October 11, 2024 9:30 am ET
Chael Sonnen likes Alex Pereira’s probabilities towards Tom Aspinall.
Gentle heavyweight champion Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) notched his third title protection when he brutally took out Khalil Rountree in Round 4 of their UFC 307 headliner in Salt Lake Metropolis.
Pereira mentioned he plans on staying put at 205 pounds for the time being, however want to transfer as much as heavyweight sometime. “Poatan” posted an image of interim heavyweight champion Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) watching him on, which has Sonnen salivating on the concept of a possible matchup between the 2.
Though Aspinall’s grappling is anticipated to pose issues for Pereira, Sonnen isn’t positive if he’d reach attending to the required positions to take him down.
“I can’t assure you that the youthful, greater man in Tom would win,” Sonnen mentioned on his YouTube channel. “There’s simply one thing particular about Alex, and I can’t fairly put my finger on it. However I don’t know that Tom has the talents to simply exit and take him down, so we’d must take that off of the board. “I feel Alex would have a extremely arduous time getting up due to the dimensions, however to get him there, Tom’s most likely going to wish to commerce, most likely have slightly little bit of ego like all people else of, ‘Let me present all of you,’ and it would work out for him. However, it simply is likely to be a really harmful proposition as effectively.”
Aspinall at the moment awaits the winner of the heavyweight title struggle between champion Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic, which headlines UFC 309 on Nov. 16 in New York. However with Jones and a few his coaches hinting that “Bones” could be making the final walk at Madison Sq. Backyard, Aspinall’s future is unsure.
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