Michael Bisping: ‘It’s really hard to deny’ Alex Pereira is UFC’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter

Michael Bisping believes UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira’s strength of schedule is what makes him the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world.

Pereira (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) notched his third title defense in the span of seven months when he scored a fourth-round TKO of Khalil Rountree in Saturday’s UFC 307 main event. Pereira is currently No. 2 in the official UFC pound-for-pound rankings behind lightweight champion Islam Makhachev.

“Pereira is going through everybody,” Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “Three title defenses in seven months and taking the world by storm. So, if you go through the top 10, it’s really hard to deny Alex Pereira is No. 1.”