Then, he will head up to light-heavyweight where he will challenge for the title currently held by Alex Pereira, in the hopes of eventually taking Islam Makhachev’s pound-for-pound spot.

The heat is rising as UFC 313 draws near. Touted as one of the hardest fights of his career, Alex Pereira will be facing Magomed Ankalaev for the UFC light heavyweight championship. And ahead of ...

‘Poatan’ has already touched down in Sydney for the second PPV fight week of 2025. Alex Pereira is set to corner Sean Strickland for his main event bout this Saturday night at the Qudos Bank ...

Alex Pereira is quickly ascending to being a UFC legend. Having won the light heavyweight title, Pereira impressed everyone by defending his title thrice in one year in 2024. Now, as he awaits his ...

Michael Bisping also doesn’t think Alex Pereira should be cornering Sean Strickland at UFC 312. Light heavyweight champion Pereira will corner Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) for his title-fight ...

UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira clarifies that he was never ducking Magomed Ankalaev. Ankalaev (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC) has been heavily campaigning to fight Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC), ...

Reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira ... Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) The original report related to Volkov suggested he would get the first crack at Pereira in the ...

The Alex Pereira fight news has arrived, and “Poatan” is set to defend his title rather soon. Pereira will put his light heavyweight championship on the line against top contender Magomed Ankalaev in ...

Alex Pereira wants to face-off against Oleksandr Usyk (Image via Instagram/MMA Fighting) Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira currently holds the title in the UFC light heavyweight division. Since joining the ...

Alex Pereira and Oleksandr Usyk are two of the best fighters in combat sports. Usyk currently dominates the heavyweight division in boxing while Pereira is one of UFC's biggest superstars.

Daniel Cormier advises Alex Pereira against cornering Sean Strickland at UFC 312. Eric Nicksick revealed that light heavyweight champion Pereira will corner Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) in his ...

UFC champion Alex Pereira believes he’d be a bigger achievement for Jon Jones than if he defeated Tom Aspinall. As we know, Alex Pereira is an incredibly ambitious man. He is constantly trying to ...