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Alex Perera He has explained that he opposed the call John jones Later in the cage UFC 320, due to Jones’s brother dies this weekHowever, Brazil wants to face the next light-hearted legend.
In the main event of UFC 320 on Saturday (October 4), Perera needed less than a minute to knock out Magomed Anklev, Receiving light-hivet title That he lost to Russian in March.
Later in the cage, Perera paid tribute to Arthur Jones – John’s brother, who won the 2012 Super Bowl with Baltimor Revenne during his time at NFL. Arthur died unexpectedly on Friday (3 October) at the age of 39.
John Jones immediately responded to Perera’s words, “Wow Alex,” and by adding a prayer emoji. However, Perera may have interpreted the words as a praise on his performance against Anklev.
38 -year -old Brazilian said Press conference after fighting: “Thank you for congratulating me, but what I want is a super-fight. I want to fight in heavyweight.”
The 38-year-old Jones is a pre-two-time light-hearted champion in the UFC, and the American is widely considered the largest fighter of the division-not the largest mixed martial artist ever. However, his last two quarrels took place in heavyweight, as he won the vacant title in 2023 and retained it in November 2024.
He said, Jones has evacuated the retired and heavyweight title since then, in which interim champion Tom Aspinol has been regularly taken to the champion. The only opportunity that can exclude Jones from retirement, it seems, a battle on the planned white House Card June 2026,
And Perera is also eyeing that incident. “With all proper respect, I have for the situation with all respects [of Arthur Jones’s death]I was going to ask for John Jones at the White House, ”he said.
“I want a super-fight. It will be against John Jones in the White House. It’s a super-fight. […] But whatever happened is not the right time to talk about it. ,
Still if that fight cannot be physical, Perera just wants to face “best, whatever is best”.
In addition, in the UFC 320, Perera’s old rival Jiri Prochzka fought from behind to take out another former rival Khalil Route Junior of Perera. The loud Finnish has called some fans for a trilogy battle between Prachzka and Perera, who has twice excluded the former champion.
However, Carlos Ubarag was also present in the UFC 320, from his knockout of the first title Challenger Dominic Reyes. The Ubarag is also seen as a possible challenge for Perera.