Pereira recently met UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones. His coach and mentor Glover Teixeira is confident Pereira can take out any heavyweight, but with Jones hinting that his upcoming title defense against Stipe Miocic in the UFC 309 headliner could be his last, Pereira would rather just train with him.

Alex Pereira is gearing up to fight his fourth bout in less than a year when he seeks to retain his light heavyweight championship against Khalil Rountree Jr. at UFC 307 on Saturday night. Measured by any standard,