PER HIS REQUEST
Alex Pereira calls to fight just THREE WEEKS after stunning UFC 300 win over Jamahal Hill… at new weight division
UFC 301 is heading to the champ's backyard of Brazil
ALEX PEREIRA is so unscathed from his UFC 300 title fight against Jamahal Hill that he is ready to return in just three weeks time.
The Brazilian former middleweight and reigning light-heavy champion headlined the iconic card in Las Vegas.
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And it was well and truly vintage Pereira, 36, as he knocked the challenger out with one of his trademark left hooks.
After Hill hit the deck, the champ followed up with some devastating grounds strikes until referee Herb Dean rightfully waved it off.
Pereira made such quick work of Hill that he called to return in just under a month's time when UFC 301 heads to Brazil.
He said, via a translator: “I’m injury free. I want to fight in Brazil. I know it’s a short time, but let’s see what happens.
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“I know there needs to be promotion for a title fight, so I don’t care, let me do a fight at heavyweight.”
Never before has a UFC star won titles in THREE divisions, something Pereira appears to have his eyes on.
But Pereira also insisted he will stick around at 205lb to defend his crown.
He said: "You guys can see what I was doing in there. I told everyone that he was a strong guy and I couldn’t go away from my strategy.
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"I was getting the distance and my timing, everything went perfect.
"I don’t let this belt go to my head, I have to come in here and win it to become the champion. I want to continue defending this belt."
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