UFC two-division champion\u00a0Alex Pereira\u00a0sat down with\u00a0Sports Illustrated\u2019s\u00a0Greg Cally for one of his most transparent interviews yet, diving into everything from super fights, to rivalries to the mindset behind his meteoric rise. Pereira did not hold back when discussing the possibility of a\u00a0Jon Jones showdown, even entertaining a historic setting for it. \u201cMy interest in Jon Jones is because of who he is\u2026 I think it\u2019s an interesting fight for everyone involved,\u201d Pereira says. He also responded to\u00a0Khamzat Chimaev\u2019s recent callouts, discussed his evolving relationship with\u00a0Israel Adesanya, and addressed the latest\u00a0Jake Paul\u00a0rumors with playful honesty, saying Paul \u201clikes to talk because he knows it\u2019s not going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
During filming,\u00a0SI captured an exclusive look at Pereira training with the\u00a0Oakley Meta Vanguard smart glasses, marking one of his first workouts since suffering a broken foot. Pereira said the glasses could become part of his running and fight-week routine, noting, \u201cI can use the glasses in my training\u2026 It\u2019d be really cool to show that content.\u201d He also reflected on training with\u00a0Mark Zuckerberg, explaining, \u201cHe picks up on things really quickly\u2026 When you like something, you pick it up easily.\u201d The interview highlights Pereira\u2019s bond with Nina Drama, his roots with mentor Glover Teixeira and the origins of his iconic post-fight celebration. The full interview is now available on SI\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC two-division champion\u00a0Alex Pereira\u00a0sat down with\u00a0Sports Illustrated\u2019s\u00a0Greg Cally for one of his most transparent interviews yet, diving into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-305863","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}