Khabib is an idol of the sport. Everyone wants to be like him, Anderson, Jon Jones, 'Poatan' - they are all great idols. When I saw him there at the PI leading a training session for his students, I took the opportunity to ask him about a takedown he does by grabbing one leg,
Last Thursday, Ed Soares, manager of UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira, made it clear in an exclusive interview with Sherdog.com that his athlete's next move has not yet been decided. He then analyzed all the possibilities, whether at light heavywweight - Khamzat Chimaev or Carlos Ulberg - or in a possible move to heavyweight against the likes of Jon Jones or Ciryl Gane.
Alex Pereira 's father teared up after receiving a gift from his son. Pereira recently surprised his father with a brand new electric cart, which was seemingly the gift he wanted. Pereira's father couldn't control his tears, which is a rare sight for the UFC light heavyweight champion. "Is this what you wanted? Now you can drive it around," Pereira said on Instagram. "It's not easy to make him cry just because of a little car."
It's hard to grasp in words, you can't even put it into martial arts words, you've really got to put it in a warrior style, or war and how people used to approach war back in the vintage times. Actually going in there, not sleeping for four days, not eating, going in the cold and obliterating an opponent. That's how close you've got to get to coming in how he approaches a fight, and I take a lot from that.
Carlos Ulberg is deserving of a title fight at light heavyweight. I would love to see Jirí Procházka fight for a title again, too, especially considering there were unique circumstances around both of his losses to Alex Pereira (in 2023 and 2024). But Pereira is such a special case right now. He is arguably the biggest star on the UFC's roster, and there are megafights for him at heavyweight -- namely, a potential matchup against England's champion, Aspinall. If Aspinall beats Gane at UFC
"I said 'how bout we win tonight and focus on tonight, and then we can talk about heavyweight?' I don't know," White told media outlets including Cageside Press following UFC 320 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. "There's still fights here in this division, but we'll see. This guy has been an absolute stud for us."
