Michel
Pereira will take a six-bout successful streak into his struggle
in opposition to Michal
Oleksiejczuk on Saturday at UFC
299.
The pairing will mark the Brazilian’s second middleweight
look throughout the Las Vegas-based promotion.
“The most effective factor I may do in my life was go as much as [185 pounds],”
Pereira informed Sherdog.com. “Right this moment I’m residing and and coaching a lot
higher. At welterweight, I needed to lose greater than [40 pounds] in two
months for each struggle. Right this moment is straightforward.”
Pereira’s opponent, Oleksiejczuk, has received three of his final 4
Octagon appearances — all by first-round knockout or technical
knockout.
“I couldn’t discover ways to say his title till [recently],” Pereira
mentioned. “This [Polish] man does not kick, [land takedowns] or struggle on
the bottom, however his left hand is admittedly harmful. I am completely
conscious of that, however I feel I’m a greater boxer than him, and my purpose
is knock him out. However I’m an MMA fighter. I’m ready to do what
is critical to get my hand raised. My principal purpose is to get a spot
within the middleweight rankings.”
Pereira, who’s a black belt in karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, is
assured that the extent of sparring he’s acquired at Xtreme
Couture will propel him to his second middleweight victory.
“Every sparring associate brings you extra hassle in a unique space,
and that makes you evolve as an MMA fighter,” he mentioned. “I’m
coaching with former champions like Jamahal
Hill and Sean
Strickland and high guys like Chris
Curtis and Caio
Borralho. By the way in which, my sparrings with Strickland are at all times
loopy. It’s uncommon that we don’t knock one another down or depart the
sparring [session] bleeding.”
Previous to his final struggle, a first-round TKO of Andre
Petroski, Pereira entered the cage with Israel’s nationwide flag.
Whereas that was partially to point out help to some mates from the
space, the Brazilian doesn’t plan on making an analogous assertion at
UFC 299.
“I’ve mates in Palestine and Israel. My struggle was seven days
after Hamas terrorist assaults and, as a Christian, I made a decision to pay
homage to Israel, however since then me and my household began to be
threatened through social media,” he mentioned. “I don’t need to get
concerned in that anymore.”
This time, Pereira intends to placed on a dance present throughout his
entrance.
“I attempted to persuade UFC to permit my cousin to enter with me
dancing, however they didn’t enable it, so I needed to minimize a cornerman in
order to carry my cousin with me,” mentioned Pereira, with out providing
additional particulars on who was faraway from his nook.
Pereira could be very standard in Brazil because of his penchant for creating
new hanging methods with uncommon names corresponding to Revestrés,
Ptionation, Canga-Leitão and Mão de Bomba (Bomb Arms). Pereira
doesn’t count on to unveil any new methods this time round,
nonetheless.
“I created a number of loopy stuff already. It is time to attempt to use it
to entertain the followers, not create new ones,” he mentioned.
After combating simply as soon as in 2023, “Demolidor” revealed that he’ll
make himself accessible to compete at UFC 301
in Rio de Janeiro on Could 4 if all goes effectively in opposition to
Oleksiejczuk.
“I might like to struggle for Brazilian viewers,” Pereira mentioned. “If I
depart that struggle with out accidents, I’ll be accessible for UFC 301.
As a Las Vegas resident I additionally would like to compete on the Sphere
[in September]. However that is not my enterprise. I’m a UFC worker.
Each time they want me, if I’m wholesome, I will be prepared.”
