We need a UFC multiverse to keep Alex Pereira happy! He would probably fight in every weight class if it were possible. For Pereira, being the light heavyweight champion and former middleweight champion is simply not enough. He wants to be a champ-champ and for this, he is willing to go up to heavyweight or even down to middleweight. Hear it from ‘Chama’ himself.

At UFC 305, when Dricus Du Plessis shocked the world and finished ‘The Last Stylebender’ in the fourth round of their fight, Pereira wrote a surprising message on social media: “Coming down to 185 one more time.” People thought he wanted to take revenge for his rival, Israel Adesanya. It seems the light heavyweight champion was serious about it.

On Sept. 2 ‘Poatan’ wrote on Instagram, “I’m focused on my next fight and I’m going prepared but you never know what can happen , so regardless of the result I want to go down one more time to the middleweight and go 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 is easy to make this happen, Chama.”

However, some fighters will not be happy to hear about this. Here’s why! Alex Pereira is scheduled to fight Khalil Rountree at UFC 307 on October 5. Post a hopefully successful title defense, if the champion moves to middleweight to fight DDP, the light heavyweight division will get stalled and so will Magomed Ankalaev’s dreams. He is currently ranked #2 in the division and will have to wait for a long time to face Pereira if the latter fights in middleweight.

Ankalaev (18-1 record) is on a long winning streak and his only loss in the UFC dates back to his fight against Paul Craig in 2018. Since then, he has been on a tear through the division, but the light-heavyweight title shot against ‘Poatan’ has eluded him. But how did Rountree (ranked #8) get a title shot over Ankalaev (ranked #2)?

In a video on his YouTube channel, Pereira indicated that he offered to fight Ankalaev, but the latter didn’t agree. “… Ankalaev didn’t want to fight against me. I don’t know the reason, if it was the location, if he just didn’t want to. He isn’t the champion. He can’t pick anything.” But this angered the Russian.

Ankalaev fired back on social media by stating, “@AlexPereiraUFC you are a liar. You said I turned (fight) down against you. @danawhite @Mickmaynard2 never offer me a fight against you. I’m gonna make you eat your word after I handle my business.” What business?

Well, the 32-year-old is going to take on Aleksandr Rakic at UFC 308 in October. So it remains to be seen how the situation unfolds. But coming back to Pereira, he has received several warnings against being too ambitious!

Alex Pereira: His itch to keep moving in the UFC!

Having faced Alex Pereira at UFC 276 in 2022 and getting knocked out in the first round, Sean Strickland has first-hand experience of the dynamite in the Brazilian’s fists. The two have since trained together and Strickland has been positive about Pereira’s skills, but he doesn’t believe that the Brazilian should put his body through the torture of cutting down to 185 lbs again.

Speaking to Brett Okamoto in August, Strickland used his own personal experience to confess, “As a welterweight that moved up to 185, once you get used to that weight class the thought of going back down sounds miserable. I think Alex should fight him (Du Plessis) at 205 any day of the week. I think Alex, any day of the week says 205, 100% dude.”

‘Tarzan’ also painted a horrifying image of Pereira’s weight cuts to make the middleweight limit. “Like when he last (cut to middleweight), I walked to go say hi to him and dude, he just looked like f***ing death.”

But before expressing his desire to move down to middleweight, Pereira showed interest in the heavyweight division. He wanted to make history by dominating a third division. In fact, he wanted to challenge Jon Jones for the title, but Dana White didn’t think it was a good idea.

The UFC CEO felt the champion needed to stay put in his current division and face strong title contenders. But the fighter sees it differently. It took him just seven UFC fights to become a two-division champion, and so, he wants to push things further. Well, as of now, White might not agree to any divisional jump. But you never know…