Alex Pereira wonders if he ought to face Josh Hokit within the cage.
Each fighters will compete in a key heavyweight bout this Sunday on the UFC White Home, with Pereira transferring up a weight class to tackle Cyril Gane for the interim title, whereas Hokit will look to tackle undefeated and reigning knockout champion Derrick Lewis. Within the face of this historic occasion, Hokit did his finest to be a hindrance to Pereira, regardless that “Poitan” had largely ignored him.
Chatting with reporters on Wednesday, Hokit believes his efforts to fire up a matchup with Pereira will repay.
“It is inevitable,” Hokit mentioned. “We’re going to battle sometime, and I do know he is aware of that.
“And Alex Pereira and his BBL might go to hell. I am a lion and he is a weak gazelle. I will beat him till it swells. I will put his head in a microwave that smells like pizza.”
Pereira hasn’t been capable of utterly ignore Hokit’s progress, however he needed to separate the 2 at a latest UFC White Home press convention, the place light-weight champion Ilya Topria additionally attended and expressed his displeasure at Hokit’s antics.
On Wednesday, Pereira addressed Hokit’s problem. unwillingly.
“As you already know, this isn’t private. I simply needed to make it possible for we talked about this,” Pereira mentioned by way of a Portuguese interpreter. “I do not even like speaking about this man. It is extra for everybody as a result of individuals simply hold asking questions, and once more, I am simply coping with the scenario since you requested the questions. I strive not to consider it or entertain something about him as a result of there isn’t any cause.”
“You’ll be able to’t take him off the cardboard on Sunday. He is already there, so he’ll battle, however I simply heard – I do not even know if he’ll be part of this group going ahead. He’ll battle, however I do not know. I’ve heard it everywhere, however perhaps it is not even value speaking about as a result of I do not even know if he’ll be there.”
Pereira didn’t specify precisely what it meant that Hokit was not “a part of this group,” however he emphasised his disapproval of Hokit’s promotional techniques.
“There’s lots of people watching this, there’s youngsters, there’s households, there’s individuals. I do not assume I perceive as a result of a whole lot of what he says and does is so disrespectful,” Pereira mentioned.
