UFC 313 Post-Fight Show | Reaction To Magomed Ankalaev Ending Alex Pereira's Title Reign

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 9 March 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Alex Pereira is no longer the UFC light heavyweight champion as Magomed Ankalaev became the first UFC fighter in 2025 to be announced "and new" by Bruce Buffer at the end of UFC 313. Will Pereira look to run it back against the new champ, or will "Poatan" make the move to heavyweight, and for a new quest? Following Saturday's pay-per-view event, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react to Ankalaev's unanimous decision win over Pereira to capture the title, how Ankalaev's first title defense could look, and how the UFC will respond to the shift in power at 205 pounds. Additionally, they discuss Justin Gaethje's Fight of the Night win against Rafael Fiziev, if Gaethje could get a title shot against Islam Makhachev, Maurico Ruffy's clubhouse leader for Knockout of the Year against Bobby Green, grading the card from top-to-bottom, and much more. Follow Mike Heck: @m_heckjr Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:17.6	Well, hello there, everybody.
0:20.8	The victory drums.
0:23.3	They sound for the brand new, whoa, almost around my phone, the brand new light heavyweight champion of the world.
0:29.7	His name is Magamette Ancolaeuf the first new champion for the UFC in 2025.
0:38.3	He defeats Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 313 via unanimous decision.
0:43.3	And a fight that happened wasn't the most thrilling fight by a smart tactical performance from Magamene Goliath.
0:52.3	He defeats Alex Pereira,
0:54.8	Hans Pereira, his first loss at 205 pounds, and is now finally UFC light heavyweight champion.
1:01.2	He did it. He did it. He did it. The man did it. Nobody's excited about it,
1:06.0	but him. I'm sure he's very excited, and he deserves it because he did it.
1:11.4	He did it.
1:12.3	He is the champion.
1:14.0	So we got our post-fight show, which is going on right here.
1:17.1	I am Mike Eck, that is Jed Mushu.
1:18.6	We are back here in Command Center 5.0.
1:21.0	At the same time, we got the Mike puppet here.
1:26.2	At the same time, on the same here YouTube jail, we have the post-fight press conference
1:31.8	going on because I know what a lot of you are thinking, what is Ignacio Bahamundi
1:38.2	is going to think about his win over jail and Turner?
1:40.5	And if you want to know the answer to that question after this card, you can actually go watch this right now.
1:46.2	Nacio Bahamunday's reacting to being Jalen Turner's, at least for right now, final opponent, Jenbush.
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