Former two-weight champion, Alex Pereira remains confident of landing a rematch with newly-crowned champion, Magomed Ankalaev following his loss at UFC 313 — claiming discussing are already underway for him to fight the Russian in an immediate rematch.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion, dropped his light heavyweight crown over the weekend in a controversial unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) loss against the surging challenger, Ankalaev.
However, voicing his displeasure with the loss, Sao Paulo native, Pereira claimed the fact he stuffed 11 takedowns and didn’t receive much damage, means the result should have landed in his favor instead.