Off the back of his spectacular knockout win at UFC 307, Alex Pereira should be donned as the pound-for-pound number one fighter in the promotion according to Conor McGregor — who claimed the Brazilian is likely a massive threat to heavyweight champion, Jon Jones.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight titleholder, headlined UFC 307 over the course of last weekend in Salt Lake City, landing his third consecutive successful defense of the light heavyweight crown in his second outing in Utah in just over a year.
Previously stopping both Jamahal Hill and Jiri Prochazka in devastating knockouts earlier this annum, Sao Paulo native, Pereira would batter and bloody challenger, Khalil Rountree at the Delta Center last weekend, stopping him with a barrage of strikes at the fence in the fourth round.