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UFC President Dana White quite spontaneoulsy and enthusiastically reacted to Alex Pereira calling out Dricus Du Plessis. Pereira, who switched divisions to light heavyweight, expressed his desire to fight the defending champion at middleweight.
Dana White, who is known for his bluntness, had nothing but words of appreciation for Alex Pereira. White’s reaction indicates that the UFC is willing to consider it.
Dana White reacts to Alex Pereira saying he wants to go back down to 185 after his next fight:
“He’s f***ing nasty… he wants to move up, he wants to move down.
Dana White on Alex Pereira’s recent call out
During a recent post-fight press conference, Dana White shared his thoughts on Alex Pereira calling out Dricus Du Plessis to fight at 185.
“My take on him is, he’s * nasty,” White said, as quoted by mmafighting.com.“That’s my take on him. He wants to move up. He wants to move down. He wants to go everywhere. That’s why people love him.
Those are the type of fighters people love. Pereira wants to fight everybody. I love it. The thing that’s great about it is, this is why I said a minute ago everybody loves him and he’s great. But it also gives us a ton of options that as we’re in matchmaking, ‘Should we do this, should we do that? Shouldn’t we do this, shouldn’t we do that?’ It’s a good problem to have with a guy like him.
How about he’s on vacation and accepts the last-minute fight? Everything about Alex Pereira is what makes fans absolutely love the guy”.
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