“It’s already agreed” – Manager confirms winner of Alex Pereira vs Sean Strickland will fight for the UFC middleweight belt
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Alex Pereira's manager says winner of fight against Sean Strickland gets title shot
It looks like we have a title eliminator at our hands with the Sean Strickland vs Alex Pereira matchup at UFC 276. The manager of the Brazilian has confirmed that the winner of the fight will be looking at a title shot in their next fight.
UFC 276 is already stacked as it is. With two title fights and a list of exciting fights from top to bottom, the upcoming pay-per-view event has the potential t be the best one of the year 2022. Apart from the two title fights, we have a very decisive middleweight matchup between Alex Pereira and Sean Strickland. This fight is exciting because of the styles of both fighters and the hype behind the Brazilian but the manager Jorge Guimaraes revealed recently that there is more at stake in this middleweight matchup.
Recently, Pereira’s manager, Jorge Guimaraes was on the Trocação Franca podcast. He sat down to talk about the potential middleweight title eliminator fight between Strickland and Pereira. Guimaraes says that his client has the chance to earn a title shot in his fourth fight with the promotion. Alex already has a lot of hype behind him being the only fighter in the world to knock out the middleweight king Israel Adesanya in a professional bout.
Manager reveals 12 fighters turned down Alex Pereira
“It is already agreed, the decision has been made. Whoever wins the fight between Sean and Alex will face the winner of Jared Cannonier and Israel Adesanya. It’s a deal,” said the manager on the Trocação Franca podcast. Alex is only two fights into the UFC and has won both of them. Pereira might only be 5-1 in his MMA career but the Brazilian is a former kickboxing champion in GLORY.
Manager Guimaraes revealed that not a lot of people wanted to fight Pereira given the threat he poses. Alex is currently unranked but Strickland, who is ranked #4 has agreed to take the risk of fighting him. The reward is as big as the risk for this fight. “There were like 12 fighters turning down fights. And fights there would be interesting…but when you get to the top of the pyramid, people are forced to accept a fight.” [Translated from Portuguese by MMA Fighting]
With Israel Adesanya and Jared Cannonier fighting on the same card as Pereira and Strickland, it would be interesting to see how things play out. The dream is to see a matchup between Israel and Alex given their history in GLORY.
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