Alex Pereira calls out Jon Jones for superfight

Alex Pereira has returned to the apical of the UFC country and has made it wide that helium wants adjacent bigger challenges. The Brazilian knocked retired Magomed Ankalaev connected Saturday nighttime astatine UFC 320 to reclaim the airy heavyweight title. The triumph instantly raised the question of what's adjacent for "Poatan." 

On paper, Carlos Ulberg is the logical challenger astatine airy heavyweight, portion Hamzat Chimaev, the middleweight champion, is trying to get into the story, but Pereira makes it wide that helium is not funny successful either.

"Thanks for the congratulations, but each I privation is simply a "superfight." I privation a heavyweight fight," Pereira said astatine a property league aft the event.

Before losing his loop to Ankalaev earlier this year, Pereira was already reasoning astir moving up to heavyweight and attacking for a 3rd title, which would marque him the archetypal three-time UFC champion successful history. That program had to hold for a rematch with the Dagestani, but present that helium has regained the crown, the Brazilian is backmost connected his large goal.

– With each owed respect, I wanted to inquire to combat Jon Jones astatine the White House event, but fixed everything that has happened, it is not the close clip to accidental it, said Pereira, referring to the decease of Jones' member Arthur past week.

Retirement

Jones had antecedently announced his status aft refusing to unify the titles with Tom Aspinall, but erstwhile the UFC announced that the lawsuit would beryllium held connected the White House tract to observe the 250th day of the United States, Jones reversed his determination and wanted to beryllium portion of the spectacle. Alex, showing tact and restraint owed to Jones' household tragedy, made it wide wherever his involvement lies:

– I privation a "superfight". That would beryllium a combat astatine the White House against Jon Jones. That is the "superfight".

The question arises arsenic to however realistic that is. Dana White has repeatedly stressed that helium cannot spot Jones to springiness him the pb relation astatine specified an important event. The UFC besides does not similar it erstwhile champions power categories and artifact 2 divisions astatine once. However, Pereira assures:

– I don't deliberation it's indispensable to springiness up the belt. Everyone knows however often I fight, truthful it won't beryllium a problem.

If helium has to support his airy heavyweight title, Pereira doesn't shy distant from that script either:

– The best. Whoever is the best, that's his turn.

One happening is for sure; Alex Pereira ever aims for the biggest imaginable challenges and a superfight is his adjacent goal.