After Belal Muhammad was forced to withdraw from his UFC 310 title defense against Shavkat Rakhmonov with an injury (first reported by Al Zullino), MMA fans cannot stop asking Alex Pereira to save the day even though he just fought on October 5th.
In what has become a meme this year, a year in which UFC light-heavyweight champion Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira defended his belt three times and twice on short notice, fans of his (which is almost everyone) cannot stop asking him to step in and save the day.
The UFC reportedly was thinking along much the same lines, as MMA Mania reported that they have reached out to both Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev about stepping in.
Ankalaev also recently competed, defeating Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 308 and earning his place as the next title challenger.
Both fighters may be reluctant to step in on short notice, especially since Pereira has already fought three times this year, which is a rare level of activity for a champ.
Still, fans will never cease making jokes about the potential of another short notice fight for the most popular champion in the UFC today.
There are other options for the main event of 310, such as an interim welterweight title fight involving Shavkat, a bantamweight title fight with champion Merab Dvalishvili, or just promoting the flyweight title fight between champ Alexandre Pantoja and UFC newcomer Kai Asakura from the co-main event to the main event.
Read the full article here