""I said 'how bout we win tonight and focus on tonight, and then we can talk about heavyweight?' I don't know," White told media outlets including Cageside Press following UFC 320 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. "There's still fights here in this division, but we'll see. This guy has been an absolute stud for us.""
""Probably that he was a middleweight. He was a middleweight. He's going to jump up two weight classes in the UFC? it's not like jumping up two weight classes in boxing. It's a big jump," exclaimed White. "And it's not like I have any reservations about it. The guy is, he's in a division that, there's still some interesting fights. I don't know. I like the guy so much, we'll see. We'll have to talk about it. I just don't see why, unless he wants to retire, why throwing him in at heavyweight makes any sense. Other than, I just end up saying 'he wants to do it so bad, I'll just say yes.'""
Alex Pereira reclaimed the light heavyweight title by knocking out Magomed Ankalaev early in the first round of their rematch at UFC 320. Pereira trained at the UFC Performance Institute on fight day and expressed interest in moving up to heavyweight, even hinting at a potential showdown with Jon Jones while requesting a moment of silence for Jones' late brother Arthur. Dana White praised Pereira as a promotional asset and a fighter who wants to face anyone, but expressed hesitation about an immediate move to heavyweight because Pereira started as a middleweight and jumping two UFC weight classes is substantial.
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