Did Alex Pereira’s peak passed after the loss of title?

We could sit here and debate all day, that the unprecedented titles defense calendar of Alex Pereira ultimately catches up with him, that Ankalaev neutralizes him with even the simple threat of withdrawal and solid tactics striking, or if perhaps the moment when a life of combat sports competition finally reaches an inevitable decline.

Only Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) knows the real answer on the reason why he played is a largely unusual way against Ankalaev, but a revenge match would certainly provide a prospect.

To be clear: it is not as if Pereira has humiliated. There is an important camp of people who believes that Pereira won Tour 1, Tour 3 and Tour 5 against Ankalaev and should have kept his belt, but none of the judges agreed or marked as such.

It’s delicate. Pereira did not seem bad, in itself, but he certainly lacked an advantage, and that cost him. This is what makes sports what it is, however. Entering this octagon in the form of a point over and over again is an almost impossible task, and that is why it is such a challenge for fighters to hold the belt for long periods.

Pereira will be able to correct this harm in an immediate revenge match. Go, however? Pereira has traveled his entire UFC career and did things in a short window that others could only dream. He will be 38 years old the next time he will fight, and now Ankalaev has confidence as well as the 25 -minute experience in the octagon to make his own adjustments for the future.

“Poatan” will recover the belt and add another layer to his fascinating inheritance in the UFC, he takes another loss to Ankalaev and the questions about his extremely special window of success has reached his end.

Nevertheless, Pereira has nothing to hang her head. He overcome difficult moments in his life to become a massive star, and as Pereira said it several times before, he has already won in life a long time ago.

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