Former mild heavyweight champion, Glover Teixeira has claimed that his coaching accomplice and compatriot, former middleweight titleholder, Alex Pereira is at present weighing within the area of 230lbs – forward of his divisional debut at 205lbs at UFC 291 in July, taking up soon-to-be common-foe, Jan Blachowicz.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion underneath the banner of the UFC, has been sidelined since he took fundamental occasion honors at UFC 287 again in April of this yr, struggling his first Octagon defeat in a second spherical KO loss to two-time champion, Israel Adesanya.
Slated to make his mild heavyweight divisional bow at UFC 291 on the finish of July in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah – Pereira will tackle former undisputed champion, Blachowicz in an anticipated title-eliminator on the Delta Middle.
Alex Pereira faces 25 pound weight minimize forward of UFC 291 return
And with a lot fervour surrounding his mild heavyweight bow with the Pole at UFC 291 on the finish of this month, Pereira reportedly weighs a whopping 230lbs forward of his debut within the weight class.
“I like him (Alex Pereira) going to mild heavyweight,” Glover Teixeira stated throughout his look on the UFC Battle Go Invitaitonal 4 of Alex Pereira’s divisional climb. “When he stated he was going to mild heavyweight, I used to be like, ‘I adore it’, as a result of I don’t wish to see him slicing that a lot weight. You don’t understand how a lot that man cuts. He’s 230 kilos proper now and he’s lean.”
“He’s most likely like eight % physique fats,” Teixeira defined. “For him to drop to 185 [pounds] is loopy – loopy, man. I minimize weight. I don’t minimize that a lot, however I understand how laborious it’s and as you become older, it will get tougher and tougher. That ultimately will be dangerous on your well being, and I don’t need him to be in that place, so I’m glad.’ (H/T MMA Junkie)
4-1 all through his 5 struggle Octagon tenure, Pereira landed within the UFC with a knockout win over Andreas Michailidis, after which a call victory over compatriot, Bruno Silva – earlier than stopping each Sean Strickland and Israel Adesanya with knockout triumphs – the latter in an undisputed middleweight title struggle.
