Daniel Cormier is advising UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones to callout Alex Pereira after he beats Stipe Miocic.
Though not but formally introduced, heavyweight champion Jon Jones (27-1 MMA) is predicted to make his first title protection towards Stipe Miocic (20-4 MMA) at UFC 309 on November ninth in New York.
Simply this previous Saturday noticed mild heavyweight champion Alex Pereira knockout Jiri Prochazka (30-5 MMA) at UFC 303 (see that right here).
Jon Jones has alluded to the truth that he’s uncertain if he’ll retire after his struggle with Stipe Miocic, as there are such a lot of choices within the UFC for the time being.
A kind of choices is the truth that Pereira has teased transferring to the heavyweight division.
Daneil Cormier, talking on his ‘Funky and the Champ’ present with Ben Askren, shared:
“I’ll inform you one factor Jones stated: Now he may stick round as a result of he goes, ‘The choices are trying nice’.”
Persevering with, Cormier had some recommendation for Jones:
“If I’m Jones, I struggle Stipe, I beat Stipe, after which I name out the UFC to make Pereira go up (to heavyweight), realizing that you could possibly take all that thunder as a result of Jones vs. Pereira could be a large payday.”
Askren shared that he believes Jones (27-1 MMA) vs. Pereira (11-2 MMA) would look just like Jones submission of Ciryl Gane (12-2 MMA) at UFC 285. Cormier agrees.
Jones fought Gane in March of 2023 and the outcome was a submission victory for ‘Bones’ at 2:04 of spherical 1.
Concluding the UFC commentator stated (h/t MMAJunkie):
“Jones is a -800 favourite to struggle Pereira and beat Pereira, in the event that they have been to struggle. So it’s not an amazing matchup, however I like Alex, man. It couldn’t have occurred to a greater man.”
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