Alex Pereira says he’ll be taking a well-deserved break after an especially troublesome camp main as much as UFC 307.
Pereira overcame adversity early in his gentle heavyweight title protection in opposition to Khalil Rountree Jr., getting back from dropping the primary two rounds to batter Rountree en path to a fourth spherical TKO (watch the highlights right here). Following the combat, “Poatan” revealed he almost pulled out of the bout as a result of issues had been going so poorly for him.
“I used to be in Brazil a few month in the past, I had some issues with my visa,” he mentioned. “I used to be going to the consulate on daily basis, making an attempt to see if my passport was prepared. Lastly, I made it again to the U.S., spent a few week in Connecticut, and have been right here [in Salt Lake City] for 3 weeks.”
“Within the meantime, I used to be on antibiotics — I had a fever, I had a foul throat,” Pereira continued. “After I got here right here, my throat was nonetheless dangerous. I went to the physician and had one other spherical of antibiotics. I even recorded a video on the time. I mentioned within the video I might present it if I gained, so we will put that out in some unspecified time in the future. However I went by way of loads.”
Along with illness, lingering accidents additionally flared again up. Pereira re-aggravated an previous rib harm, and the toe he broke main into UFC 300 turned a problem once more. With all these issues piling it, it appears clear the sunshine heavyweight champion wants a while off. He defended his belt thrice in simply 175 days — a brand new UFC report.
“I believe there’s a restrict,” he admitted. “I wish to push myself as a lot as I can. I’m 37 and I wish to reap the benefits of time. However I do must take a break.”
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