Alex Pereira has doubled down on a return to middleweight as he sent a message to Dricus du Plessis. Of course, “Poatan” has to defend his light heavyweight title against Khalil Rountree first at UFC 307 on Oct. 5, but if he is successful — or even if he isn’t — will Pereira make that huge weight cut one more time to fight du Plessis?
MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee react to Pereira’s challenge to du Plessis, discuss the likelihood that it happens, why the callout of the middleweight champ with Jon Jones likely getting ready to face Stipe Miocic with Jones’ already-expressed interest in that matchup, what a betting line for a potential Pereira vs. du Plessis fight would look like, who would win, and more.
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