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Dana White plays up heavyweight move for Alex Pereira after UFC 313: ‘He’s willing to fight Jon Jones’

Ahead of his UFC 313 return, Alex Pereira has been lauded as potentially the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world right now, and claims the Brazilian is chomping at the bit for a heavyweight move and super fight with Jon Jones.

Pereira, the current undisputed light heavyweight champion and a former middleweight kingpin during his brief Octagon, returns to action in ‘Sin City’ this weekend.

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Dana White plays up heavyweight move for Alex Pereira after UFC 313: 'He's willing to fight Jon Jones' 2

Headlining the promotion’s UFC 313 flagship card, Brazilian knockout ace, Pereira will take on the surging number one ranked, Magomed Ankalaev.