LAS VEGAS – Many in MMA are dying to see UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira try his luck at heavyweight, but that doesn’t include UFC CEO Dana White.
White is not fully opposed and is not saying no to a move up to heavyweight for Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC), but he’s not nearly as thrilled as others. White believes there’s work to be done at light heavyweight.
“It’s not that I’m not into it,” White told reporters at the UFC 303 post-fight press conference. “The guy was a middleweight and then moves up to light heavyweight. He’s had a couple of fights there and defended his title, but it’s not like this guy has been in the division for two years, and he ran through everybody that’s in the division, and it’s like, ‘Come on, what’s next? At least let him move to heavyweight.’
