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Alex Pereira was scheduled to fight Jií Procházka in August at UFC 305 in Perth , Australia .
Pereira 's team was expecting the UFC to announce the bout during his two-week trip to Australia .
Conor McGregor was out of UFC 303 due to injury and the promotion was scrambling for a replacement.
UFC CEO Dana White had already produced a $20 million gate, and the UFC CEO was scheduled that same week .
Alex Pereira has never fought in his home country in the UFC .
Pereira broke his toe in the lead-up to UFC 300 and suffered a second broken toe two weeks before the fight.
His team has always known of his potential in the sport.
Fans mobbed Pereira at a UFC event in Toronto in January due to the size of crowds.
Alex Pereira is one of 10 fighters who have won UFC titles in two weight classes.
The defending heavyweight champion and greatest fighter of all time, Jon Jones , has already said a fight between him and Pereira could be "the most massive fight the UFC could make" Pereira has expressed an interest in eventually testing the waters at heavyweight.
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