Former UFC heavyweight Robelis Despaigne believes Alex Pereira can knock out Jon Jones.
Alex Pereira is at present on prime of the world. He regained the UFC mild heavyweight title earlier this yr and did it in devastating style with a fast TKO win over Magomed Ankalaev. Since then, followers and pundits alike have been questioning what is going to occur subsequent for him. And in the case of what “Poitin” himself desires, it looks as if he has a primary candidate.
RELATED: Jon Jones vs. Alex Pereira is a ‘troublesome combat’ to foretell, says UFC 321 heavyweight
Pereira has revealed that he’s focused on going through Jon Jones at heavyweight on subsequent yr’s UFC White Home card. If he can defeat John, he might very effectively pursue his third world title in three weight lessons towards Tom Aspinall or the defending champion.
In a current interview, Robelis Despaigne, who educated with Pereira, gave his ideas on how Alex would combat towards Jones.
Despaigne’s tackle Pereira vs. Jones
“To be trustworthy, Pereira is a heavyweight,” Despaigne mentioned. “To me, he is a heavyweight who will get right down to 205 kilos. He is received heavyweight energy and he weighs 240 kilos, or principally the identical weight as Cyrill Gane, who’s in aggressive form. I do not know, he is a heavyweight who will get right down to 205, and he may even afford to go to 185 if he desires to. He can do no matter he desires.”
“If Jon Jones makes a mistake, you recognize you’ll be able to put him to sleep,” Despaigne mentioned. “It is not going to be simple. We all know the standard of Jon Jones. This combat goes to be a extremely anticipated combat and it is going to be an enormous field workplace combat as a result of they each have an enormous fan base and really sturdy numbers. It may be an excellent combat. That is what I believe. Every one has their strengths, Pereira has his hitting and Jon Jones, you recognize, will attempt to make the most of his wrestling. Let’s have a look at who wins.”
Quoted by MMA Preventing
