Alex Pereira Confirms Opponent for Title Defense; Promises to End Light Heavyweight Conundrum After Beating Jamahal Hill

Will we soon witness Alex Pereira‘s first title defense? The anticipation for a potential clash between the champion, Alex Pereira, and the former champion, Jamahal Hill is all-time high now. Rumors about their face-off have been circulating throughout the UFC community indicating that their fight might be a possibility sooner than expected. The stakes are high but can it happen?

Pereira has been dominant in his career with just a total of 7 fights under the UFC banner but two titles under his name. The light heavyweight belt was just the pearl that he needed to assert his superiority. Regardless, the division is filled with strong contenders and seems like the prince of the division is looking to make a comeback against Pereira.

Alex Pereira laid out his game plan for the light heavyweight division

Pereira seems to be unfazed by the rumors of a fight against Jamahal Hill. In his latest escapade, Pereira took to his Instagram handle to add a video of him in an indirect face-off against Hill when he was at the corners for Glover Texeira. His caption said, “Guys let’s focus on what Jamahal matters and then I’ll focus on breaking another record by making two title defenses in the shortest time possible.”

There’s been buzz about a potential showdown between Jamahal Hill and Pereira at UFC 300, but nothing’s been confirmed yet. Hill recently underwent surgery ͏and is slate͏d for a comeback around mid-2024. With his return on the horizon, both fighters have shown interest in squaring off. “Sweet Dre͏ams” believes he can ͏deliver a knockout in the Octagon against Per͏eira and is eager to prove it.

Pereira is looking at a successful title defense against Jamahal Hill or any other adversary. However, one thing must be noted the light heavyweight division has been suffering from the curse of success and the champions have failed to defend their title. Yet, Michael Bisping believes that Pereira can defend his title.

The ‘Count’ is confident about Pereira’s ability

Michael Bisping is optimistic about Alex Pereira’s skills. While in conversation on his YouTube handle, the former middleweight champion shed light upon the topic of ‘Poataon’s skill to defend his title. Bisping claimed that there is no better opponent for Pereira than Hill. “Could he be the one coming back to face Alex Pereira? That should be the matchup by all accounts. Alex Pereira is the champion, and Jamahal Hill relinquished the belt, Jamahal Hill was there and he was very animated and he wants a piece of it. and he fancies his chances. He believes he can beat Alex Pereira on the feet.”

He further added “I don’t think that (Pereira vs. Hill) is going to be the fight, I really don’t. Who’s the fight going to be? You know who it’s gonna be, you know who it is by the way I’m saying this, it’s going to be Israel Adesanya. You know it’s going to be Israel Adesanya, and you know what event it’s going to be on as well; it’s gonna be UFC 300.”

Bisping’s observation should be taken into account considering the fact that he is still with the UFC and might drop some hints about the potential matches. Nonetheless, Who do you think will dethrone Pereira?

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