To the people suggesting the Jiri fight is only happening cause Alex wants to fight sooner than what Ankalaev suggested. Tell me what event is it supposed to happen at? When I look at the timeline I don't see anything sooner than September/October at the earliest, going by how UFC likes to schedule fights. Well, I don't see it happening at Manchester or Perth. UFC Sphere and UFC Abu Dhabi(which Anakalaev suggested) is after that and UFC Sphere has heavily been rumored to be Sean or Ilia headlining. That leaves UFC Abu Dhabi which for some reason many think is an absurd suggestion by Ankalaev.
Would be funny as hell if Alex Pereira- Jiri ends up happening at MSG which is a whole month after the date Ankalaev suggested that got the entire forum riled up.