Michael Bisping thinks Alex Pereira still has more to prove at light heavyweight before changing weight classes. UFC light heavyweight champion Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) defends his title against Khalil Rountree (13-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) in the UFC 307 main event Oct. 5 in Salt Lake City. Win or lose, “Poatan” wants to drop to middleweight to challenge Dricus Du Plessis . “He’s the light heavyweight champion of the world,” Bisping said on Pereira on his YouTube channel
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