Poatan leaves decision about division change open, but warns: 'my weight is going up'

Alex Poatan weighing in for UFC 300 (Photo: Reproduction/Instagram)

Ex-campeão dos médios (até 83,9kg.) e atualmente em busca de reconquistar título nos meio-pesados (até 93kg.), Alex Poatan segue sendo questionado sobre possível mudança de categoria a seguir. Após flertar com duelo contra Tom Aspinall no passado, o brasileiro ainda não demonstra total certeza de que alteração será realizada antes de pendurar as luvas.

Despite not making any final decisions, Poatan made a point of opening up about his weight and declared that, as time goes by, everything indicates that heavyweight (up to 120,2 kg) could be his next destination in his UFC career.

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"I can't answer that (in which division my career will end), I'd like to in the future, because my weight is going up. I don't know how long I'll be able to do this (weight cutting). 38 years, I don't know... I'll just do it the way I'm doing it and eventually we'll see what happens," Poatan said during a press conference in Las Vegas.

Tom Aspinall faces Alex Poatan. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

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The current king of the division, Aspinall, has already warned the Brazilian about what he would do in a potential Octagon fight. According to the Englishman, within seconds the strategy would be to "explode" the São Paulo native's legs, taking the fight to the ground.

Determinado a retornar ao caminho das vitórias, Poatan se apresenta neste sábado (04), em revanche contra Magomed Ankalaev pelo cinturão dos meio-pesados. Caso conquiste o trono novamente, o atleta indicou anteriormente que possui interesse em medir forças contra Carlos Ulberg.