Field Alex Pereira A Terrifying Suggestion Before the UFC 300 Main Event
I used to be amazed at how the massive Brazilian fighter Alex Pereira could trim himself down to 185 pounds before every middleweight match. I wasnt sure how a man his size and thickness could accomplish such a feat.
Even Poatan has to concede that he doesnt really know how he fought in his old weight class even if hes currently leading the light heavyweight class and ready to defend his championship against former champion Jamahal Hill in the UFC 300 main event.
Through an interpreter, the champion remarked We talk about that sometimes: how did I make 185? acknowledging that his strong finish earned him his first of two UFC crowns.DO cutting what needs to be cut, but I don’t even know since Im cutting half of what I was cutting before.
Definitely a lot more comfortable and a lot healthier than before, when I was cutting when there was nothing else to cut.
The six foot four combat sports star was never off the scale throughout his middleweight career, but when he moved up to light heavy weight in July of last year, he was undoubtedly more at ease. He had reached to the top of the division after just two fights, and he remained a formidable and threatening opponent
It was only fitting that winning a title in two weight classes so rapidly would attract a great deal of attention. Pereira accomplished this in a mere 736 days, almost twice as fast as the previous record-holder, Conor mcGregor who finished the double 1.317 days after making his promotional debut.
However, even among his own team, there was always the question of how he managed to compete at middleweight in the first place.
Jan Bachowicz was a big guy who could knock out light heavyweights, but he wasnt really the weight of a 205 er Plinio Cruz, the champions all around right hand man and one of his instructors, said of the bout. He was really powerful, but hes amazing right now, brother, for this fight and the one with Jiri prochazka.
Ive never seen him this technical and sharp in shape like he looks now, he continued. I dont think he ever made middleweight, and from what I see right now, I think hes fighting in his proper weight class.
Even though Pereira occasionally ponders how he competed in the middleweight class, the attention grabbing titleholder finds all the other talk about his legacy, his quick success, and the amazing success hes had in his first seven UFC appearances to be unimportant.
“I don’t even look at it; I don’t know the numbers, I don’t look into that stuff,” stated Pereira, who has a 6-1 record in the Octagon and four of those wins have come against opponents who have won championship gold at some point during the promotion. “A lot of people talk about those facts,” Pereira said. “I don’t really care, but I’ll hear about it later.
Im entering there because I know the fight I want to have and Im going to fight.
Is it appealing? Is it fantastic? he inquired in jest. Yes its wonderful to have defeated those kinds of opponents but ultimately Im going to battle so those numbers dont really matter.
The champion finds significance in being the main attraction or this weekend’s historic pay per view event, both personally and professionally.
“Its really important Im really excited to be do part of this UFC 100, 200, and 300 are huge events, pereira stated. many opponents fighters and others believed I would never amount to anything and that I was a one dimensional kickboxer, especially when I first started out.
I am the main event of UFC 300, proving all of those people wrong.
Pereira is unaffected by the astounding numbers and recognition he is receiving, but he can make more history on Saturday night in Las Vegas when he takes on Hill in a bout between the final two contenders for the light heavyweight title. Pere will be the main attraction of the promotions tricentennial event at T Mobile Arena.
Similar to Prochazka before him, Hill never lost the belt competition nevertheless he was forced to win it after sustaining an injury that would keep him out of the ring for a long time. The Dana White’s Contender Series graduate had won four straight fights before getting hurt. He took the title with a unanimous decision victory over Glover Teixeira, Pereiras lead corner, at UFC 283 early last year.
Hill has devoted a significant portion of the build up to this bout to complimenting the champions overall combat sports record while also referring to him as a steward someone who is keeping the throne warm while he is away hill is confident and eager to show that he is the better guy.
According to Hills perspective pereira can only defeat him in one method, and even then, his highly acclaimed strength and impressive general cunning might not be sufficient to secure a triumph.
The champion responded, Talking is a strategy a lot of the time, and thats what hes doing in response to Hills remarks. Ive been able to infer from his statements what his strategy will be This is what I’ve been interpreting him to say, albeit I could be incorrect It doesnt worry me at all.
I noticed he was having a video chat with Adesanya he continued, alluding to a discussion that Hill admitted transpired between himself and the current middleweight champion, who has battled Pereira four times in two different weight classes. Honestly, it needed to be on video because if he goes over there to train with adesanya, adesanya is gonna kick his a, break his leg, and hes not gonna be able to fight, so Im glad they did it over video.
Although Pereira always maintains a resting angry face and intense focus, its hard to tell from his demeanor or the force with which he addressed Hills remarks and the video session with Adesanya, but there seems to be a little more going on here than in previous encounters.
The reason behind the champions apparent focus is either the enormity of the occasion, the chance to enhance his already impressive portfolio or a mix of these factors combined with a few extras thrown in for good measure. teixeira was able to describe how his charge appears in just one word.
Scary and thats the word scary, he said when asked about the two-division champion ahead of this weekends main event. “Alex is scary right now.”
