Glover Teixeira thinks his training partner Alex Pereira is already capable of fighting for UFC middleweight gold, and he expects that to be proven to the rest of the world at UFC 277.
Pereira (5-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC), a former kickboxing champion who owns multiple wins over reigning UFC champ Israel Adesanya, will get a fight that will put him on the fast track to the belt when he takes on Sean Strickland (25-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) on July 30. It’s just the third octagon appearance for the Brazilian, but one that if he wins, could put him on a championship trajectory.
Although there’s a lot of questions still to be answered about Pereira’s skillset given he only has a handful of MMA fights, Teixeira (33-7 MMA, 16-5 UFC), the current UFC light heavyweight champion, has a much deeper knowledge. In his opinion, Pereira has the overall ability to give Adesanya or any top name at 185 pounds a run for his money.
