Former two-weight champion, Alex Pereira has opened up on a reported hand fracture suffered ahead of his UFC 313 title fight loss earlier this month, claiming the setback “affected” a lot of his preparation for his grudge fight with Magomed Ankalaev.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion, lost his light heavyweight title earlier this month in a long-anticipated title pairing with surging Russian star, Ankalaev, finding himself on the wrong side of a controversial unanimous decision loss.
And in the time since, the Sao Paulo star has been heavily linked with an immediate rematch against the Makhackala native, who claims he has accepted an offer fielded by the organization to fight the former at an event in August.