UFC mild heavyweight king Alex Pereira is pumping the brakes on a possible coaching session with fellow UFC champion Jon ‘Bones’ Jones.
Final 12 months rumors began to swirl of a possible superfight between the MMA mega-stars after Jones claimed {that a} combat between Pereira and himself is the largest combat the UFC might make proper now. ‘Poatan’ actually gave the impression to be on board to make it occur, suggesting {that a} transfer to heavyweight could possibly be in his future.
Pereira additionally expressed curiosity in coaching with Jones to assist hone his personal expertise. Nevertheless, that not seems to be the case. A minimum of, not till ‘Bones’ and the Brazilian boogeyman throw arms contained in the Octagon which appears like an actual chance as of late.
“To be honest, I don’t think that makes as much sense any more,” Pereira lately instructed Bloody Elbow through interpreter when requested about coaching with Jones. “Again once I mentioned that I want to combat at heavyweight, folks already put the dots collectively and mainly talked about Jon Jones. That’s one thing that’s speculated, even when it’s simply by the followers.
“So I wouldn’t want to go and train with him now, and then if we end up fighting, people will start saying a bunch of stuff about whatever in the fight. I think it wouldn’t make sense now, but if we were to fight one day and then go train, I think it would make total sense.”
For now, Alex Pereira will keep targeted on the duty at hand. That being a long-awaited conflict with the sunshine heavyweight division’s top-ranked contender, Magomed Ankalaev. The 2 will headline UFC 313 when the promotion heads again to T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
Jon Jones should get by way of Tom Aspinall if he hopes to combat Alex Pereira
Jones additionally has his personal enterprise to take care of at heavyweight earlier than a possible showdown with Pereira.
Bones’ is anticipated to sq. off with interim heavyweight titleholder Tom Aspinall later this 12 months in a title unification conflict. Aspinall gained the interim belt in November 2023 through a 69-second knockout of Sergei Pavlovich. He’s since defended the belt, touchdown a one-minute KO in opposition to Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304, whereas ready for Jones to deal with enterprise in opposition to former two-time champion Stipe Miocic.
With Jones handily defeating Miocic inside Madison Sq. Backyard late final 12 months, Jones vs. Aspinall is the combat Dana White intends to make and in response to some reviews, it’s already a executed deal.
“I won’t necessarily be studying the fight, but I’d watch it closely,” mentioned Pereira of the impending Jones vs. Aspinall matchup. “Obviously, any heavyweight fight is already exciting, and then you put in Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall. I think that’s a very exciting fight, so I’ll be watching closely – but as a fan.”
