light heavyweight champion only defended his 205lb belt last month but has fuelled speculation that his return to the Octagon could come sooner than expected.
The Brazilian fighter posted a screenshot of his cellphone on Instagram with an incoming call from White and captioned the post: “Chama ou não chama? .Some believed it could have been about a prospective fight against Magomed Ankalaev later this year, given Pereira has expressed his desire to get back in the cage around November-December.
After brutally knocking out ex champ Prochazka in June to defend his light-heavyweight crown, Pereira teased a potential move to heavyweight and fans quickly became excited about him becoming White's first three-weight champion.White even recently said he was open to the idea of Pereira moving up to heavyweight.
“Alex Pereira, you say you want to box,” Paul said during his in-cage interview with Ariel Helwani. “I’m the king of this. I’m the king of this. Come over. We can make it happen. I want you, Alex Pereira. … I just beat a BKFC champion. I’ve beat multiple UFC champions. He said he wants to box. So Alex Pereira, after Mike Tyson, let’s make it happen.”
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