Michel Pereira and Anthony Pettis are both preparing to fight on Saturday night at the final UFC card of the year, UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal, and it appears as though they almost met each other in the Octagon.
Pereira is scheduled to meet Khaos Williams on the main card, while Pettis is one half of the featured preliminary fight on ESPN+ opposite of Alex Morono. However, according to Pereira, he would have been the one facing Pettis had the former champ accepted the fight with him when the UFC offered it.
In an interview with Guilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting, Pereira says Pettis turned down the fight due to an injury, which bothered him when ‘Showtime’ got booked on the same card.