Alex Pereira is 3-0 in his young UFC career. To this point, he’s been with the promotion for just over a year, and has one win over a ranked opponent along the way. Despite these facts, Pereira will be the next man to face UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya on Saturday. Eugene Bareman, the coach of the man who holds the UFC’s 185-pound crown, has some strong feelings about Pereira’s rush to title contender status.
“There’s no way he gets a title shot if there wasn’t history there; it’s ridiculous,” Bareman said on The MMA Hour.