Joe Rogan believes UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira ’s targeted date to return will cause Magomed Ankalaev problems.

Pereira is the only fighter to beat Prochazka in nearly a decade, with the 32-year-old defeating everybody else in his path including Aleksandr Rakic and former title challengers Dominick Reyes and Volkan Oezdemir.

Magomed Ankalaev's camp shares a surprising update on the Alex Pereira title fight, citing 'too much politics' in the negotiation process.

It's MMA, so anything can happen, Ali Abdelaziz acknowledged. But absent some fluke, he says the next UFC light heavyweight title fight is all but locked up. It's been the consensus, anyway, that 205-pound champ Alex Pereira (12-2 MMA,

Ali Abdelaziz leaked Alex Pereira's next opponent as the MMA manager said that No.1-ranked Magomed Ankalaev will challenge the dominant Brazilian in the coming months for his UFC light heavyweight championship.