"If you were UFC management and you wanted to take a chance on Alex Pereira, wouldn't you give him a better shot at losing to the greatest fighter of all time, Jon Jones? And then you'd say, 'Well, it was Jon Jones. Alex is moving back up to flyweight." Or if Pereira looked decent, they'd say Alex will fight Tom Aspinall.
At least then you'd have options. And what if he comes out against Magomed Ankalaev and loses? No options at all," Schaub said on the Extra Thiccc podcast.
Recall that last weekend at UFC 303 Ankalaev made the second defense of the belt, knocking out Jiri Prohazka.
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