Now-former undisputed mild heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira has taken a sizeable tumble down the official pound-for-pound rankings following his UFC 313 loss to Magomed Ankalaev over the weekend, to a lot fan disagreement and discourse.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion in addition, dropped his mild heavyweight crown over the weekend in a contentious and debated unanimous resolution (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) loss to surging challenger, Ankalaev.
Alex Pereira takes sizeable tumble in UFC pound-for-pound rankings listing
And as soon as sat as excessive as quantity three within the official pound-for-pound rankings up till the weekend loss, Pereira has shockingly stumbled all the best way all the way down to quantity eight within the pile, under the likes of Belal Muhammad, and Dricus du Plessis.
Moreover, newly-crowned gold holder, Ankalaev has debuted within the pound-for-pound rankings — assuming the quantity six place off the bat.
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Arguing his case for a choice victory in his favor within the fast aftermath of the UFC 313 headliner, Pereira famous how he defended eleven takedowns from Ankalaev, and questioned what injury he suffered within the matchup.
“Putting me up against the cage, he (Ankalaev) didn’t really do anything,” Pereira instructed Joe Rogan throughout his post-fight interview by an interpreter. “Giving him the win with a gameplan like that, it incentivizes people to do that.”
Nevertheless, in a single day, Pereira might have already got his want of a right away rematch, with Ankalaev returning to Dagestan the place he revealed “negotiations” have been already tabled for him to battle the Brazilian subsequent.
Negotiations are already underway relating to a rematch,” Magomed Ankalaev instructed, based on Ushatayka. “It’s not yet known who will be next, but we agreed in advance, if they [Alex Pereira and his team] want a rematch then we are ready.”
