The head of the UFC, Dana White, while announcing bouts of top lightweights the day before, promised to announce some more big fights in the near future, and it looks like current UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will be a part of one of them.
The Brazilian announced his return to the octagon to fans on social media.
“I’m coming back!”,” Pereira wrote, posting a photo with the championship belt.
Alex Pereira is rumored to take part in the UFC 300 event, and his opponent could be Israel Adesanya, with whom he will complete a title trilogy within the bantamweight division.
Alex Pereira took the UFC middleweight title from Israel Adesanya in November 2022, winning the fight by TKO in the fifth round, and last April, the Nigerian regained the championship belt by knocking out the Brazilian in the second round.
In September, Adesanya sensationally lost the title against Sean Strickland, while Pereira won a challenger fight against Jan Blachowicz as part of a welterweight title eliminator and then became the division’s new champion by finishing Jiri Prohazka by second-round technical knockout.
As a reminder, the UFC 300 anniversary tournament will take place on April 13 in Las Vegas.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/33607-aleks-perejra-ob-yavil-o-vozvrashchenii-v-oktagon.html?rand=19907
