Tuning in to final evening’s UFC 305 headliner, former middleweight champion, Alex Pereira has vowed to maneuver again to his former stomping floor for one evening solely – in a title affair with Dricus du Plessis following his gorgeous win over common-foe, Israel Adesanya.
Headlining final evening’s return ‘Downunder’, du Plessis defended his undisputed middleweight crown for the primary time at UFC 305, submitting common-opponent, Adesanya with a spectacular fourth spherical win, touchdown a rear-naked choke stoppage.
The win got here as du Plessis fourth actual high-profile win within the division, following a previous success over Darren Until and ex-champion, Robert Whittaker, in addition to title combat victories towards Sean Strickland, and the above-mentioned, Adesanya.
Alex Pereira welcomes middleweight drop after UFC 305
And whereas the beforehand talked about, Strickland has already been pegged as the following challenger to du Plessis following his win in Perth over Adesanya, the South African has been supplied an enormous conflict by present gentle heavyweight kingpin, Pereira – in a middleweight comeback.
“Coming right down to 185 yet another time,” Alex Pereira posted on his official Instagram account.
Already booked for his personal return to preventing, Sao Paulo native, Pereira is slated to headline UFC 307 at first of October, taking over surging knockout artist, Khalil Rountree, in a bid to defend his gentle heavyweight crown for the third time this 12 months alone.
In his most up-to-date middleweight stroll, Pereira dropped a surprising second spherical KO defeat to the beforehand famous, Adesanya at first of final 12 months within the pair’s heated re-run in Miami, Florida.
Whereas du Plessis addressed a possible matchup with Brazilian celebrity, Pereira, his coach steered the 2 share the Octagon at UFC 310 in December, backing his pupil to compete for a second divisional crown in a 205lbs transfer.
