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Matt Erickson

Alex Pereira: Making weight only real challenge in hypothetical fight vs. Dricus Du Plessis

UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira isn’t so far removed from middleweight that he’s forgotten what it feels like to get down to 185 pounds.

And for that reason, the 205-pound champ thinks if he did want to become a simultaneous two-division champion, going back down to middleweight is the easier path based on the opponent – and that the only tough part about it would be making the weight.

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