As soon as extra headlining one other high-profile card throughout is transient Octagon tenure – incumbent gentle heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira has been backed because the potential new “face” of the UFC by Corridor of Fame star, Daniel Cormier – forward of subsequent weekend’s return.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion and the present gentle heavyweight titleholder, returns on simply two weeks discover at UFC 303 subsequent weekend in Las Vegas, headlining the Worldwide Combat Week card in a rematch towards former champion, Jiri Prochazka.
Changing promotional megastar, Conor McGregor who has been sidelined by means of an undisclosed harm, Pereira took essential occasion standing on the monumental UFC 300 occasion again in April – lodging a surprising opening spherical knockout win over Jamahal Hill within the course of.
Alex Pereira en path to additional stardom with UFC 303 return
And receiving main props from the blended martial arts group for moving into the McGregor-shaped void at UFC 303 subsequent weekend, Pereira is properly on his approach to changing into the brand new face of the group – based on Cormier.
“May you think about the cash he’s (Alex Pereira) making now,” Daniel Cormier mentioned throughout an episode of Good Man / Dangerous Man. “He says sure to all the pieces – [he] headlined Madison Sq. Backyard twice, headlined UFC 300 which was a monster, he steps in once more on quick discover for UFC 303.”
“Now, it is going to at all times be exhausting to prime Conor McGregor with reference to star energy,” Cormier defined. “You continue to obtained Israel Adesanya, you continue to obtained Jon Jones, however after I take into consideration the face of the corporate, due to his sturdiness, his exercise, his willingness to battle, two-division champion.”
First taking up Prochazka final November within the pair’s vacant title battle in New York, Pereira grew to become a two-division champion with a blistering second spherical knockout within the pair’s headliner at Madison Sq. Backyard.
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