On Saturday at UFC 313, the MMA world got a shock when Magomed Ankalaev successfully displayed Alex Pereira in light heavyweight.
On UFC 313 from the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday evening, Ankalaev Pereira opened to become the new light heavyweight champion, so that one of the most exciting regime in the history of the division was ended.
After the fight, the fans of Pereira fear that he was 'cursed' by a pre-fight meeting with Mark Zuckerberg, with a running 'curse' in the MMA world, similar to the Drake Curse.
And with that, some fans of Pereira did not take his loss so well when a viral video appeared online from a fan who destroyed his TV after Bruce Buffer had read the decision.
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Round-by-Round Punch statistics from the loss of Pereira to Ankalaev
Months before his title shot against 'Patan', Ankalaev claimed that he would surpass Pereira, which led to much of the fan base the Russian trolls for his daring take.
Despite the 'unique' version of Pereira, Ankalaev de Brazilian defeated on Saturday evening without landing a single Takedown, attached to his word.
After the fight, the punch statistics on the round-for-round were revealed, which show that the Russian surpassed him in three rounds in three of the rounds.
Round one was 'Patan's' strongest round without a doubt and he landed 16 strikes on the 9 of the Challenger. In the second round, Ankalaev started his forward pressure, which was an important point of conversation of the fight and surpassed the champion 29 to 18.
The third round was perhaps the nearest round in the entire fight and was the round that the fan base split, with Pereira Landing 21 Strikes and Ankalaev Landing 17.
The 32-year-old picked it up again in round four and five and surpasses the 37-year-old champion 19 to 7 and 20 to 14.
Magomed Ankalaev exceeded Alex Pereira in three rounds in a narrow battle on the feet 👊
Dana White said that we will “probably” see an immediate rematch between these two 👀
Ankalaev vs. Pereira II would be special 🍿 #ufc313 pic.twitter.com/awyeqgnlyn
– ESPN MMA (@ESPNMMA) 9 March 2025
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Alex Pereira landed alarmingly only 11 strikes in five rounds
Pereira's game plan became extremely clear from the first round, because he did not land any head strike and looked at Ankalaev's legs with the Russian who had previously had problems with leg kicks.
Again in round two, the Brazilian landed only three strikes off the head and did not seem to change his game plan despite early signs that Ankalaev responded well to the legs.
After another passive round three, Pereira continued with 0 head layers in round four and the fight ended with another passive round, only four strikes of the head landed.
Fortunately for Pereira, after the event, UFC boss, Dana White revealed that an immediate rematch was probably and that idea has been agreed by Ankalaev.
And with that Pereira promised to make 'some adjustments' in the Rematch, knowing that he was defeated in his own game.
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