Things couldn't be going much better for Alex Pereira.

After a legendary run in the kickboxing ring, the Brazilian is now a two-division UFC champion, and he recorded a third defense of his light heavyweight title with a fourth-round stoppage of Khalil Rountree Jr. at Saturday's UFC 307 in Salt Lake City.

After his win over Rountree, who gave an excellent effort in defeat, all signs point to Pereira taking on No. 2 contender Magomed Ankalaev.

The Russian wrestler has lost just once in 21 professional fights, and he is on one of the best streaks in MMA right now. He arguably deserved the opportunity to fight for the belt before Rountree, and he deserves it more than anybody else now.

Unfortunately, Ankalaev getting the opportunity is by no means a certainty. He's booked for a high-risk fight with Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 308 on Oct. 26, and a loss would destroy his claim to a title shot.

Even if he wins, he could still get passed over, as Pereira has become one of the most successful and popular fighters in MMA, and he is suddenly in position for the kinds of opportunities that are only afforded to the sport's biggest stars.

With apologies to Ankalaev, here are four superfights we would love to see for Pereira.

Dricus Du Plessis

Pereira spent the first two years of his UFC career competing in the middleweight division and, remarkably, was able to win the title in that short amount of time, knocking out Israel Adesanya in 2022.

His middleweight title reign ended soon after, when he was knocked out by Adesanya in an immediate rematch in 2023.

After that loss, he moved up to light heavyweight, and after a close win over Jan Blachowicz, he promptly captured the division's vacant title with a knockout of Jiri Prochazka.

Pereira's light heavyweight title reign has gone much better than his reign at middleweight, as he's now defended his belt three times. That being said, there has long been interest in seeing him drop back down to middleweight.

That interest was rekindled ahead of UFC 307, when he traded a bit of trash talk with current middleweight champ Dricus Du Plessis. For a moment, both men seemed open to the opportunity, and it would definitely be a treat for the fans, as they're two of the top pound-for-pound talents in the sport right now.

It would also be a difficult fight to call, as both seemingly have the tools to end the other's night.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like this one will be happening any time soon. After his UFC 307 win over Rountree, Pereira said he won't be returning to the division, because he doesn't want to get in the way of his former opponent and current training partner Sean Strickland, who is expected to get the next shot at Du Plessis.

Jon Jones

Of all the contests that could be made for Pereira right now, the biggest is clearly a fight with former light heavyweight champ and current heavyweight champ Jon Jones.

In fact, this is probably the biggest bout the UFC could make right now outside of those involving Conor McGregor, and it might even generate more interest than the Irishman's comeback at this point.

Jones and Pereira are two of the biggest stars in combat sports today. While Jones, who is widely considered the best fighter ever, would be a huge favorite in this potential matchup, Pereira's absurd stopping power would make it a compelling matchup.

All the Brazilian would need to do is land one good punch, and as one of the best strikers in MMA, he has the technique and tricks to pull it off.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like this one will happen either. Jones is booked to fight Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 in November in New York City, and he is widely expected to retire thereafter.

Even if he doesn't, Pereira has already dismissed this potential matchup, suggesting the only way he'll trade punches with "Bones" is if they train together.

Tom Aspinall

Jones is the UFC's undisputed heavyweight champion, but he's been out of action so long that the promotion was forced to crown an interim champ in Tom Aspinall.

Under normal circumstances, that would mean we'd be looking forward to a Jones vs. Aspinall title unification fight, but for reasons nobody understands and despite the fact that nobody wants it, Jones will be fighting an aging Miocic instead.

That has left Aspinall, who defended his interim belt with a knockout of Curtis Blaydes this summer, without a fight.

Perhaps he could defend his belt against Pereira?

The South American has repeatedly expressed interest in moving up to heavyweight, and he has teased a potential fight with Aspinall in the past. The Englishman has also made hints that he'd be willing to fight Pereira.

It would be as big as a Pereira vs. Jones fight, but it would still be massive, and it would still give the Brazilian a chance to become a three-division champion—something that has never been done in the UFC.

Francis Ngannou

If we're talking about dream superfights, then we might as well really dream. I'm talking cough syrup-fuelled fever dreams, impossible dreams.

Pereira and Francis Ngannou are never going to fight. Pereira is locked into a UFC contract. Ngannou is signed with the PFL. The UFC doesn't co-promote, so it would take a series of miracles for this to come together.

But what a dream fight it would be. Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champ and still the sport's lineal heavyweight king, is probably the hardest puncher in MMA history.

If there's any man alive who can rival him in that department, it's Pereira. Truth be told, he probably hits a little less hard, but he still punches with the power of wrecking ball, and he is inarguably a much more technical striker than Ngannou.

The odds of a blink-and-miss-it finish would be so high that fans would be wise to tape their eyelids open for the duration of the bout.