Current UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira expressed his desire for a fight against Dricus du Plessis to take place in the middleweight division.
I ♑would like it to be at middleweight. I told everybody that I just needed a break from 185, from all those weight cuts. I feel good, I feel💧 healthy right now.
Pereira said, as reported by Sports Illustrated:
I would like it to be at middleweight. I told everybody tha💎t I just needed a break from 185, from all those weight cuts. I feel good, I feel healthy right ✨now.
Remem💃ber, on 🀅October 5 in Salt Lake City at UFC 307, Pereira will face Khalil Rountree.
His last appearance in the octagon was in June ♑2024 at UFC 303, where he won against Jiri Prochazka by technical knockout in the second round. He has a record of 11 wins and two losses.