The interim heavyweight champion believes that there’s a clear subsequent possibility for one of many largest stars within the sport.
At UFC 313, Alex Pereira was defeated by Magomed Ankalaev with the Brazilian’s unbelievable mild heavyweight title reign coming to an finish by way of the scorecards.
The brand new champion has already weighed in along with his ideas on what needs to be subsequent for him with Ankalaev shutting down a heavyweight move.
With Pereira having aspirations to overcome one other weight class, Tom Aspinall tuned in to the principle occasion to see the way it all performed out on Saturday night time in Las Vegas.
Aspinall believes that Pereira and Jon Jones is now off the table however he does have an alternative choice in thoughts for ‘Poatan’ following his second UFC loss.
Tom Aspinall says Alex Pereira ought to get an instantaneous rematch with Magomed Ankalaev
Tom Aspinall gave his response to the UFC 313 headliner by way of a latest video on his YouTube channel.
After watching Magomed Ankalaev lastly safe the 205-pound gold, the interim heavyweight champion rapidly pointed to what needs to be subsequent for each males.
Aspinall believes that Alex Pereira needs to be granted an instantaneous rematch with the primary man to defeat him within the mild heavyweight division.
Having defended the title by way of knockout on three events in 2024, although Pereira’s reign wasn’t extremely lengthy, it was arguably the perfect factor in MMA final 12 months.
Dana White seemingly agreed with the need for a rematch in his post-fight press convention and although most individuals seemingly had Ankalaev profitable the battle, a number of the rounds have been very intently contested.
Aspinall mentioned that while he can see the battle going the identical means in a rematch, Pereira deserves that chance.
“Alex Pereira’s run as a champion is finished for now. For my part, instant rematch needs to be there subsequent. Alex Pereira is an enormous, huge, huge star within the sport of MMA, huge. Misplaced it final night time, misplaced his title however the run that he has been on has warranted an instantaneous rematch for my part. Magomed Ankalaev, to me, appears to be like like he’s obtained his quantity. It appears to be like like the identical factor might occur once more for my part. I need to see it once more, I completely need to see that battle once more.”
Alex Pereira’s loss ought to safe Tom Aspinall’s standing as Jon Jones’ subsequent opponent
Following Alex Pereira’s defeat on March 8, this would seem to make a battle between ‘Poatan’ and Jon Jones much less probably.
Although issues had gone pretty quiet with reference to a heavyweight title unification conflict between Jones and Tom Aspinall, Dana White gave a promising update following UFC 313.
The UFC president mentioned that he’s feeling constructive in regards to the battle taking place with the present hold-up being attributable to ironing out a date and site.
Pereira could also be beloved by the fan base but when the UFC is ready to put collectively probably the most anticipated battle of the 12 months, it will actually assist to place Saturday night time’s end result within the rear-view mirror.
