Alan Jouban thinks UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has already cemented his legacy.
Pereira had a banner 2024, scoring knockouts of Jamahal Hill, Jiri Prochazka, and Khalil Rountree in a six-month period in title fights. In only 10 fights within the octagon, “Poatan” has already captured UFC titles in two divisions.
UFC analyst and former fighter Jouban thinks Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) has achieved enough to earn a spot within the UFC Hall of Fame.
“If he retires tomorrow, no one within the history of the UFC has done what he has done in such a brief period of time,” Jouban said on MMA on SiriusXM. “Have a look at what he has done. It’s unprecedented, so I might say yes.”
Jouban explains what makes Pereira so special.
“Not only is he a man that has this mystique, that has this following of youngsters and other people of all ages, and has carried the UFC on his back, however the one thing that he does higher than anybody else within the UFC is that he puts a bow on it and he finishes fights,” Jouban said. “You place Alex Pereira within the important event slot on any card, any time of the yr, individuals are going to depart there with a smile on their face because they got to see a knockout.
“They got to see a devastating knockout early. You don’t have that trust in a variety of other fighters. In the event that they have a draw, a giant name, you may’t guarantee that with a Khabib (Nurmagomedov) or Islam (Makhachev) or another style of fighter. But with Alex Pereira is in there, someone’s going to get knocked out and it’s all that we’re going to be talking concerning the next day.”
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