Will Alex Pereira Step In At UFC 310 Main Event?

Belal Muhammad has withdrawn from UFC 310 subsequent month, with an harm ruling him out of his foremost occasion towards Shavkat Rakhmonov. With Muhammad out, Alex Pereira may take curiosity in a fast return to the Octagon.

Will Alex Pereira Struggle At UFC 310?

Shavkat Rakhmonov presently has no one to struggle at UFC 310 in December after Belal Muhammed pulled out of the principle occasion with a toe harm.

With Muhammed unavailable, Alex Pereira has reportedly been requested to avoid wasting the principle occasion and step in to struggle the ‘Nomad’.

It has solely been a month since ‘Poatan’ was final in motion and he loved one other emphatic victory at UFC 307, with a knockout win towards Khalil Rountree Jr. at the start of October.

After the struggle, Pereira introduced that he wished to take a while away from preventing however the probability to avoid wasting UFC 310 appears to have piqued the Brazilian’s curiosity.

Pereira seems to have reacted to the Muhammad withdrawal, as he posted a cryptic reply on Instagram simply hours after the announcement:

Alex Pereira reacts to Belal Muhammad’s withdrawal from #UFC310 👀👀👀

“☎️” #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/fp1wz44NxN

— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) October 31, 2024

A fast turnaround wouldn’t be something new for the present mild heavyweight champion although, as Pereira has stepped in not as soon as, however twice up to now to avoid wasting a UFC occasion at late discover.

At UFC 303 Pereira got here in to struggle Jiri Prochazka with simply two weeks discover and he did the identical at UFC 300 towards Jamahal Hill simply two months earlier than. In each bouts Pereira got here out on prime, proving that he might be simply as unstoppable within the octagon with no preparation.

Poatan now holds a 12-2-0 report within the UFC and he has grow to be a agency fan favorite over the previous few years with the Brazilian proving his willingness to struggle everybody and anybody.

This 12 months has been the very best 12 months but for Alex Pereira, who may cap off an unbeaten 2024 with a title defence towards Shavkat Rakhmonov in December.