{"id":546550,"date":"2026-03-17T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/546550\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:50:09","slug":"alex-pereira-reveals-significant-ufc-contract-detail-ahead-of-white-house-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/546550\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Pereira reveals significant UFC contract detail ahead of White House fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex Pereira has made a stunning revelation about his UFC contract ahead of his blockbuster fight at the White House. <\/p>\n

Pereira returns to action at UFC<\/a> Freedom 250 when he faces Ciryl Gane for the interim UFC heavyweight title.<\/p>\n

He has the chance to become the very first fighter in UFC history to win titles in three different weight classes.<\/p>\n

Before his clash against Gane was confirmed for the White House card, ‘Poatan’ was linked with a monstrous showdown against Jon Jones<\/a>, who had been in talks with the UFC over a stunning comeback, having retired last year.<\/p>\n

But Jones vs. Pereira failed to come to fruition, with the latter settling with Gane for the interim championship.<\/p>\n

But the Brazilian remains optimistic he will face Jones and wants him next after revealing he has signed a new, eight-fight UFC deal.<\/p>\n

On his eight-fight contract with the UFC, Pereira, who spoke through an interpreter, told Ariel Helwani<\/a>: “They gave me a new contract.”<\/p>\n

He added: “I’m actually really, really happy with my new contract. I actually want to thank Mick, Hunter, and Dana White for it.<\/p>\n

“So, this new deal that they gave to me? I don’t care about letting go of the belt or anything like that. They took really good care of me. The way they gave me this last contract was so good that I let it up to them to do whatever they want. It doesn’t matter.”<\/p>\n

\"AlexAlex Pereira has his eyes on a future showdown against Jon Jones ahead of his UFC Freedom 250 bout. Image: Getty Alex Pereira: ‘I want Jon Jones next’<\/p>\n

While Pereira is focused on the task at hand, he still has his eyes on a future bout against Jones.<\/p>\n

He believes it will happen despite his calls for a release from the UFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On not fighting Jones at UFC Freedom 250, Pereira explained: “Not disappointed, but I expressed that it was a fight that I wanted. It\u2019s a fight that [Jon] wants.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “I don\u2019t want to get too involved because that\u2019s between him and the organisation. I believe it will happen when I win this fight. There\u2019s a big chance that it happens. The UFC isn\u2019t going to release him anytime soon – so if he\u2019s going to fight, who else is it going to be? It\u2019s going to be against me.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m focused on [Ciryl Gane] right now, and Jon Jones is [next].”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Pereira has made a stunning revelation about his UFC contract ahead of his blockbuster fight at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85,787],"class_list":["post-546550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}