Alex Pereira signs new 8-fight contract before #UFC300, says fight was bumped up from #UFC301

Alex Pereira signs new 8-fight contract before #UFC300, says fight was bumped up from #UFC301

Alex Pereira said his expectation “for a while” was that he would be defending his light heavyweight title against Jamahal Hill at UFC 301 in May. Then UFC officials called his team, and the bout between Pereira (9-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) and Hill (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) was moved up by three weeks and officially booked for the main event of the historic UFC 300 card on April 13 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (pay-per-view, ESPN). “The original verbal agree…