{"id":2421,"date":"2026-04-30T23:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/2421\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:00:06","slug":"ufc-perth-brando-pericic-calls-bs-on-suggestion-city-kickboxing-stars-are-nearing-retirement-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/2421\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Perth: Brando Pericic Calls BS on Suggestion City Kickboxing Stars Are Nearing Retirement Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brando Pericic (6-1) is entering his third UFC fight this Saturday at UFC Perth, 2-0 in the promotion and set for a step up against Shamil Gaziev.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a steady uphill trajectory for a fighter who has suggested he could fight for the heavyweight title this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecember. December. Give me three more fights, and I\u2019ll be ready,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>For a heavyweight, Pericic has been fighting at a breakneck pace. Should he land one more fight prior to September, that will be four in twelve months. He already has his sights set on an August card in Belgrade, Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ready to go. I want to get this one done like I got the last one done. I heard the UFC is going to Serbia, and I would love to fight in Serbia,\u201d he exclaimed. \u201cYou can\u2019t have a card in Serbia and not have the Balkan Bear on there brother. It should be a sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Balkan Bear\u201d Pericic is another product of City Kickboxing, and he bristled at the suggestion that the likes of Dan Hooker and<a href=\"https:\/\/cagesidepress.com\/2026\/03\/28\/ufc-seattle-joe-pyfer-takes-next-step-with-tko-of-israel-adesanya\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Israel Adesanya<\/a> are reaching retirement age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBullsh*t. Bullsh*t. That\u2019s what you think. That\u2019s not the case. Dan Hooker\u2019s going to fight til he\u2019s 50, what are you talking about? You think you\u2019re going to get me out before f*cking 40? You\u2019re dreaming, cuz. I\u2019m going to fight til I\u2019m 50.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full UFC Perth media day appearance by Brando Pericic above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brando Pericic (6-1) is entering his third UFC fight this Saturday at UFC Perth, 2-0 in the promotion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3398,3409,3406,3412,3399,3410,3402,3401,2132,3210,3408,3407,335,3405,3400,3411,3403,1412,3404],"class_list":["post-2421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-bellator","tag-conor-mcgregor","tag-fighting","tag-gsp","tag-invicta","tag-jon-jones","tag-lfa","tag-martial-arts","tag-mixed-martial-arts","tag-mma","tag-one-championship","tag-one-fc","tag-perth","tag-pfl","tag-rizin","tag-ronda-rousey","tag-titan-fc","tag-ufc","tag-wsof"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}