Brendan Schaub thinks Alex Pereira dropping his identify is an issue for the UFC.
Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) misplaced his gentle heavyweight identify to Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by way of unanimous determination on this previous Saturday’s UFC 313 primary match at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Schaub scored Rounds 1, 3, and 5 for Pereira, however admits he thinks “he fought extraordinarily.” He additionally idea UFC 313 used to be a horrible card, and that the promotion is in dire want of a few stars.
“The UFC’s in some hassle, guy,” Schaub mentioned on his “The Fighter and The Child” podcast. “Good day, identify their giant big name. … Ankalaev? What number of pay-per-views is he promoting? Two: His mother, his uncle – who else? Who do you wish to have? (Alexandre) Pantoja? 125? We don’t give a f*ck. 135? Who else have you were given? Merab (Dvalishvili)? Nah, no longer taking place. At middleweight, (Dricus Du Plessis) has an opportunity.”
Pereira would possibly get a chance to reclaim his identify after UFC CEO Dana White mentioned a right away rematch with Ankalaev is most probably subsequent. Each Pereira and Ankalaev expect to run issues again as smartly.
Out of doors of Pereira, Schaub named who he sees as the present greatest big name within the promotion.
“(Islam) Makhachev is most probably their greatest big name,” Schaub mentioned. “Pereira remains to be their maximum pay-per-view man, however Makhachev is the most important big name pound-for-pound, and you already know, he’s thrilling. He’s the only Dagestani that’s thrilling.”
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