Lightweight champion Islam Makhachev sits atop the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings, but there’s growing number of people who believe light heavyweight titleholder Alex Pereira should be in that spot. Pereira arrived in the UFC in late 2021 carrying a lot of recognition for his two kickboxing wins over then middleweight champion Israel Adesanya . Three fights into his UFC career, Pereira faced Adesanya in the UFC 281 main event in November 2021. He had only been in the organization for a year.
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