{"id":10313,"date":"2025-01-03T20:16:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=10313"},"modified":"2025-01-03T20:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:16:41","slug":"ufc-rumors-uncle-chael-throws-cold-water-on-superfight-rumors-after-alex-pereira-dana-white-secret-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ufc-rumors-uncle-chael-throws-cold-water-on-superfight-rumors-after-alex-pereira-dana-white-secret-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Rumors: Uncle Chael throws cold water on Superfight Rumors after Alex Pereira-Dana White Secret Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/mma\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>UFC<\/a>&lsquo;s light heavyweight division was in a bit of a mess after Jon Jones walked out on the belt. But, these days, fans got Alex Pereira, the man with fists that could probably knock out a brick wall. And currently, he is stirring up all kinds of excitement.<\/p><p>Chael Sonnen, who never met a microphone he didn&rsquo;t like, just dropped some juicy news. <strong>It turns out Pereira recently had a hush-hush meeting with Dana White<\/strong>. This had everyone wondering what went down behind those closed doors.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ufcs-fighting-nerds-all-about-the-spectacle-wearing-destroyers\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>UFC&rsquo;s Fighting Nerds: All About The Spectacle-Wearing Destroyers<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Did Chael Sonnen Think About The Secret Meeting&nbsp;?<\/h2><p>Fans know it&rsquo;s serious business when fighters start having private chats with the boss.&nbsp; A few months back, Sonnen had teased the possibility of a showdown between Pereira and interim heavyweight champ Tom Aspinall for January 2025 in California.&nbsp;<\/p><p>But like most fight plans in the UFC, things changed fast. That particular card is now all wrapped up, and there&rsquo;s no Alex Pereira vs. Aspinall in sight. This situation is more intriguing because &lsquo;Poatan&rsquo; has already shot down a fight with Magomed Ankalaev, the division&rsquo;s number one contender.&nbsp;<\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><strong>&ldquo;That story as I understood it, at the time that I understood it, which was limited at best to be fair<\/strong><\/em>.<em><strong> But a lot of the motivation of doing that fight did have to do with that date. So that date now taken care of, I would assume, possibly falsely, that the appetite, that was limited to begin with, for Aspinall and Pereira is gone.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Something&rsquo;s Going on With Alex Pereira&hellip;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B8hLVLQDtXA?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>So, the crux is Alex Pereira walking out of Dana White&rsquo;s office wearing a big smile. Ankalaev&rsquo;s out, Aspinall&rsquo;s probably out, and everyone&rsquo;s guessing what&rsquo;s next. Maybe he has got that Jon Jones fight he&rsquo;s been dreaming about, or perhaps Dana&rsquo;s cooked up something even more spectacular.<\/p><p>Whatever comes out of this meeting, one thing&rsquo;s for sure: The UFC&rsquo;s upper weight classes have become highly unpredictable. And honestly, that&rsquo;s exactly how fight fans like it. Now, fans just have to wait and see what kind of chaos Alex Pereira and Dana White have planned for them.<\/p><p><strong>(Image Credits: Mark J. 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