Alex Pereira dropped his coldest line yet following Dricus du Plessis' stunning victory over Israel Adesanya at UFC 305.
Du Plessis submitted Adesanya in the fourth round of their UFC middleweight championship clash at UFC 305 last weekend.
Fans online spotted what Adesanya did just seconds before tapping out as he suffered back-to-back defeats in his MMA career for the first time.
Even though the victory is still fresh for Du Plessis, his next opponent appears set as Dana White revealed that Sean Strickland was next in line for a shot at UFC gold.
But Pereira hopes to leapfrog Strickland and land his own shot against 'DDP.
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The current UFC light-heavyweight king took to social media to call out the South African star following UFC 305.
He posted an image of himself, with Du Plessis' hands getting raised on the TV screen in the background, accompanied with the caption: "Coming down to 185 one more time."
Of course, 'Poatan' held the belt at 185lbs before moving up in weight.
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He stopped Adesanya to claim the UFC middleweight title before losing the rematch.
But Du Plessis doesn't think the Brazilian should move back down to middleweight, insisting he'll jump up and meet him at 205lbs.
"I honestly don’t think Alex Pereira should drop down to 185," he said in his post-fight press conference.
"If he wants to? Great. Perfect. But then we’re going to hear the excuses. I saw Izzy stiff that man in the (second) round. I felt Izzy’s punching power. Izzy has great timing. He’s fast, he’s long and he has great combinations, but I felt the power. If Izzy stiffens you like that, you do not want to be there in with me - especially not when you’re going to come with the excuse of, 'I cut too much weight'.
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"That’s going to happen. Everyone is going to say that. So, stay at 205. Fight your fight against the No. 8-ranked guy, (Khalil Rountree at UFC 307). Cool. Fight your fight there and enjoy it. If (Sean) Strickland is the next fight that people want to see that fight – that’s the fight people want to see and that’s the fight people think is the next best guy - then that’s the fight that I want. So let me handle my business, you handle your business.
"You don’t have to cut the weight to have some sort of excuse. I’ll come up after the Strickland fight. I’ll come up to 205 and we’ll sort it out there."
Topics: Israel Adesanya, UFC
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