Coach: Alex Pereira needs fast turnaround after UFC 303
Throughout a current interview on The MMA Hour, coach Plinio Cruz defined what Pereira stated instantly after UFC 303.
“Alex Pereira is unquestionably combating within the second semester of 2024, one hundred pc,” Cruz stated of Pereira. “The subsequent few months, they’re going to give you one thing…this man’s loopy, perhaps that’s why he skilled [on Monday]. He stated ‘Pay attention, that is my second sparring for my camp for Perth, I wish to struggle on that card’. I stated ‘No, no, no. Pump the brakes a bit of bit.’
“I wouldn’t be stunned [if he fights at UFC 305]. He’s loopy, bro. Possibly, you by no means know.”
UFC 305 on August 17 is headlined by a middleweight title matchup between Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya, Pereira’s two-time UFC rival. As of this writing, not one of the UFC heads have commented on Pereira’s alleged remarks to his coach.
Pereira has surged into one of many high pound-for-pound fighters on the earth in only a handful of MMA fights. He additionally hasn’t dominated out a quest to probably change into the UFC’s first three-division champion in a transfer to heavyweight.
Pereira isn’t slowing down because the second half of 2024 kicks off; and if his back-to-back pay-per-view saving wins are any indication of what’s to come back, he is likely to be on his option to combating in Australia.