“What is important to me is that Alex Pereira gave up the belt, and it looks like he will fight in the heavyweight division. If I were a champion and they told me, ‘Give up the belt,’ I would want an absolute guarantee that I would be fighting for another title. I don't think Pereira would just give up the title, but if he moves up to heavyweight and gets a chance to fight for the championship, then against whom exactly?
Is it Ciryl Gane? Is it Jon Jones? Anyway, it's not so important to me who it will be. I want to see how a fighter tries to win a third title. We have not had this yet. We haven't had a fighter who held belts in three weight categories. Pereira seems to be saying: ‘Now I have such a chance.’ At least, that's exactly what it looks like.”