A giant middleweight matchup between Sean Strickland and Alex Pereira is being focused for this summer season in accordance with a report from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto.
“Tremendous fascinating matchup within the works for UFC 277 on July 30 … Sean Strickland vs. Alex Pereira is verbally agreed to, per sources,” Okamoto wrote on social media. “Has the look of an all motion struggle on the ft. No official location for this card but.”
Strickland placed on a dominant show to beat high contender Jack Hermansson in the principle occasion of the night at UFC Vegas 47 final month. Strickland jabbed his opponent’s face off for the overwhelming majority of the 25-minute struggle and finally walked away with a decision victory but he was disappointed in his performance and apologized for being involved in a dull fight during the post-fight press conference.
The 31-year-old is riding a five-fight win streak since relocating to the middleweight division in 2020. Strickland has picked up big wins over the likes of Uriah Hall, Krzysztof Jotko and Brendan Allen.
Pereira is simply two fights into his UFC profession however the Brazilian kickboxing legend has been asking for a critical step up in opposition.
After beating Bruno Silva by unanimous determination at UFC Vegas 50 the unraked Pereira called for a shot at the number one middleweight contender, Jared Cannonier. The Brazilian hasn’t fairly landed that struggle however he’ll certainly be glad with going through the #4 ranked Strickland.
Pereira famously holds two wins over UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in kickboxing. The previous Glory champion first beat ‘Stylebender’ by determination in 2016 earlier than changing into the one man to ever KO Adesanya after they rematched one 12 months later. ‘Po Atan’ is determined to make it three wins over his arch-rival who has since gone on to realize greatness in MMA.
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