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Alex Pereira calls for heavyweight title charge after huge UFC 303 win: ‘I do think that is in my future’

Off the back of his spectacular knockout win tonight at UFC 303, history-maker Alex Pereira has vowed to continue in that vein in the near future, once more campaigning for a massive move to the heavyweight limit next.

Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion and the current undisputed light heavyweight titleholder, returned tonight in the main event of UFC 303 – taking on former champion, JIri Prochazka in a title fight rematch in Las Vegas.

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And building on from his prior win over the Czech Republic native – as well as his April blitzing of Jamahal Hill, Sao Paulo finisher, Pereira recorded a stunning second round high-kick and strikes KO win over Prochazka – felling the ex-champion for another brutal victory inside the Octagon.