‘Alex has varied vitality’: Pereira can defeat Jones for heavyweight title, claims coach
Alex Pereira has the essential tools to be a 3-division UFC champion, in step with his coach Glover Teixeira.
Pereira can already claimed world title in the middleweight and gentle heavyweight divisions since entering the UFC as a 3-1 newbie in leisurely 2021, going on to headline about a of basically the most ancient events in the organisation’s history.
The Brazilian, also formerly a two-division champion in kickboxing, will gaze to prolong his 205-pound championship reign this weekend at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City, Utah when he takes on high contender Khalil Rountree in what’s anticipated to be a wrestle that will showcase both opponents’ stand-up prowess.
Nonetheless after that? Pereira has made noises about maybe testing himself at heavyweight — and whereas period in-between champion Tom Aspinall is on the high of the queue for the following heavyweight world title bout after Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic at final wrestle in Contemporary York subsequent month, his coach Glover Teixeira says that Pereira can place one thing he items his thoughts to.
“To be simply, I’m assured that he can close one thing he wants,” Teixeira acknowledged to The Schmo, as eminent by MMA Junkie.
“He can wrestle at heavyweight and execute the heavyweights there since the strength, the flexibility to read the opponents, and out and in, and the vitality. He’s extra highly efficient than any heavyweight I’ve trained with. No doubt, any heavyweight, Tom Aspinall, Stipe… got KO vitality, as smartly. Nonetheless Alex is formula up there.”
And in phrases of heavyweight champion Jones?
“There’s no comparison,” Teixeira explained. “I do know Jon Jones is a large fighter. He’s a huge martial artist as smartly. Glorious love Alex, he studies the man. Nonetheless vitality, there’s no comparison. Alex has varied vitality. Indulge in George Foreman vitality. Alex is varied. Timing and the vitality is varied. He has giant vitality. I by no formula in my existence sparred with a man that hits as exhausting.”
