Forward of his return tomorrow night time, Alex Pereira has been backed by long-time play-by-play lead, Jon Anik to make a shock comeback to his former middleweight stomping grounds after UFC 313, for a title cost towards the incumbent, Dricus du Plessis.
Pereira, a former champion at 185lbs, will defend his gentle heavyweight championship tomorrow towards surging Russian rival, Magomed Ankalaev over the course of 5 rounds of their overdue grudge pairing.
And seeking to defend his title for the fourth time in simply eleven months tomorrow night time, Brazilian star, Pereira most just lately stopped the surge of the streaking, Khalil Rountree at UFC 307 final October, with a surprising fourth spherical barrage on the Octagon fence.
Nonetheless, linked closely this week with an enormous heavyweight rise to tackle both Jon Jones or Tom Aspinall subsequent, Alex Pereira has been backed to attain unheard-of three-division championship wins.
Alex Pereira backed for Dricus du Plessis title struggle after UFC 313
However so far as veteran play-by-play maestro, Anik is worried, he has picked the Sao Paulo native to make a stunning middleweight comeback to compete for his previous crown towards du Plessis.
“I think it depends upon how the fight goes,” UFC 313 play-by-play commentator, Jon Anik, advised MMA Preventing. “If Magomed Ankalaev beats Alex Pereira 50-45, and dominates him over 25 minutes, that wouldn’t lay the foundation for a rematch as much as, say, a quick Ankalaev knockout, because ‘Poatan’ has established so much goodwill with the fan base, with the promotion, and you parlay that with the fact that there aren’t a lot of obvious light heavyweight contenders right now. You got Jamahal Hill fighting Khalil Rountree, right? But are you gonna do Ankalaev versus Bogdan Guskov right now? I’m not sure you’re going to do that.”
“The one thing that I will say, Alex Pereira can still make middleweight, and he wants to fight Dricus du Plessis,” Anik continued. “He did not defend the UFC middleweight championship. Of all the accolades for the future UFC Hall of Famer Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira, he never defended the middleweight championship, and if you think for a second that he doesn’t have an appetite, no pun intended, to go back down to 185 [pounds], you’re absolutely crazy. And if the calendar doesn’t align for him to challenge Jon Jones or Tom Aspinall in the heavyweight division, I don’t think he’s going stick around at 205 to fight Bogdan Guskov, even though you and I f*cking love the guy. He’s probably going try to go down to 185 and fight Dricus du Plessis.”
