Overview
- Sean O’Malley drew headlines after using explicit comments about Alex Pereira’s glutes during a UFC White House press event and saying he caught himself staring.
- He guessed Pereira “has gotta be 250” pounds after seeing him in trunks, reinforcing talk that the former two-division champion has added significant size.
- Pereira is set to make his heavyweight debut against Ciryl Gane for an interim belt on June 14 at the UFC White House card.
- The interim title puts the winner in line to unify with undisputed champion Tom Aspinall once he is ready to compete.
- Pereira is a former Glory kickboxing champion who already won UFC titles at middleweight and light heavyweight, which fuels questions about how his power and speed will translate at heavyweight.