Alex Pereira’s future: what should be next?

Alex Pereira's future: what should be next? 1Alex Pereira is no longer the UFC light heavyweight champion. So, the big question is a very simple one: what’s next for the man known as ‘Poatan’?

Magomed Ankalaev was able to shut down Alex Pereira on Saturday night at UFC 313. No, it wasn’t the prettiest fight in the world by any stretch of the imagination, but it was certainly tense. In the end, Ankalaev did more than enough to get his hand raised in victory, and he has earned the right to call himself a champion.

Alex Pereira, though, will need to go back to the drawing board. He needs to examine what exactly went wrong, and determine whether or not he’s interested in an immediate rematch.…