I had a feeling Ankalaev was going to win quickly against Johnny Walker, and now I think his next match is going to be against Alex Pereira.
He improved a lot in last few years but I dont think he is on the same level with Pereira yet, so maybe Dana pairs him with winner of Prochazka vs Rakic first.
I saw at the press conference after the fight and Ankalaev challenged Pereira to fight for the belt. I think it's natural that Ankalaev would want a title shot as he is currently on a 12 win streak, being the longest winstreak of any active fighter in LHW currently. And he said that he would fight standing and that reminded me of what Blachowiz said when he fought Adesanya before where Jan said he would fight standing but in the end when he saw Adesanya's striking ability he chose to use his wrestling. I think Ankalaev is worthy of a title shot in his next fight.