Alex Pereira hints at heavyweight move with cryptic “2+1=3” message

Alex Pereira regained his airy heavyweight belt, and conscionable erstwhile it seemed similar helium was going to calm down a bit, the Brazilian posted a caller cryptic message. He wrote connected Instagram, “2+1=3 CHAMA,” and it was instantly wide to everyone who follows the UFC that helium was erstwhile again reasoning astir moving up to heavyweight and becoming a champion successful 3 antithetic divisions. That would everlastingly people him successful the past of the martial arts.

Then Khamzat Chimaev, the existent middleweight champion, appeared successful the comments. He didn’t constitute a azygous sentence, helium conscionable said, “–1.” And that was capable to get the connection across.

Chimaev wants to accidental that Pereira can’t conscionable skip middleweight and spell for a 3rd belt. In his opinion, the 2 inactive person immoderate unresolved issues, and that their lucifer is simply a wholly logical adjacent step. Ever since the time the Swede won the belt, he’s been saying that helium wants to beryllium a champion successful 2 divisions, which is wherefore helium sees “Poatan” arsenic an obstacle helium wants to remove.

Possible large matches

Pereira was mentioned earlier arsenic a combatant who could onslaught the heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall, and helium himself said a mates of times that helium would similar to bash a superfight with Jon Jones. However, the concern astatine the extremity of 2025 is specified that the UFC has not yet announced immoderate factual plans. Neither for Pereira nor for Khamzat.

In summation to each that, preparations are underway for the large UFC lawsuit that should instrumentality spot successful the White House, which further complicates each combinations and imaginable schedules. Therefore, it is not astonishing that fighters nonstop specified abbreviated messages, trial each different and effort to make nationalist pressure.

One happening is definite — Khamzat Chimaev does not privation to let Alex Pereira to conscionable "walk" to the heavyweight part and to a accidental for the 3rd belt. He wants to get successful his mode and it looks similar helium can't hold for that to hap successful the Octagon.