Amid continued hypothesis concerning how his type will translate at 205 kilos forward of UFC 291 divisional touchdown, former middleweight champion, Alex Pereira has been backed to doubtless take over the throne from champion, Jamahal Hill by teammate, Glover Teixeira – who claims the matchup is “excellent” for his compatriot.
Pereira, the present primary ranked middleweight contender, is slated to make each his Octagon return and his mild heavyweight divisional bow at UFC 291 on the finish of the month, taking up former mild heavyweight champion, Jan Blachowicz in a co-main occasion slot in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah.
Final day out, the Sao Paulo native, who has held gold at each the middleweight and light-weight heavyweight limits throughout his tenure with GLORY Kickboxing, suffered a thunderous second spherical KO loss to arch-rival, Israel Adesanya – because the Metropolis Kickboxing staple regained the middleweight title.
Slated to return in a possible title-eliminator in opposition to Polish veteran, Blachowicz in Utah on the finish of July, Alex Pereira’s knockout fee and talent has been questioned by Hill – with the present champion doubting the Brazilian’s probabilities of delivering violent finishes at mild heavyweight akin to his middleweight keep.
Alex Pereira picked to beat Jamahal Hill in beneficial matchup
Nonetheless, in line with former champion, Teixeira – who retired following his January title battle loss to Hill, Alex Pereira would matchup nicely in opposition to the Dana White’s Contender Sequence product in a projected future championship outing.
“For certain, the type with Jamahal Hill and Alex (Pereira), it’s excellent for Alex,” Glover Teixeira instructed assembled media following UFC Struggle Go Invitational 4. “Pay attention, Jamahal Hill is a good fighter, and Jan (Blachowicz) is a good fighter. We’re not wanting previous Jan over right here like that. Kinds make fights. My type was extra grappling, and Jan is an incredible striker. He beat Israel Adesanya and he was doing actually good within the standup earlier than he began going [for takedowns]. Jan is harmful, he hits arduous.”
“But when every thing goes to plan and Alex can get previous Jan, for certain I feel Jamahal Hill might be a tremendous battle for Alex, and it might be good to see revenge – nothing in opposition to Jamahal Hill, he’s an excellent man as nicely, however yeah.” (H/T BJPENN.com)
