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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Pattle

Alex Pereira seeks Jon Jones super-fight at White House after paying tribute to icon’s late brother

Alex Pereira has explained that he resisted calling out Jon Jones in the cage after UFC 320, due to the death of Jones’s brother this week. However, the Brazilian does want to face the light-heavyweight legend next.

In the main event of UFC 320 on Saturday (4 October), Pereira needed little over a minute to knock out Magomed Ankalaev, regaining the light-heavyweight title that he lost to the Russian in March.

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