Now-former undisputed light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira has taken a sizeable tumble down the official pound-for-pound rankings following his UFC 313 loss to Magomed Ankalaev over the weekend, to much fan disagreement and discourse.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion to boot, dropped his light heavyweight crown over the weekend in a contentious and debated unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) loss to surging challenger, Ankalaev.
Alex Pereira takes sizeable tumble in UFC pound-for-pound rankings list
And once sat as high as number three in the official pound-for-pound rankings up until the weekend loss, Pereira has shockingly stumbled all the way down to number eight in the pile, below the likes of Belal Muhammad, and Dricus du Plessis.