Ultimate Fighting Championship title.
Pereira is scheduled to meet Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 335 Dec. 12 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. However, he believes he deserved a title rematch against Ciryl Gane, who is defending her heavyweight championship instead. Josh Hockey
at UFC 334 November 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Henry Cejudo wants Alex Pereira to win two or three heavyweight fights before another UFC title shot
Cejudo believes Pereira (13-4) received preferential treatment in the two-division title fight. “Triple C” pointed to the possibility of Pereira fighting Gane for the Interim Heavyweight Championship in his divisional debut
UFC Freedom 250. He claims that Pereira now needs to build a heavyweight record before getting another title shot.
“He’s spoiled too,” Cejudo said on the “Pound 4 Pound” podcast. “Alex, I’m not going to pick on you… You’ve missed lines; you’ve missed lines long enough. You’ve had enough chances against Ciryl Gane and you lost. Yes, there were illegal shots; I agree with you on that. But man, that shot by Ciryl Gane rocked you. We kind of saw where the fight is going at heavyweight. Fights for the title.
Cejudo isn’t the only former two-division champion to take issue with Pereira’s comments about the heavyweight title picture. “Poatan” previously claimed this former fighter and commentator Daniel Cormier promoted Gane vs. Hoki under UFC. Cormier denied the accusation.
