LAS VEGAS – Alex Pereira wants to go up. He wants to go down. He’s also comfortable staying put.
The flexibility the current UFC light heavyweight champion Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) has expressed when it comes to weight classes has impressed promotion CEO Dana White. That includes the recent callout of Dricus Du Plessis by “Poatan.”
“My take on him is, he’s f*cking nasty,” White told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a Dana White’s Contender Series 70 post-fight news conference Tuesday. “That’s my take on him. He wants to move up. He wants to move down. He wants to go everywhere. That’s why people love him. Those are the type of fighters people love. Pereira wants to fight everybody. I love it.