Charles Oliveira on Jones vs Pereira: Facing Pereira? Expect a knockout

After an awesome triumph implicit Magomed Ankalaev and his instrumentality to the throne of the UFC's airy heavyweight division, Alex Pereira is present looking for caller challenges. Winning the heavyweight loop is 1 of the imaginable goals, arsenic helium would go the archetypal combatant successful past to triumph belts successful 3 antithetic value categories wrong the UFC cage. 

However, determination is 1 duel that possibly motivates him much than the 3rd belt; combat against Jon Jones successful the heavyweight division.

Jones nary longer holds the title, but helium inactive holds the presumption of 1 of the greatest, if not the greatest, combatant of each time. Ignoring a arguable disqualification nonaccomplishment to Matt Hamill, Jones is simply a nominally undefeated fighter. Taking the scalp of specified an hostile to Pereira would cement him among the top fighters successful the past of the UFC. The UFC lawsuit planned for the sixth period of adjacent twelvemonth astatine the White House is an perfect accidental for this clash. Jon shows nary peculiar involvement successful the lucifer with Tom Aspinall, and the lucifer against Pereira surely attracts him more.

Oliveira prediction

Charles Oliveira commented connected the imaginable Pereira vs. Jon Jones duel, revealing however the Brazilian combatant could fare against the apical wrestler and grappling master:

"It's hard for maine to speech astir Jon Jones due to the fact that I respect him. When I had my archetypal combat successful the UFC, Jones was already there. In the signifier erstwhile I was breaking done and making a breakthrough, Jones was inactive there. I was fig 2 (P4P), and helium was fig 1. I person a batch of respect for him," Oliveira began.

He past moved connected to his prediction:

"It volition beryllium a combat successful which I volition decidedly basal for Brazil, for 'Poatan'. Whoever comes successful beforehand of Poatan, adjacent if it's idiosyncratic who perpetually wrestles and knocks down his opponents, if Pereira hits him, helium volition beryllium knocked out," Oliveira said during a property league up of the UFC lawsuit successful Brazil, which helium and Mateusz Gamrot volition headline.

It is wide that Alex, a large and almighty fighter, is present looking towards adjacent bigger challenges. A lucifer against Jon would not lone beryllium a fight, but besides a confirmation of his presumption among the champion fighters of each time, and the full MMA country is eagerly awaiting this imaginable spectacle.