Dana White does not like the idea of letting Alex Pereira fight the heavyweight Champion Jon Jones. And he thinks that no one should be Pound for Pound Champion except Jon Jones. Jones is going to fight Stipe Miocic in the upcoming UFC main event.
Stipe Miocic is the two-time Heavyweight Champion and according to Dana White, this is the best fight to make rather than Jon Jones Vs Tom Aspinall. So, if “Bones” wins, he’ll add more to his legacy. Although this fight has raised a lot of questions among the fans, Dana White stands firm on his decision to make this fight happen.
Alex Pereira Vs Jon Jones
For now, Dana White isn’t considering the idea of Alex Pereira moving up to heavyweight. When asked on “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday if Pereira might get a shot at UFC heavyweight champ Jon Jones, the UFC CEO firmly said “no.”
At 37, Pereira is the reigning UFC light Heavyweight Champion and was also a middleweight champion before. He’s a former two-division champion in GLORY Kickboxing. In 2024, Pereira stepped up on short notice twice to help the UFC. He headlined UFC 300 in April, where he knocked out Jamahal Hill in the first round, and then headlined UFC 303 in June, knocking out Jiri Prochazka in the second round.
Biggest fight of UFC
Alex Periera is a skilled and powerful reigning fighter of UFC’s multiple divisions. After Pereira’s knockout of Prochazka, people were shocked to see the outstanding performance of Alex. Even though the UFC commentator Joe Rogan strongly pushed for Pereira to move up to heavyweight and try to become the first fighter to hold titles in three different UFC divisions. Jon Jones also agreed to fight Alex Pereira and is willing to fight him after Stipe.
Dana White Defends Jon Jones
Both Pereira and Jones are open to the matchup, and Pereira’s long-time coach, Plinio Cruz, recently supported the idea, calling a fight between Jones and Pereira “the biggest fight this sport has ever seen.” Alex Pereira’s coach is very positive towards this fight as he said, “I think it’d be a mega-fight. I think it’d be the biggest fight this sport has ever seen.”
Showing respect to Jon Jones, he approved this fight and is eager to give it a try. ” We all respect Jon Jones a lot. And I think it’s going to be just a great fight. I’m not going to say [who] wins, they lose, [who] wins, they lose. The fight is a fight, but I think it’s going to be the best fight between two great champions.”
Dana White has always been in favor of a fight between Jones and Miocic, as well as Jones’ claim to being the top pound-for-pound fighter in the sport, and he continued to support both on Tuesday. “Well, everybody on the internet is stupid. Anybody who thinks Jon Jones isn’t the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world should never be discussing fighting. Period, end of story.”
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