After reclaiming the UFC light heavyweight championship by dethroning Magomed Ankalaev in a title rematch at UFC 320, Alex Pereira now has even bigger plans. ‘Poatan’ wants to be a three-weight UFC champion and has his crosshairs on the UFC heavyweight gold now.
Alex Pereira stated in a recent interview (via Omelete) that he has talked to the UFC about moving up to 265 pounds and taking on Jon Jones, who also wants to be on the White House 2026 card and is out of retirement.
‘Poatan’ stated that even though he has more ambitious goals, matchmaking is beyond his control, and he is ultimately just waiting like everyone else:
“I mentioned the White House against Jon Jones.