Reigning UFC flyweight champion, Alexandre Pantoja, is ready to step up to defend his belt against Muhammad Mokaev if the British fighter manages to defeat former title challenger Alex Perez this weekend.
The Brazilian said this in an interview with sports columnist Guilherme Cruz, specifying that he expects to compete at UFC 301, which takes place on May 4 in Rio de Janeiro.
The 23-year-old Dagestan native made it clear that he is more than happy with the current titleholder’s plan.
“Brandon Royval has a knee injury, Brandon Moreno lost three times to Pantoja, Manel Kape will probably have another fight because he couldn’t make weight last time, Amir Albazi is injured, Kai Kara-France has a concussion – now I’m the only challenger, but I need to get an impressive win over Perez,” Mokaev said while speaking to reporters in Las Vegas. “I’ve already done the math – after March 2, I’ll have ten weeks and I’m ready. Like I said, I have a lot of experience in my amateur career and I’m ready to fight every weekend.”
As a reminder, the fight between Muhammad Mokaev and Alex Perez will be part of UFC Fight Night 238, which will take place on March 2 in Las Vegas.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/34047-chempion-ufc-aleshandre-pantozha-nazval-uslovie-boya-s-mukhammadom-mokaevym.html?rand=19907
