however once I take into consideration the face of the corporate, due to his sturdiness, his exercise, his willingness to combat, two-division champion.”
First taking over Prochazka final November within the pair’s vacant title combat in New York, Pereira turned a two-division champion with a blistering second spherical knockout within the pair’s headliner at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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