The Herd with Colin Cowherd - The Daniel Cormier Show - DC REACTS to Alex Pereira VACATING light heavyweight title, Jiri vs. Ulberg fight

Episode Date: March 1, 2026

Daniel Cormier IS BACK after Dana White made some MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT Friday, including Alex Pereira vacating his light heavyweight title and Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg fighting for the vacant belt at UFC 327 in Miami! DC breaks down Pereira's likely move to heavyweight, and why he believes Jon Jones or Ciryl Gane HAVE TO BE the two potential opponents. Plus, Cormier breaks down Prochazka vs. Ulberg's MASSIVE FIGHT ahead. DC wants to know, who do YOU THINK Alex is going to fight next: Gane or Jones? Let us know! #Volume  All lines provided by Hard Rock Bet See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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So Dana White's announcing fights yesterday, and he announced Carlos Olbert versus Yuri Prohaska for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Look, that's important. That's a great fight. We know that Yuri can fight knockout just by anybody in Light Heavyweight Division outside of Alex Pereira, who we will get to.

We know that Carlos Olberg has been on an absolute tear. We know that this is the type of fight that Miami deserves. Every year Miami gets fantastic fight cards, and this one lives up to it. And while all that's being said, right, I'm sitting at the state wrestling tournament, and I'm waiting for this announcement of the fights. I love the fight. But immediately, all I can think about is how would they fight for the light heavyweight title when, wait, Alex is the champion.

Alex just wanted the belt back. Alex was so mad that he lost it. He had to go get it back and get it back in dominant fashion. Then I start putting two or two together. I see Alex Pereau on the scale the other day. He weighs 245 pounds. And I'm like, well, what did they give him? What are they promising him, right?

To make him say, giving up the belt, I'm going to do something different. Here's what's so interesting, right? Because what Dana did not announce is what's next for Pereira. But all the clues, when you follow the lines, they seem to be adding up to something pretty damn big. Because he's gained all this weight. He's giving up the belt, which, by the way, guys,

when we think about all the things, right? Now you know that when someone's chasing another belt, they don't get to keep their belt. That's step number one. That tells me, Alex Burr must be going up, right? He weighs over 240-something pounds. Well, that's not abnormal. We've seen him do that before.

So that's why the initial thing wasn't to jump to, oh, my God, he's going to fight a heavyweight. We've seen him big before. We've seen him heavy on the scale before. Before an Uncle I had fighting was heavy on the scale, went back to 2005. But then when you give up the belt, Ilya did it. when he wanted the second belt last guy to try to become a double champ was

Volk, I think, when he fought Islam the first time. I don't think they made him give up the belt. When Ilya decided he wanted to go up, gave up the belt. When Islam decided to go up, gave up the belt. So is this officially Alex Pereira going up

to heavyweight? Is this officially Alex Pereira throwing his name in the hat? We know right now that the heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall, is still dealing with the effects of of the eye injury. He's still dealing with him. We know that John Jones said that he was retired, found out about the White House, said that he's coming back. These are all facts. These aren't things that I'm making up here. These are all facts. John said he's back getting tested. He said

he's there for the White House if they will let him. We know now that Alex Pereira has given up the light heavyweight title, weighs 245 pounds. all facts. You take those facts and you start to put the puzzle together. Tom Asper knows out. Or at least it seems that way. John Jones is the testing pool.

Alex Pereira weighs 245. Could we get that fight? Could we get the fight that we've all been asking for? Could we get John Jones versus Alex Pereira? I thought that the best fight between the two would be Pereira versus Jones at 205. But I think what we're seeing is if this fight is to happen,

and I still don't know if it will, Pereira is just a guy that's going to do anything. She just is a dog, and he wants to fight the best, and he'll fight the best at any weight class. It really is amazing to watch an old school road war, like that in today's mixed martial arts. Alex Ferrer is one of those guys that says, show me the weight, I'll show up, and I'll give you a fight.

Now, maybe I'm selling you a dream. Maybe it's not John Jones. But who is it? Because right now, you just saw a guy in Carlos Oberg, who's on a long winning streak that could have fought for the belt, fighting a guy that's a former champion on light heavyweight. Say it's not Jones and Aspinall's out. Who

do you put Pereira in there with? Is it Cyril gone? Is it Cyril gone? Because to me, I don't think it matters who he's fighting. I think what matters to me is that Alex Pereira has given up that belt and it seems

like he's going to fight a heavyweight. And if he's fighting at heavyweight, if he's fighting at heavyweight, I repeat myself, if he's getting a title opportunity, because again, I don't think, I don't think that Pereira would give up his belt just to go take a fight. Right? I don't think a guy just gives up a belt to go take a fight. So if he is fighting at heavyweight and if he is going to get an opportunity to fight for the heavyweight championship, who is it?

Is it, Jones? Because like I said, Aspinall's out. And if it is Cyril Gond, if it is Cyril Gond, how does that sit with you considering what happened in the fight between Cyril and Tom Aspinall? I don't care who it is, though. I want to see a guy chase a third title. We haven't had that. We haven't had a guy hold a belt in three-way classes. Pereira is saying right now, I have that opportunity.

Or at least it seems that way. at least it seems that way because I'm telling you right now as a guy that was a champion if I was told vacate your belt I would want an absolute guarantee that I would be pursuing another belt right they always say a bird in the hand a burden a hand a burden of hand a burden a hand it's better than going to chase but you don't give the one in the hand up to go and just fight or go and just be out there right it's got to make sense so when i look at everything when i take the whole picture and i dream first and i cross my fingers and i wish that it is jones versus perera but i also stay

i also stay cautious in the idea that if it doesn't happen it's someone else and if it is someone else, it has to be Cyril Ghan, right? Because who else? Who else could there be to fight Alex Pereira? But big news, that's massive. That's massive. That he's up. That he's 245 pounds. And that he vacated the championship. Because if you vacated that title, guys, I'm telling you, I believe that he's going to fight for the world title. Big news is happening. And we're just like, they gave us a little bit Right. It gave me a little bit. It got me excited. But give me the rest.

Let me know what's going on. Like we're all sitting here as fans of this thing. And we wanted those fighting for the heavyweight championship. And man, how bad is Tom Aspiram hurt really? He must be hurt really, really bad. Because if I'm the heavyweight champion, I've seen all this going on, I'm like antsy. I'm like, I want to fight. I mean, I want to fight.

I'm the champ. You know? I'm the champ. crazy stuff but what if Pereira wins and he went to champion the three-week glasses that is crazy that's crazy

because this was only supposed to be the guy that was getting his first title fight because he had fought Izzy before this was not supposed to be this is a crazy story the Alex Pereira story guys in the comments let me know who you think it's going to be

is it going to be Jones or is it going to be gone I think those are the only two options until next time peace Hey guys, it's us. The Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe. I'm Kevin. And I'm Nick.

And guess what? We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions. Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it.

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You know, it's all love. This was just playoffs. This was just basketball. So listen to Point Game on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Every family has its secrets. But what happens when you discover that your dad has been living a double life? That is not the look of an innocent man.

Is everyone lying to me about who they are? I felt such desperation. I felt it was what I had to do. Listen to Deep Cover the Family Man on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And someday into right now, with Body by Jake Radio. Nonstop workout music and expert tips 24-7. Hey, head over to iHeart.com.

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