One retired UFC fighter believes Alex Pereira has already earned Corridor of Fame honors.
Pereira is the present UFC mild heavyweight champion. He’s additionally a former UFC middleweight titleholder. “Poitan” solely had one loss beneath the UFC banner, and that was in opposition to rival Israel Adesanya. After the loss, Pereira moved as much as the 205-pound weight class. He has defeated Jan Blachowicz, Jiri Prochaska twice, Jamahal Hill and Khalil Rountree.
Pereira has achieved fairly a bit in his brief time in MMA, however is he already adequate to earn a gold jacket?
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Alan Jouban says Alex Pereira is already within the UFC Corridor of Fame
Showing on SiriusXM’s “MMA At present,” Alan Joubin was requested if Alex Pereira’s run assured him a Corridor of Fame induction. Juban feels Pereira has made historical past in a brief period of time (by way of MMAJunkie).
“If he have been to retire tomorrow, I do not assume anybody in UFC historical past has achieved what he achieved in such a brief time frame,” Djouban mentioned on SiriusXM’s MMA. “Let’s examine what he did. That is unprecedented, so we are able to say sure.”
Jouban additionally praised Pereira as being an iron man within the UFC each time a combat is required.
“Not solely does he have a mystique, he has followers of youngsters and folks of all ages, and he is a man who has carried the UFC on his again, however one of many issues he does higher than anybody else within the UFC is his capacity to bow The battle can be over if we put it down,” mentioned Jouban. “In case you put Alex Pereira in the primary occasion slot on any card any time of the 12 months, individuals will go away with smiles on their faces as a result of they noticed a knockout.”
What occurs subsequent for Pereira stays to be seen. Though many really feel that Magomed Ankalaev is certainly the primary contender within the mild heavyweight division, ‘Poitan’ not too long ago claimed that the Russian contender shouldn’t be the following in line for the gold medal.
We are going to replace you on Pereira’s future as extra particulars develop into accessible.
