December 25, 2024 9:45 pm ET
Alan Jouban thinks UFC mild 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 completed what he has completed in such a brief period of time,” Jouban stated on MMA on SiriusXM. “Have a look at what he has completed. It’s unprecedented, so I’d 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 folks 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 set Alex Pereira in the principle 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 acquired to see a knockout.
“They acquired to see a devastating knockout early. You don’t have that belief in a whole lot of different fighters. If they’ve a draw, an enormous identify, you possibly can’t assure that with a Khabib (Nurmagomedov) or Islam (Makhachev) or another sort of fighter. However you already know with Alex Pereira is in there, anyone’s going to get knocked out and it’s all that we’re going to be speaking concerning the subsequent day.”
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