Magomed Ankalaev put an end to the Brazilian star’s dominant run in the light heavyweight division. The 2024 fighter of the year lost his belt to Ankalaev, and fans immediately started talking about a rematch. A lot of people think Alex Pereira will beat the Russian fighter this time around, and he’s been training his ass off for it.

Fans saw ‘Poatan’ grinding hard in those training videos – working on his striking and then immediately drilling takedown defense. Now Pereira’s really stepping it up, defending six takedowns in a row during training sessions. That’s some serious work right there.

You can tell from his training footage that the former light heavyweight champ is laser-focused on getting his belt back. What makes this even more interesting is that it came out later that Pereir

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