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‘He poses a number of issues for Jon Jones’… Conor McGregor explains why he believes Alex Pereira can beat the UFC heavyweight champion

Conor McGregor is convinced that Alex Pereira would present a lot of problems to Jon Jones, if the pair were to ever clash inside the octagon. The UFC legends are currently ranked as the number two and three pound-for-pound fighters in the world, with ‘Poatan’ just edging out the American. Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images

‘He poses a number of issues for Jon Jones’… Conor McGregor explains why he believes Alex Pereira can beat the UFC heavyweight champion

Conor McGregor is satisfied that Alex Pereira would current a number of issues to Jon Jones, if the pair have been to ever conflict contained in the octagon.

The UFC legends are at present ranked because the quantity two and three pound-for-pound fighters on this planet, with ‘Poatan’ simply edging out the American.

Conor McGregor of Ireland lands a knee on Dustin Poirier in the first round in their lightweight bout during UFC 264: Poirier v McGregor 3 at T-Mob...

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Conor McGregor says Alex Pereira is a ‘harmful’ match-up for Jon Jones

On Saturday evening at UFC 307, contained in the Delta Heart in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah, USA, Alex Pereira produced a damaging efficiency to retain his 205-pound title.

The Brazilian utilized his formidable putting to dismantle Khalil Rountree, en path to securing a fourth-round TKO.

His brutal exhibiting was so spectacular that it caught the eye of Conor McGregor, who believes that the previous Glory world champion may pose an actual menace to Jon Jones.

Not solely does he need to see the fan-favorite transfer as much as heavyweight to make historical past by changing into the primary UFC fighter to win titles in three weight classes, but in addition as a result of he believes his type might be Jones’ kryptonite.

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In an interview with The Schmo, the Irishman mentioned: “Somebody has to go for the three belts, it’s myself or himself.

“I feel he poses a number of issues for Jon [Jones] additionally. That’s a harmful type for Jon. Nevertheless it’s an honest one for him, as a result of he’s not so large, Jon is new to the heavyweight division.

“Jon, he had a pleasant one in opposition to Ciryl Gane, however he’s nonetheless untested at heavyweight. And I’m certain behind his thoughts, he has that thought that among the guys are actually large, and Alex is a pleasant one. I’d be very excited to see that bout happen, for certain.”

Michael Bisping claims Alex Pereira is the UFC pound-for-pound primary

Pereira’s demolition job over Rountree impressed Michael Bisping simply as a lot because it did McGregor.

The previous middleweight world champion was totally blown away by what the putting icon did contained in the cage.

Coming from a kickboxing background himself, Bisping can’t assist however get pleasure from watching the shows Pereira produces contained in the cage.

Subsequently, on the threat of annoying Dana White, ‘The Depend’ gave a compelling argument for why the two-weight world champion is the pound-for-pound number one.

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