Brazilian Alex Pereira will knock out South African Dricus Du Plessis if he maintains his fitness while cutting weight into the middleweight division, ASA middleweight champion Magomedrasul Gasanov has told .
UFC light heavyweight champion Pereira wrote on social media after Du Plessis’ fight with Israel Adesanya that he was open to returning to middleweight to fight the South African. In the main event of UFC 305 last weekend in Australia, Du Plessis submitted Adesanya in the fourth round in his first middleweight title defense.
Pereira was already the UFC middleweight champion – in November 2022, the Brazilian took the belt from Adesanya, but lost to the New Zealander in the next fight and moved up to light heavyweight.
– If Pereira returns to middleweight, will he be able to do it without losing his condition? After all, Alex is a great fighter, and it will be very difficult to return. In my opinion, if he can, as before, play without losing significant physical condition, then he can eliminate Du Plessis, “Gasanov told .
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