With UFC 306 entertaining the world of mixed martial arts with its phenomenal cards and breathtaking visuals, Alex Pereira has come up with an announcement for the fight fans. The light heavyweight champion has been eyeing to fight Khalil Rountree Jr. at UFC 307. However, he hasn’t stopped aiming at training alongside the one Dana White claims to be the GOAT of MMA. 

Yes indeed! ‘Poatan’ is looking at training together with Jon Jones. While the world was looking forward to witnessing the duo land against each other, the fighters were discussing a training session. But what is the timeline for that? Let’s find out what the Brazilian champion has to say about it.

Alex Pereira looks forward to training with Jon Jones

As the Riyadh Season Noche UFC continued to send shockwaves through the MMA realm, the man with hands of stone claimed that the fight fans would soon witness him together with the heavyweight champion. Through a translator, he said, “We’re both sitting down first row, next to each other and we’ve been talking a bit about training together. But I think now it’s going to happen.” 

This inspired the interviewer to ask about the timeline for the training sessions. He wondered if it would happen after UFC 307 to maximize the training for Jones’ fight against Stipe Miocic. Pereira answered, “Think so, because his fight is gonna be in November. You know, everytime we leave a fight, it takes a couple weeks or two sometimes to him to recover from his injuries. But I think I’ll have enough time to go together.”

Before the duo booked their training sessions, they wanted to fight in the Octagon. Back in May 2024, ‘Bones’ took to X and called Pereira out. He wanted the UFC to give the LHW champ a chance to avenge all of the Brazilian champions that he had defeated.

Even though Pereira had immense respect for the heavyweight champion, he couldn’t say no to such an opportunity. However, other factors at play hurdled the matchup. 

The fight between ‘Poatan’ and ‘Bones’ won’t materialize

In an appearance on the MMA Hoje podcast, Pereira revealed his take on the matchup between him and Jones. Even though both of the fighters were seemingly ready to showcase their skills against each other, the MMA promotion also needed to give it a go. 

The light heavyweight champ said, “Everyone certainly wanted to see this fight but there not much to say because it doesn’t just depend on us. So exposing myself and talking here when suddenly it can’t even happen. I respect him a lot he understood what if he said there it’s a desire that he has it too so. I respect his wishes and well if that’s what he wants ok.” 

Nevertheless, the MMA world has indeed roared up loud with the prospect of Pereira training with Jones. No doubt, this would put their fighting skills on a level that not many can touch. And the one question that has boggled the fight fans was ‘How strong can these fighters become!’

What are your thoughts on the Pereira and Jones training together? Would you have preferred them to fight each other instead? Let us know what you think in the comments down below.