Alex Pereira merchandise is everywhere.
It’s not difficult to comprehend the popularity of the UFC light heavyweight champion for anyone near T-Mobile Arena tonight. His fans have overtaken the Strip.
They’re apparently showing their confidence with their money too. Pereira has moved back to the favorite, mostly around -120 (i.e. risking $130 to win $100), in his UFC 313 main event bout against Magomed Ankalaev, who was favored as recently as earlier this morning.
The first UFC pay-per-view event of the year in Las Vegas has a long-awaited blockbuster up top.
The challenger Ankalaev has pursued Pereira for a long time, practically ever since he won the title in 2023, and now gets his chance.