According to veteran color-commenator, Joe Rogan, former light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira fought against Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313 dealing with some notable issues — namely a hand fracture and a norovirus bug.
Pereira, a former middleweight champion to boot, suffered his first defeat at the light heavyweight limit in his brief Octagon tenure, dropping his divisional crown to boot. Finding himself on the receiving end of a close, controversial unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) loss to surging challenger, Ankalaev — losing his belt in the process.
And complaining against the decision issued against him, Pereira — who notably revealed he suffered with flu-like symptoms during his UFC 307 title fight against Khalil Rountree last October, was dealt another pair of setbacks according to Rogan during UFC 313 preparation.