Alex Pereira is not impressed by the state of the UFC heavyweight division. After a deflating finish to Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl Gane at UFC 321, Pereira reminded everybody how he can inject life into the land of giants.
Pereira saved a detailed eye on Saturday’s fundamental occasion, a combat that disappointingly resulted in a no contest after Aspinall suffered an eye fixed poke in Spherical 1. Gane was overdelivering because the underdog earlier than the fight-ending foul occurred. In response to the combat, Pereira provided to “make the heavyweight division nice once more.” Three emojis — a stone face, a bone and a white home — accompanied the caption, denoting Pereira’s want to combat Jon Jones on the White Home.
Pereira has been petitioning to combat Jones at subsequent 12 months’s card set to happen at The White Home, which President Donald Trump beforehand introduced would happen on June 14, ever since reclaiming the sunshine heavyweight title from Magomed Ankalaev earlier this month. Pereira needs to maneuver as much as heavyweight for a possible Jones combat, one he known as a “tremendous combat” whereas rejecting the concept of preventing Aspinall.
UFC CEO Dana White is lukewarm on Pereira transferring as much as heavyweight. He additionally beforehand stated there was a “billion to at least one” odds he’d e book Jones for the White Home card. Jones continues campaigning for the combat and accepted Pereira’s callout on Saturday.
“Alex, I would be right down to convey the very best talent degree to the White Home,” Jones wrote on Twitter. “I admire the respect you confirmed. Let’s dance.”
