Former rival, Israel Adesanya has come to the defense of Alex Pereira following his championship loss at UFC 313 — revealing on his scorecard, he had the Brazilian narrowly outpointing the newly-minted titleholder, Magomed Ankalaev.
Returning over the course of last weekend, Sao Paulo star, Pereira suffered the first loss of his light heavyweight run in a grudge fight with Russian standout challenger, Ankalaev.
And finding himself on the wrong side of a controversial unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) loss to the Makhachkala native, Pereira argued his ability to defend takedowns should have led to his own victory, and retention of his championship belt.