Mauricio Ruffy revealed Alex Pereira fought Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313 with a broken shin and severe illness.

Alex Pereira and his team recently held a passionate celebration for his title win at UFC 320, as well as the birthday of his mentor and close friend Glover Teixeira.

Murzakanov knocked out Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 321, dropping ‘Rocket’ with a powerful jab before securing the stoppage with one vicious ground strike. The finish came just over three minutes into the very first round and has marked the 16-0 light heavyweight out as a legitimate threat toward the top of the division.

Almeida's opponent, Volkov, is coming off a controversial decision loss to Ciryl Gane, who challenges Aspinall for the heavyweight title in the UFC 321 headliner. The Brazilian said he thinks Volkov won that fight and looks at him in high regard entering their important showdown.

Alex Pereira returned to the light heavyweight mountaintop, Merab Dvalishvili further solidified his legacy and Jiri Prochazka notched another insane knockout at UFC 320. Saturday's pay-per-view laid the groundwork for interesting future fights.

Fresh off his middleweight title win over Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319, Khamzat Chimaev is already setting his sights on two-division glory, publicly pursuing a bout against Light Heavyweight champ Alex Pereira.

The light heavyweight title picture has been arguably the UFC's most interesting for the past five years, and the belt was on the line again Saturday.