Overview
- The middleweight bout pairs Brazil’s Michel Pereira with Texas native Zach Reese in Houston.
- Pereira told reporters he changed his entire training camp and plans to return to a more aggressive, show-focused style.
- The fighters previously trained under the same roof at Xtreme Couture, a dynamic Pereira acknowledged ahead of the matchup.
- Pereira enters on a three-fight skid after an earlier eight-fight run, while Reese is 10-2 and coming off a second-round submission of Jackson McVey after a prior No Contest against Sedriques Dumas.
- DraftKings lists Pereira at -155 and Reese at +130, while ClutchPoints picks Reese as the underdog and recommends over 1.5 rounds.