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Alex Pereira opens up about what went wrong at UFC 313, reveals he nearly pulled out

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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira lost his title to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313 .

It was Pereira 's fourth title defense in less than one year .

Pereira says he still believes he did enough to win the fight.

The 37-year-old says he didn't put anything on his body to prepare for the bout.

" Poatan " Pereira defeated Israel Adesanya via fifth -round stoppage in the UFC middleweight title fight.

Pereira is currently taking a break, but he fully expects a rematch with Andre Ankalaev in August .

The light heavyweight champion has just 15 UFC fights overall, but is still relatively young.

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