White reacted to Pereira's desire to win the third UFC belt

Alexandr Ormanji Feb. 23, 2026, 5:37 a.m.

UFC CEO Dana White responded to the desire of the promotion's light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira to move up to heavyweight and win the championship belt in that division.

“He is one of those guys who always goes out and does what we need. Whatever this guy wants, we will work with him,” Essentially Sports quotes White as saying.

Let us recall, Pereira was previously the UFC middleweight champion.

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