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There has been speculation if Alex Pereira would be moving up to fight Tom for the HW belt for UFC 300. Alex addressed the speculation stating though he would consider fighting at HW eventually, but for now he is focused on defending the LHW belt.
“I fought at middleweight, and I had to reset my body to go up to fighting at light heavyweight,” Pereira said. “I’m a fighter. I’ll fight anybody, anywhere. I have the height and the size of a heavyweight, but this is a thing that’s got to be programmed, put some work in. It’s not just something I jump in on. I want to make things the right way. I can definitely fight at heavyweight, maybe some day in the future. But it’s got to be something that’s well planned. So right now I’m focused on my light heavyweight reign.”
So nope, no fight with Aspinall in the near future. I, for one, am glad Alex isn’t looking to jump up anytime soon. Seems like the recent trend among champions is to win the belt and call out the champion from a different weight class without even defending the belt in their respective division.
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“I fought at middleweight, and I had to reset my body to go up to fighting at light heavyweight,” Pereira said. “I’m a fighter. I’ll fight anybody, anywhere. I have the height and the size of a heavyweight, but this is a thing that’s got to be programmed, put some work in. It’s not just something I jump in on. I want to make things the right way. I can definitely fight at heavyweight, maybe some day in the future. But it’s got to be something that’s well planned. So right now I’m focused on my light heavyweight reign.”
So nope, no fight with Aspinall in the near future. I, for one, am glad Alex isn’t looking to jump up anytime soon. Seems like the recent trend among champions is to win the belt and call out the champion from a different weight class without even defending the belt in their respective division.
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Alex Pereira addresses speculation of UFC 300 fight vs. Tom Aspinall, would only move up the ‘right way’
Alex Pereira claims there was no significant meaning behind his cryptic, viral social media post that was dissected by the MMA world.
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