Alex Pereira will be in the main fight of UFC 300 in a clash which will pit him against former champion of the category, Jamahal Hill. ‘Poatan’ has expressed his desire to fight in the main event of UFC 301, which will take place in Brazil.
He wants to make an impression. Undisputed UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is set to make his return at UFC 300 in April in Las Vegas, taking on former champion Jamahal Hill. This title shot seems rather logical, because the American’s situation is similar to that of Jiri Prochazka.
“While we were talking to the UFC to make this fight happen in Brazil, and then they came up with the idea to bring it a little earlier and make it on the UFC 300,” Pereira said on his YouTube channel, through his coach who translated.
“…Which for me is a good thing cause I’ve already been training hard. I think that actually the fight being before what I expected makes it even better for me. I’m in good shape. I’ve been training hard and am excited for the fight.”
Both got the belt, got injured, and had to part with the title. So it’s only fitting that they get a title fight in the comeback. Hill will have to watch out for Alex Pereira who clinched the crown with a second round knockout victory over Prochazka.
While stepping up to the plate and fighting at UFC 300 is history enough, Pereira dares to be even greater.
“I want to defend the belt… hopefully in a very fast pace in a row two times,” Pereira revealed. “If this will be an opportunity, the cards being so close to each other, for me to be able to defend at UFC 300 maybe Rio [UFC 301].”
“That is a very big possibility because the way that I do, if I don’t get hurt, if I did this before in kickboxing, so everything going fine.
There’s a reason why the UFC doesn’t do one-night tournaments anymore, because of the damage that may occur between fights and the effects of weight-cutting.
In the modern era, express turnarounds to the Octagon haven’t always been the best idea– just look at Alexander Volkanovski getting knocked out again at UFC 298 four months after he did at UFC 294.
Even still, Pereira is down to fight back-to-back… that is if he doesn’t sustain much damage vs. Hill.
“Of course, anything can happen in a fight. I can get hurt. I can never predict, but if everything goes fine, there’s a big chance that I’ll try to defend the belt very fast.”
“I’m very excited about this [Hill] fight in general because to fight on a card like UFC 300 is a card that most people going to remember. Being able to headline this event, it’s something really good.”
