Champ Jamahal Hill Sends a “Welcome” Message to Alex Pereira After His Announcement to Change Division; Draws Wild Reactions: “Bro Bout to Revive the Villain Arc”

Alex Pereira‘s announcement that he’ll be moving up to light heavyweight following his loss at UFC 287 got fans of the former champ buzzing in excitement. Although the timeline for his next fight hasn’t been decided yet, the Brazilian clearly has no lack of opponents to welcome him to the weight class whenever he decides to step into the cage again.

Now in what could turn out to be a huge update, current light heavyweight champ Jamahal Hill has come out with a message for ‘Poatan’ on his official Instagram. Following his post, fans of both athletes reacted to Hill’s comments about welcoming him to the 205 lbs division. Considering the earlier back and forth that the two fighters had, this fight could turn out to be Hill’s first title defense after winning the light heavyweight gold at UFC 283.

Fans react to Jamahal Hill’s “welcome” message for Alex Pereira

Reacting to Pereira’s announcement, the light heavyweight champ made a post on his Instagram with him holding the UFC belt. The short clip was followed by the caption: “Welcome can’t wait to see you” 

Reacting to the post, a few of Pereira’s fans came out claiming that the Brazilian would avenge the loss that his friend, Glover Teixeira, suffered at the hands of Hill. One fan even suggested that Pereira’s striking would be too much to handle for the American.

“Bro bout to revive the villain arc and avenge Glover”

“Poatan will turn you into a panic wrestler”

“Bro you better start training”

“You better wrestle dat boy”

The rest of the comments were from fans of the champ, who felt that he was a much more dangerous fighter than any of Pereira’s old opponents, including Israel Adesanya.

“If Izzy sent him to the Shadow Realm, Jamal about to make him see the Grim Reaper 

“Jamal right hand 100x scarier than Izzy’s tell me I’m wrong… then just look how he did Johnny. no matter what these 205ers walking around at 250. Potan has the chance lmao but not really his fighting style never changes

“Hill by ko then alex retires”

“1st murder in ufc history”

“If Izzy can knock him you Fasho sending Shadow realm Champ !”

“U gonna send him to heavyweight”

The excitement evident here could serve as a small teaser of the hype that would eventually take place if this fight was officially announced at some point in time.

Alex Pereira earlier announced his light heavyweight move

‘Poatan’ had made the announcement that he would be making a move up in weight class in a video on his official YouTube channel. Following this, speculations about his next opponent were rife amongst MMA fans.

Even prior to Hill’s latest social media post, rumors of the duo facing each other were always strong, especially because of the fact that ‘Sweet Dreams’ had beaten Pereira’s friend and training partner, Teixeira, to take the then-vacant light heavyweight title.

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Now it’s up to the matchmakers to decide if they want to go ahead with this matchup, which undoubtedly could be an entertaining bout for fans of both these athletes. What do you think of this fight? Let us know in the comment section.

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