Pereira has won his past five fights, while Ankalaev has gone unbeaten in his past 13 fights

8 March 2025 - 6:27 pm
Pereira has won his past five fights, while Ankalaev has gone unbeaten in his past 13 fights

In the main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira defends his title against Magomed Ankalaev. Pereira has won his past five fights, while Ankalaev has gone unbeaten in his past 13 fights.

Justin Gaethje rematches Rafael Fiziev in the co-main event in a lightweight rematch. Gaethje defeated Fiziev via majority decision in a Fight of the Night performance at UFC 286 on March 18, 2023.

Magomed Ankalaev has been waiting for a second crack at becoming light heavyweight champion. He gets that chance when he faces superstar champion Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 313 on Saturday.

Pereira moved up to light heavyweight one fight after losing the middleweight title in his rematch with Israel Adesanya. It only took two fights for Pereira to claim the light heavyweight crown, which he has successfully defended three times since.

Ankalaev has been seen as Pereira’s toughest fight in the division and hungry to win the title after a UFC 282 fight with Jan Blachowicz for the vacant belt ended in a draw.

Familiar rivals meet in the co-main event when Rafael Fiziev looks to avenge a 2023 majority decision loss to all-action fighter Justin Gaethje. Fiziev is stepping into the fight on short notice after Dan Hooker suffered a hand injury late in camp and had to withdraw from the event.

With so much happening on Saturday night, let’s look closer at the full fight card with the latest odds before we get to our staff predictions and picks for the PPV portion of the festivities.

UFC 313 fight card, odds

  • Alex Pereira (c) -120 vs. Magomed Ankalaev +100, light heavyweight title
  • Rafael Fiziev -155 vs. Justin Gaethje +130, lightweights
  • Jalin Turner -130 vs. Ignacio Bahamondes +110, lightweights
  • Iasmin Lucindo -140 vs. Amanda Lemos +120, women’s strawweights
  • Mauricio Ruffy -500 vs. King Green +380, lightweights
  • Curtis Blaydes -320 vs. Rizvan Kuniev +250, heavyweights
  • Joshua Van -190 vs. Rei Tsuruya +160, bantamweights
  • Armen Petrosyan -150 vs. Brunno Ferreira +125, middleweights
  • Carlos Leal -700 vs. Alex Morono +500, welterweights
  • Mairon Santos -300 vs. Francis Marshall +240, featherweights
  • Djorden Santos -195 vs. Ozzy Diaz +165, middleweights.