News Alex Pereira coming to the UFC

[Hellowhosthat]

Izzy is getting 'Nam flashbacks right now.

 

[SpurNani]

What weight class

 

[Deleted member 545701]

Is he going for middleweight or light heavyweight?

 

[Carrotman23]

Sadly they are on different paths . It's a little late for Pereira to ever face Izzy in the UFC but I hope so . Would be amazing to see. Either way it'll be interesting to see him in MMA more that left hand is a touch of death .

 

[Hellowhosthat]

What weight class

Is he going for middleweight or light heavyweight?

Doesn't say but last time he fought in LFA it was at MW, so I'd assume that.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

He is already 34... he should have done this 5 years ago

 

[Ruv]

Pereira is coming in to KO Izzy and win the MW title. Then eventually move up to become the LHW Champion.

 

[FrappeDuRocma]

34 years old, Izzy will retire him for good...

 

[Islam Imamate]

He is already 34... he should have done this 5 years ago

I rarely have much interest in guys who transition from other combat sports that late in their career. You gotta transition early so you have time to master grappling.

Look at Petr Yan, trained and competed in amateur boxing from 13-20 then transitioned full time to MMA and these days he can hold his own in grappling exchanges with one of the trickiest grapplers in the division in Sterling.

 

[Kryptt]

Will be good ta see em step into the "Top Game"...

Or something...

Either way I'm in!

 

[IneedSometop]

He’s only had 4 fights in MMA sadly I don’t think the Izzy rematch will ever happen unless he gets on the fastest track and can fight 3-4 times a year for the next 2 years

 

[FIghtxIQ]

Sadly they are on different paths . It's a little late for Pereira to ever face Izzy in the UFC but I hope so . Would be amazing to see. Either way it'll be interesting to see him in MMA more that left hand is a touch of death .

I doubt it. The reason UFC is signing him is most likely because he was the last person to KO Izzy. It can go either 2 ways, Izzy gets to avenge his loss or Pereira sparks him again and they have another star on their roster that they can try and promote as double champ in kickboxing and who could possibly try and go for double champ in mma. Either way it works out for UFC. Even if Pereira loses, he will still have some exciting fights there so it's not a lost either way.

 

[DebtCollectorMMA]

 

[Schoolboy Q]

Meh, he’s 34 and already has a submission loss in MMA to some can. He will probably get a few spectacular KO’s and get a hype train going. But will most likely get exposed badly by anyone who decides to have a grapple heavy game plan.

 

[Scheme]

He beat Israel twice. 6 months of TDD training then give him a title shot

 

[Bubzeh]

If they don’t arrange the Izzy fight somehow then this could go down as the biggest missed opportunity in MMA.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

I would to see him get annihilated by Izzy. This ain’t K1

 

[muaythaidon1]

Gutted he's only going to have one more fight in Glory, hopefully that last fight is against Rico.

 

[Pakman]

he's too old to make a difference IMO.

But he can have a fun fight or two. He's either going to get a KO or get KO'd.

 

[UFCIsNOTRigged]

He is going to be fighting at LHW, yeah it would be interesting to see him and Adesanya rematch in the future, but realistically MW has far more holes to jump through to reach the top than LHW.

He also trains out of Teixeira MMA & Fitness (Glover is his coach) and no one knows the landscape of the LHW division better than Glover.

Alex is also 34 years old and is coming over to MMA with the goal of becoming champion; not for a paycheck. Getting a title shot in the LHW division within 2 years is very doable and it would be surprising if he did not get the Jiri treatment (Getting a top 10 opponent in your first fight) given his kickboxing pedigree.

It would be irresponsible for the UFC to put him in there with someone like Aleksa Camur or Kennedy Nzechekwu.

The winner of Santos/Walker (or loser) could be his first opponent.