Former interim light-weight champion, Dustin Poirier has performed up a long-rumored heavyweight tremendous battle between promotional champions, Jon Jones and Alex Pereira – as quickly as UFC 309 later this 12 months, describing the large conflict as “blockbuster”.
Jones, the incumbent heavyweight champion, is all however formally set to return to motion earlier than the tip of this annum in the primary occasion of UFC 309, in a debut outing at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
Anticipated to tackle the returning former two-time heavyweight champion, Stipe Miocic, Rochester native, Jones has not too long ago ramped up coaching for his return to the Octagon for the primary time since March of final 12 months.
Weighing up his quick combating future forward of his comeback battle, Rochester native, Jones admitted he was unsure if he would proceed competing after his bout with Miocic, nonetheless, amid hyperlinks to an excellent battle the above-mentioned, Pereira, claimed there have been many choices nonetheless on the desk for him.
UFC urged to go all-in on Jon Jones – Alex Pereira tremendous battle
And one social gathering prepared the bout into fruition is the above-mentioned, Poirier, who believes the UFC ought to skip each Miocic, and present interim heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall – and go ‘all-in’ on a battle between Jones and Pereira.
“If (Jon) Jones wrestles, I imply, Jones is lot larger – I don’t know, Jones has by no means been knocked out,” Dustin Poirier advised MMA FIghting whereas discussing a possible Jon Jones x Alex Pereira matchup. “Jones just isn’t gonna play the sport with him, he’s too good. But in addition, shifting to heavyweight would possibly lengthen his (Jones’) longevity – a heavyweight’s shelf dwell is lots longer. And even with the heavyweight division, bro, Stipe’s (Miocic) been out a superb bit, and like I used to be saying about (Michael) Chandler, we age fast.”
“Stipe may come again and be a very completely different particular person,” Poirier continued. “… Aspinall is like, clearly legit, he’s the interim champion, he’s beat some good guys, however he doesn’t have that aura that Alex and Jones have. It’s the right time for it – it’s larger, it’s a blockbuster [fight], bro. …Dude, Jon Jones versus Alex is the one.”
Having fun with a surprising victory on the finish of final month, former middleweight champion, Pereira efficiently defended his mild heavyweight crown for the second time, taking out former gold holder, Jiri Prochazka with a thunderous second spherical high-kick KO – and subsequently referred to as for a heavyweight leap.
