If it wasn’t clear the first time, Alex Pereira again has called out fellow UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis.
After Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) submitted Israel Adesanya to retain his middleweight title at UFC 305 last month, Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) issued him a challenge. Du Plessis is interested in facing Pereira only if it’s for his light heavyweight title. However, “Poatan” insists on dropping back down to 185 pounds for the fight to happen.
“I’m focused on my next fight and I’m going prepared but you never know what can happen, so regardless of the result I want to go down one more time to the middleweight and go for the belt. Hey Dricus, bring your will to fight me so you can prove that you are better than me, with your public statement it is easy to make this happen, Chama 🔥”
It didn’t take long for Du Plessis to respond to Pereira’s latest callout on X.
@AlexPereiraUFC you and you boyfriend @SStricklandMMA can have a domestic dispute on who gets slept first💤😴
— Dricus Du Plessis (@dricusduplessis) September 3, 2024
Pereira hasn’t competed at middleweight since losing his title to Adesanya by knockout at UFC 287. He then moved up to light heavyweight and saw a rapid rise en route to claiming the title. Pereira has already defended his belt twice with knockouts of Jamahal Hill at UFC 300 and Jiri Prochazka at UFC 303.
Up next, Pereira takes on Khalil Rountree (13-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) in the UFC 307 main event Oct. 5 in Salt Lake City.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 307.
