UFC welterweight contender Michel Pereira is feeling impatient. Having defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio again in Might, the Brazilian can’t appear to determine what’s taking the UFC so lengthy to search out one other struggle—though he does have a hunch.
In a current interview with Ag Struggle, Pereira blamed his fellow ranked welterweights for the lengthy hiatus, claiming that the majority of them have been ducking him on goal. To be able to discover an opponent, ‘Demolidor’ known as out a couple of of probably the most notable names within the division, together with current UFC Orlando winner Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, who expressed a willingness to face the Brazilian prior to now.
“I’m coaching, I’m prepared,” Pereira defined. “My managers are attempting to get me a struggle in Rio, nevertheless it’s been laborious to search out an opponent. These are guys are manner too choosy. I’ve been ready for the ranked guys in my division to man up and struggle me. I’d struggle (Li) Jingliang, the one Chimaev nearly killed. This struggle was supplied to me and I took it, the it was supplied to him and he turned it down. I don’t know what these guys are pondering, the rationale why they received’t struggle me,”
“I’d struggle (Colby) Covington,” Pereira stated. “I’d actually prefer to struggle (Khamzat) Chimaev, as a result of he talks an excessive amount of. I’d struggle Thompson. The one ones I wouldn’t struggle are (Vicente) Luque and (Gilbert) Burns. The remainder of them, I’m prepared for them, they will all come at me. I ask, however they don’t settle for it. They’re sissies. Whoever desires it, I’m right here.”
Presently on a five-fight profitable streak, Pereira (28-11-2 NC) defeated Zelim Imadaev, Khaos Williams, Niko Value and Andre Fialho previous to his most up-to-date win, towards Ponzinibbio. The 29-year-old’s newest defeat is was a DQ loss on account of an unlawful knee towards Diego Sanchez, again in February 2020.
