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Alex Pereira has a new UFC deal. | Getty/UFC
There will be no contract dispute between Alex Pereira and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
During a Monday appearance on ““The Ariel Helwani Show,” the former two-division champion revealed that he recently inked a new eight-fight deal with the Las Vegas-based promotion.
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Pereira recently vacated the 205-pound belt to move up to heavyweight, where he will face Ciryl Gane for the interim title in the UFC White House co-main event on June 14. The decision to give up the light heavyweight championship wasn’t too difficult once Pereira received a new contract offer. While “Poatan” did not share financial terms, it was clear he was quite pleased with the results.
Easy Choice
“It was a pretty easy choice when I expressed I wanted to go [heavyweight.] Of course, I had to let go of the belt, but they gave me a new contract and I’m really, really happy with my new contract,” Pereira said through a translator. “I actually want to thank Mick [Maynard], Hunter [Campbell] and Dana White for it. So this new deal that they gave to me? I don’t care about letting go of the belt or anything like that.
“… They took really good care of me. The way they gave me this last contract was so good that I let it up to them to do whatever they want. It didn’t matter.”
A former Glory Kickboxing two-division champion, Pereira has emerged as one of the UFC’s top stars since beginning his promotional tenure in 2021. After a short reign as middleweight king, the Brazilian moved up to 205 pounds and claimed the belt there with a stoppage of Jiri Prochazka at UFC 295. He defended the title three times before falling to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313. He regained the crown with a first-round technical knockout of Ankalaev in his most recent outing at UFC 320 this past October.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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