UFC APEX – UFC middleweight Michel Pereira gets his first main event slot when he faces Anthony Hernandez at UFC Vegas 99 on Saturday night.
“It took longer. I think I should have already had a main event, but everything has the right time,” Pereira told reporters through a translator on Wednesday.
“Everything comes with the right timing.”
Pereira (31-11) gets a second shot at Hernandez at UFC Vegas 99. The two were set to square off at UFC 306, also knock as Noche UFC, but the bout was moved with no explanation.
“I wanted to fight in The Sphere. I don’t know why they actually put it here, but it turns out it worked out. I end up with my first main event. Very happy about that, but I wanted to fight in The Sphere,” he said.
In his first main event he gets Hernandez who comes in on a 5-fight win streak.
“A tough opponent. A guy that’s got a lot of stamina, a guy that likes to push forward, but I’m very prepared for his game,” he said.
“I do not think that this fight’s going to go five rounds.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Michel Pereira above. He takes on Anthony Hernandez in the main event of UFC Vegas 99 on Saturday night.
