September 3, 2024 9: 40 am ET
If it wasn’t clear the veryfirst time, Alex Pereira onceagain hasactually called out fellow UFC champ Dricus Du Plessis.
After Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) sent Israel Adesanya to keep his middleweight title at UFC 305 last month, Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) provided him a obstacle. Du Plessis is interested in dealingwith Pereira just if it’s for his light heavyweight title. However, “Poatan” firmlyinsists on dropping back down to 185 pounds for the battle to occur.
“I’m focused on my next battle and I’m going ready however you neverever understand what can occur, so regardless of the outcome I desire to go down one more time to the middleweight and go for the belt. Hey Dricus, bring your will to battle me so you can show that you are muchbetter than me, with your public declaration it is simple to make this takeplace, Chama 🔥”
It didn’t take long for Du Plessis to respond to Pereira’s newest callout on X.
@AlexPereiraUFC you and you partner @SStricklandMMA can have a domestic conflict on who gets slept veryfirst💤😴
— Dricus Du Plessis (@dricusduplessis) September 3, 2024
Pereira hasn’t completed at middleweight consideringthat losing his title to Adesanya by knockout at UFC287 He then moved up to light heavyweight and saw a quick increase en path t