Israel Adesanya has a well-documented competitive rivalry with Alex Pereira, but that doesn’t get in the way of breaking down the UFC light heavyweight champion’s fights.

Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has ten fights inside the famed UFC octagon. Eight of them have ended in knockouts. The Brazilian bomber has only gone the distance twice in his UFC tenure. "Poatan" holds knockout wins over four UFC champions: Sean Strickland,

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While former UFC champ Kamaru Usman found Alex Pereira to look “flat,” he had plenty of praise for Magomed Ankalaev’s work.

Paul Felder criticizes Alex Pereira’s UFC 313 performance against Magomed Ankalaev, calling it “lazy” and lacking urgency.

UFC 313 is over and Magomed Ankalaev beat Alex Pereira to become the new light heavyweight champion. Jed Meshew answers reader questions about what this means for the rest of the sport.

Following his overpowering victory over Alex Pereira at UFC 313, Magomed Ankalaev became the subject of major speculations around his first title defense. The post Dana White Alerted as Alex Pereira Gets Chance to Win Back UFC Title After Magomed Ankalaev’s Confession appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Mauricio Ruffy delivers knockout of the night with a spinning heel kick, Justin Gaethje shines and UFC honors Robbie Lawler with Hall of Fame spot.

Michael Bisping questioned Alex Pereira's will to win 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 Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Coaches Plinio Cruz and Glover Teixeira reveal which rounds they think Alex Pereira won against Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313.

Magomed Ankalaev's victory made immense reverberations on social media. So much so that he superseded Pound-For-Pound No.1 Islam Makhachev in one aspect.