After conquering middleweight as well as the light-heavyweight division, Alex Pereira has his eyes on the heavyweight division. The Brazilian sensation has been unstoppable in his endeavor and for his next challenge, he would like to fight for the undisputed heavyweight gold. Unless it’s Jon Jones, Pereira is not interested in fighting anyone else, “It doesn’t interest me to fight [Aspinall] at the moment,” said Pereira. ‘Poatan’ might want to fight for the undisputed heavyweight gold but Dana White appears to have a different opinion.

Alex Perei͏ra is set to fight Kha͏l͏il Rountree at͏ UFC 307 in October. This will͏ be his t͏hi͏rd title͏ def͏ense t͏his year. After this fight, h͏e ͏might face Magomed ͏Ank͏alaev, and then͏ he cou͏ld͏ consider jumping divisi͏o͏n͏s͏ to become ͏the first thr͏ee-we͏ight ͏champion in UFC hist͏or͏y. Ho͏wever, th͏e UFC head͏ honcho migh͏t p͏u͏t͏ a brake on hi͏s aspirations.

Dana White might have to halt Alex Pereira’s heavyweight jump

Jon Jones vs.Alex Pereira is a fight that many in the community want to witness. This fight has the potential to sell tickets like hotcakes but the UFC head honcho may not be in favor of this fight. When asked about the fight at the ‘ The Pat McAfee Show,’ White answered with a single ‘No.’ At the DWCS press conference, White was asked about his opinion on the possibility of having a three-division champion under the promotion.

This question by the reporter caught the UFC head honcho off-guard as he explained that their age might be an issue considering that Alex Pereira is already 37 years old. “All these guys are battling time. They are all battling time. Umm, we are just going to have to see, you know, what happens in the next couple of months.”

He further added, “There are a lot of fights happening in these weight classes, and you know, Stipe and Jones need to happen, and then we figure out where we go from there. Aspinall is obviously the next guy that should get the next title shot, and we’ll see how all of this plays out. But they are all battling time.”

Alex Pereira’s calender for the upcoming months is pretty booked as Khalil Rountree and Magomed Ankalaev are waiting for their chance to take on the light-heavyweight champ. Regardless, Pereira has another opponent in the middleweight division as well.

‘Poatan’ doubles down on middleweight return

When͏ Alex Pere͏ira was͏ the middle͏weight ch͏ampion, no o͏ne dared ͏to look͏ d͏irectly͏ i͏nto his e͏yes exc͏ept fo͏r Israel Adesanya. H͏o͏wever, now ͏that he has been͏ ͏defeated by D͏ricus Du Ple͏ssis͏,͏ Pereira͏ has another ͏target in sight. After Du Plessis successfully defended his title against Adesanya, Pereira took to his Instagram to upload a photo of him watching the match and asserted that he would like to come back to the middleweight division.

Well, weeks have passed since then and Pereira has again hinted that he would like to fight against Du Plessis. The light-heavyweight champ uploaded a photo of himself and captioned it as, “I’m focused on my next fight and I’m preparing for it, but you never know what can happen. So regardless of the result, I want to go down one more time to middleweight and fight for the belt. Hey Dricus, bring your will to fight me so you can prove that you are better than me. With your public statement, it’s easy to make this happen. Chama.”

Alex Pereira plans to hold two belts at the same time and what would be a better opportunity than this for him? Regardless, whats your take on the commotion? State your thoughts in the comments below.