“So where are all the light heavyweights now who were talking about me when I was middleweight?” the Brazilian wrote on the social network.
Alex Pereira’s last two fights in the UFC have been against Israel Adesanya, finishing the champion with a fifth-round TKO last November before losing to the Nigerian with a devastating second-round knockout a week ago.
After Pereira officially announced the change in weight category, he was publicly greeted by the reigning UFC light heavyweight champion, Jamal Hill, who expressed interest in fighting the Brazilian.