Chael Sonnen is still hopeful that Alex Pereira could pose Jon Jones problems after UFC 313. Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) lost his light heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in this past Saturday’s main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Had Pereira won, many thought a super fight against UFC heavyweight champion Jones would be on the horizon. While that’s off the table for now, Sonnen thinks that despite losing, Pereira shut down a criticism about his game when he stuffed all 12 of Ankalaev’s takedown attempts. “You don’t get very far when you start talking about Alex Pereira vs.
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Chael Sonnen: ‘The narrative that Alex Pereira can’t wrestle is over’ after UFC 313 – MMA Junkie