Alan Jouban: If he retires tomorrow, UFC champion Alex Pereira is already a Hall of Famer

Alan Jouban thinks UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has already cemented his legacy.

Pereira had a banner 2024, scoring knockouts of Jamahal Hill, Jiri Prochazka, and Khalil Rountree in a six-month interval in title fights. In simply 10 fights within the octagon, “Poatan” has already captured UFC titles in two divisions.

UFC analyst and former fighter Jouban thinks Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) has achieved sufficient to earn a spot within the UFC Corridor of Fame.

“If he retires tomorrow, no one within the historical past of the UFC has accomplished what he has accomplished in such a brief period of time,” Jouban stated on MMA on SiriusXM. “Have a look at what he has accomplished. It’s unprecedented, so I might say sure.”

Jouban explains what makes Pereira so particular.

“Not solely is he a man that has this mystique, that has this following of children and other people of all ages, and has carried the UFC on his again, however the one factor that he does higher than anyone else within the UFC is that he places a bow on it and he finishes fights,” Jouban stated. “You place Alex Pereira in the primary occasion slot on any card, any time of the 12 months, persons are going to depart there with a smile on their face as a result of they bought to see a knockout.

“They bought to see a devastating knockout early. You don’t have that belief in quite a lot of different fighters. If they’ve a draw, a giant title, you may’t assure that with a Khabib (Nurmagomedov) or Islam (Makhachev) or another kind of fighter. However you realize with Alex Pereira is in there, any individual’s going to get knocked out and it’s all that we’re going to be speaking concerning the subsequent day.”