Alex Pereira is one win from a UFC first at UFC Freedom 250.
Pereira meets Ciryl Gane for the heavyweight title on June 14 at the White House. A win would make Poatan the first fighter in UFC history to hold belts in three weight classes after championship runs at middleweight and light heavyweight.
Pereira said the possible third belt would stand apart from the others he has won in the UFC.
“For me, it will be something very special. Unique,” Pereira said. “This will only happen once, it’s a unique belt. Many have the UFC belt, but this one is different, so it will symbolize everything I’ve been through, all the difficulties to get there.”
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Pereira’s Three-Division Chase Runs Through Gane
Pereira brings a verified 13-3 MMA record into the Gane fight, with 11 knockout wins and two decision victories. Before the UFC run, he went 33-7 in kickboxing with 21 knockouts, won Glory titles at middleweight and light heavyweight, and added one professional boxing win by knockout. He later stopped Israel Adesanya for the UFC middleweight belt, moved to 205 pounds, and won the light heavyweight title. His heavyweight jump now puts his power against a bigger opponent who has spent years near the top of the division.
Gane is a former interim UFC heavyweight champion with height, reach, movement, and title-fight experience against Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones. Pereira brings elite timing and fight-ending power, but this is his first UFC heavyweight title fight and Gane is a natural heavyweight.
Pereira can become a three-division UFC champion. Gane can stop that history, win back heavyweight gold, and turn the White House card into his own comeback moment.
UFC Freedom 250 already has the promotional muscle, from the Pereira-Gane faceoff to the wider White House setup. Pereira’s fight gives the card its clearest record-book angle. Beat Gane, take heavyweight gold, and become the first three-division champion the UFC has ever had.
