Pantoja touches on the wound and reveals his opinion about the newcomer who 'jumps the queue' in the belt dispute

Alexandre pantoja He is the current UFC flyweight champion. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

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The flyweight belt (up to 56,7kg) is at stake! Alexandre pantoja goes for the third defense of the title in UFC 310, in Las Vegas (USA), on December 7th. On the other side of the octagon will be Kai Asakura.

The Japanese will be fighting for the first time in the organization. And the fact that he 'jumped the queue' doesn't bother the Brazilian one bit.

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"I think everything in life is a matter of timing. Right now, I think it makes sense (a fight with Asakura). Bring on Kai Asakura! This is the Crossovers! That's what it's all about hater says: 'the UFC has to do crossover', and then when the UFC does the crossover, the hater come back and say 'Kai Asakura doesn't deserve to fight for the belt'," Pantoja said in an interview with 'MMA Junkies'.

O 'crossover' quoted by the Brazilian refers to the dispute between two champions: Pantoja, current owner of the UFC flyweight belt and Asakura who left Rizin, a Japanese MMA organization, as bantamweight champion.

Promotion to the main fight

The UFC veteran and the UFC newcomer will star in the main fight of the last pay-per-view of the year. But the 'promotion' to the most important fight of the night only came after Belal Muhammad | se remove from card due to a foot injury.

The Palestinian would face Shavkat Rakhmonov in the main event that had to be canceled at the end of October due to the medical issue.