Alex Pereira is not concerned about heavyweight transition despite admitting ‘it’s kind of difficult’

Alex Pereira will look to develop into the primary UFC fighter to win a belt in three divisions in June.

Pereira has no plans to return to light heavyweight after vacating his title in order that he could make the move as much as heavyweight.

Some have suggested that Pereira can have made the mistaken decision in fighting Ciryl Gane for the interim title on the White House.

Nonetheless, ‘Poatan’ is well aware of the challenge that’s in front of him, no matter among the concerns that fans have.

Alex Pereira is the GOAT if he beats Ciryl Gane. 🐐

‘Poatan’ bids to develop into the primary three-weight UFC champion on the White House on June 14. 🏆🏆🏆

Alex Pereira tells fans they’ll see his body transformation ‘very soon’ resulting from heavyweight preparations

Recent footage and photos of Alex Pereira’s current physique led some fans to suggest that he may lose something by putting on the burden he needs to achieve to compete at heavyweight.

Jon Jones vacated his light heavyweight belt in 2020 and didn’t return until 2023 when he made the choice to take day without work and prepare his body for the move up a weight class.

While ‘Poatan’ is attempting to try this process in lots less time, he’s not concerned about where he’s at straight away despite saying “it’s a bit difficult” when asked about whether his body is getting used to it.

“I’m heavy and have a bit of little bit of a belly straight away. Very soon you’ll see the transformation,” he said in a YouTube video documenting his preparations. “I’m gonna appear like a machine.”

Pereira’s team explained that they haven’t began their training camp for June 14 yet, but decided to do a pre-camp with a purpose to get his body prepared for heavyweight.

The Brazilian star joked along with his coach Glover Teixeira that they’d be fearful at this stage if he was fighting at light heavyweight but they don’t have the identical concerns about him getting in shape before the White House card.

One positive for Pereira is that Ciryl Gane isn’t the largest heavyweight within the division and is unlikely to make use of his size to attempt to grapple his opponent.