Chael Sonnen thinks Alex Pereira immediately rematching Magomed Ankalaev is a bad idea. Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) lost his light heavyweight title to Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in the UFC 313 main event earlier this month at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. All signs are pointing to Pereira getting an opportunity
Alex Pereira fired back at Magomed Ankalaev’s coach for accusing him of greasing at UFC 313. Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) lost his light heavyweight title to Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in their main event earlier this month at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In an interview with Ushatayka, Ankalaev’s coach Sukhrab Magomedov accused
Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2025/03/ufc-london-magomed-ankalaev-opinion-carlos-ulberg-or-alex-pereira-light-heavyweight-title-shot March 23, 2025 1:30 pm ET Carlos Ulberg’s UFC Fight Night 255 win wasn’t enough to get Magomed Ankalaev’s attention. Ulberg (12-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) made it eight-straight wins when he defeated former champion Jan
Jamahal Hill thinks Alex Pereira needs to focus on one particular thing if he wants to reclaim UFC gold. Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) lost the light heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in the UFC 313 main event earlier this month at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Although Pereira
Tom Aspinall can’t understand how certain people scored the UFC 313 main event in favor of Alex Pereira. Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) defeated Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) by unanimous decision to become light heavyweight champion earlier this month at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Media outlets were almost split in their scoring
Firas Zahabi thinks Magomed Ankalaev had Alex Pereira overthinking throughout the fight at UFC 313. Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) lost his light heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in this past Saturday’s main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Zahabi was surprised that Ankalaev failed to get Pereira to the
Alex Pereira’s coaches disagree with the UFC 313 decision. Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) lost his light heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in Saturday’s UFC 313 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Both Glover Teixeira and Plinio Cruz thought their fighter should have gotten his hand
Jan Blachowicz hopes he can disrupt the UFC’s plans of a rematch between Magomed Ankalaev and Alex Pereira. Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) defeated Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) by unanimous decision to become light heavyweight champion in Saturday’s UFC 313 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Blachowicz’s past two fights came against Ankalaev and
It appears Alex Pereira will immediately get an opportunity to avenge his UFC 313 title loss. Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) lost his light heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in Saturday’s main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Pereira was able to stuff all 12 of Ankalaev’s
Jamahal Hill feels pretty good about his Alex Pereira vs. Magomed Ankalaev prediction after the fact. Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) defeated Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) by unanimous decision to become light heavyweight champion in Saturday’s UFC 313 main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Hill was one of the few fighters to pick Ankalaev
Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman didn’t necessarily like what he saw from now-former light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira at UFC 313 but gave plenty of praise to Magomed Ankalaev for his performance. In the main event of UFC 313, Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) became the first new UFC champion crowned in 2025 by
Magomed Ankalaev issued a stern warning towards UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira. Ankalaev (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC) challenges Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) in the UFC 313 main event March 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews, ESPN+). Ankalaev had to heavily campaign to finally get his shot at Pereira, and is
