MMA News Roundup: Jon Jones Makes Final Call for Heavyweight Alex Pereira, Colby Covington’s Offer for Charles Oliveira, Ian Garry Trashed After UFC 303

Have you missed out on the biggest developments in the sport of MMA? Well, we have just the right thing for you – the latest edition of the daily roundup. Today, we will start our news compilation with Jon Jones. The heavyweight champion has decided to spill the guts regarding Alex Pereira looking to move up to the heaviest division in the UFC.

Then, we will shift our attention to controversial star Colby Covington, who called out former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira for a fight at welterweight. Interstingly, ‘Choas’ also shed some light on Ian Garry while trashing his UFC 303 performance against Michael ‘Venom’ Page!

Jon Jones has one condition to fight Alex Pereira

With another blitzkrieg of a performance at UFC 303, talks about Alex Pereira moving to heavyweight have spurred dramatically. When Joe Rogan brought that idea up to ‘Poatan’ following his KO win against Jiri Prochazka, fans appeared to be pumped about the prospect of watching the Brazilian probably take on Jon Jones, and even Pereira himself did not deny wanting to move up soon. Meanwhile, ‘Bones’ had kept his eyes on Pereira and finally shared his reaction regarding the 205-pound champion’s heavyweight move.

Jon Jones is all open for a contest between him and Alex Pereira. However, he wants to do that after he’s done cementing his legacy in the heavyweight division against former two-time champion, Stipe Miocic. But guess what? Jones doesn’t want to make things too easy for Pereira because he demands that the Brazilian star beat interim champion Tom Aspinall before getting a chance to fight him. And when it comes to the outcome of their fight, ‘Bones’ claims to do the same thing he did to Ciryl Gane at UFC 285. Is this the fight to make? It remains to be seen. But before now, let’s shift our focus to Colby Covington setting his sights on a new opponent.

Colby Covington wants Charles Oliveira

It seems like Colby Covington is ready for his next challenge, but in an unusual callout, the Clovis native called out former lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira, who recently looked like he had added some weight. In an interview on the ‘Submission Radio’ podcast, Covington stated, “Charles Oliveira, I am the biggest fight you can get. Former world champion, the king of Brazil, the king of Miami… What’s going to be bigger for your legacy, Charles?”

‘Chaos’ rained down on Ian Garry’s UFC 303 win

Ian Garry defeated Michael ‘Venom’ Page at UFC 303 via unanimous decision, which many claimed to be a close encounter. Dana White was shocked at why the fight wasn’t declared a draw because that’s what he thought about that fight. Meanwhile, Colby Covington, who’s had a history of verbal back-and-forth with ‘The Future’ claimed that he wasn’t impressed with Garry at all. In the same interview on ‘Submission Radio’, Covington said, “That was pathetic. That guy’s [Garry] fighting number 14 guy in the world and barely scraping by.”

Covington also believes that, as per his assessment, ‘MVP’ was the real winner of that fight, while calling the 26-year-old Irish fighter a “Conor McGregor wannabe.” He added, “He did all this, pulled all these strings to get on the Conor card, and then Conor left him at the altar.” Will these words trigger Ian Garry and can this help him get a fight against the former interim champion? It will be interesting to see how Dana White navigates this situation.