Jon Jones believes he would’ve replicated Alex Pereira’s first MMA loss in ‘way behind’ assessment

Jon Jones doesn’t think it might have taken him long handy Alex Pereira his second submission loss.

Jones and Pereira interacted in-person within the aftermath of the event that each men desired to fight one another on.

After their matchup didn’t come together for the June event on the White House, Pereira was stopped by Ciryl Gane when making the move to heavyweight.

In a podcast that was recorded before the event that has now been released, ‘Bones’ predicted that he would have beaten ‘Poatan’ in a really different manner.

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Jon Jones believes he would’ve quickly submitted Alex Pereira had they fought at heavyweight

When reflecting on UFC Freedom 250, Jon Jones said that Alex Pereira got here in too heavy for his interim title fight.

In a podcast posted by ALF Global that appears to have been recorded before the event took place, ‘Bones’ was asked how he believes he would have matched up with the Brazilian striker.

Jones believes that the gap in skill level between them within the grappling department, combined with him being higher suited to heavyweight, would have been an excessive amount of for ‘Poatan’ to beat.

“I’ve watched Pereira train,” he said. “I see his level of wrestling and it’s way behind… I feel as if my physical strength would’ve been an excessive amount of for him and I felt as if the moment I might’ve gotten him to the bottom, my submissions would’ve come pretty quickly. I mean, everyone knows that I feel that’s the clearest path to victory for me against a man like Pereira.”

Despite Pereira transitioning to MMA at a late stage in his profession as a decorated kickboxer, he’s only been submitted once.

His pro debut saw Quemuel Ottoni beat him via rear-naked choke within the third round at Jungle Fight 82 in 2015.

On the time, Pereira was still actively competing in kickboxing and hadn’t yet put together the remarkable run that will make him a legend in the game.

‘Poatan’ turned a major corner in his MMA profession in his final win before making his UFC debut, where he stopped Thomas Powell in the primary round at LFA 95 following a four-year break from the cage.

Jon Jones vs Alex Pereira seems highly unlikely but could still occur

Earlier this yr, Alex Pereira said he was still confident he could fight Jon Jones in the longer term despite them not being matched up for the White House card.

He stated that ‘Bones’ won’t accept a matchup with anyone else or be released from his UFC contract.

Jones recently said that he’s waiting for the UFC to supply him a fight and that he’s keeping the potential of fighting again open by remaining within the testing pool.

The will to see this matchup could have decreased after Pereira’s loss at heavyweight, nevertheless it would still be an enormous money clash for each men.