UFC 303 saw the dominant light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira retain his title in devastating fashion with a second-round head kick knockout over former champion, Jiri Prochazka.
Of course, we now have ask the question.. What’s next? AndyHickeyMMA on X (formerly Twitter) analyzed the form of fighters ranked at light heavyweight.
We’ll use this to determine who should fight who at 205lbs.
Matchmaking the Light Heavyweight Division
Alex Pereira vs Magomed Ankalaev
The champion, Alex Pereira’s next defence has to be Magomed Ankalev. The Russian has been undefeated since his debut and arguably won his vacant title bout against Jan Blachowicz.