Alex Pereira has made it clear, he’s coming for a bigger game. The newly crowned light heavyweight champion is fresh off a brutal first-round knockout of Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 320, reclaiming his belt in dominant fashion. But beneath the roar of victory, Pereira had something even louder planned: a callout for Jon Jones . It never came. Instead, ‘Poatan’ chose silence, honoring the recent passing of Jones’s brother, Arthur Jones.

Yet silence doesn’t mean surrender. Behind the scenes, Pereira’s ambitions are clear: move up a weight class and chase history. But Dana White isn’t entirely sold on the idea. The UFC boss has been vocal about his hesitation to book Jon Jones for the upcoming White House card, and even more cautious about letting champions jump divisions again.

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