UFC fans are rallying behind Alex Pereira as they want to see him rematch Magomed Ankalaev and win his belt back.

Getty Images Not that anyone’s making that a foregone conclusion ahead of Pereira’s UFC 313 title defense in the main ... and the elite MMA proving ground of the UFC … well, it won’t ...

and consistency is the key to survival in the world’s most cutthroat proving ground. Two veteran fighters recently found themselves on the outside looking in as the UFC made more roster cuts.