LAS VEGAS – Alex Pereira needs to go up. He needs to go down. He’s additionally snug staying put.
The flexibleness the present UFC mild heavyweight champion Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) has expressed on the subject of weight lessons has impressed promotion CEO Dana White. That features the current callout of Dricus Du Plessis by “Poatan.”
“My tackle him is, he’s f*cking nasty,” White informed 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 in every single 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 stated a minute in the past everyone loves him and he’s nice. However it additionally provides us a ton of choices that as we’re in matchmaking, ‘Ought to we do that, ought to we try this? Shouldn’t we do that, shouldn’t we try 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 at present booked to defend the promotion’s mild 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 doubtless subsequent challenger. He most not too long ago 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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