There have been talks to have Alex Pereira fight Jon Jones at UFC’s upcoming White House card after “Poatan” vacated his light heavyweight title on Friday, but many stars still need to align to get there.
On Friday, UFC CEO Dana White announced that Pereira has vacated his 205-pound title to clear way for a title fight between Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg at UFC 327 this April. In turn, it now sets Pereira up to make his awaited heavyweight debut his next time out. Plans are already in motion
to have Pereira compete at UFC’s White House card, but discussions remain ongoing.
According to MMA reporter Ariel Helwani, UFC officials have already had talks about hosting a Pereira vs. Jones superfight at the White House. There isn’t overwhelming momentum to suggest the matchup will definitely be finalized, but as of now the super fight is “not dead.”
If UFC is unable to come to terms with Jones to make his return on the White House lawn then the backup plan is to have Pereira meet Ciryl Gane for the interim UFC heavyweight title. That would give Pereira the chance to become the first UFC fighter to win titles in three different weight classes. Of course, fight fans would rather see “Poatan” accomplish that feat against Jones than Gane.
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“There have been some talks of that,“ said Helwani about a Pereira vs. Jones fight. “I think that would be a tremendous White House main event. I don’t know if they ultimately get it done. And I think if they don’t get it done what I’m hearing is they would do Alex vs. Ciryl Gane.”
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