UFC commentator Daniel Cormier has revealed who he thinks Alex Pereira needs to avoid when he moves to light heavyweight.
Earlier this month, Alex Pereira was knocked out cold by Israel Adesanya. In the process, he lost his UFC middleweight championship.
While many wanted to see a trilogy bout between the two men, ‘Poatan’ announced in the aftermath of the loss that he’d be moving up to light heavyweight. Given the current state of the division, it seems as if it may only take one or two wins for him to climb into title contention.
Of course, there are still some excellent fighters up there, many of whom the Brazilian will come across. In the eyes of Daniel Cormier, though, there’s one man that Pereira should avoid at all costs.
“That’s the matchup that Alex Pereira would want to avoid. I think that’s the only one at 205 that you would want to avoid right now because Ankalaev can wrestle, and we saw that in the fight against Jan Blachowicz, where he took him down in the last three rounds.”
