UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is not shopping for what Magomed Ankalaev is promoting within the weeks after UFC 320.
Alex Pereira obtained his revenge in opposition to Magomed Ankalaev in the primary occasion of UFC 320 earlier this month. Simply months after Ankalaev handed Pereira his first loss within the gentle heavyweight division, Pereira knocked out Ankalaev in lower than two minutes in a extremely anticipated rematch.
Pereira brutally regained the UFC gentle heavyweight title in opposition to Ankalaev. And now he is firmly within the driver’s seat as one of many world’s prime pound-for-pound fighters. Instantly after UFC 320, Ankalaev and his crew revealed that his pre-camp camp for his rematch with Pereira was a catastrophe after he suffered a damaged rib throughout observe.
Pereira is not ignoring Ankalaev’s post-fight excuses.
Alex Pereira dismisses Magomed Ankalaev’s harm declare after beatdown at UFC 320
Throughout a latest look Join the forged On the podcast, Pereira responded to Ankalaev’s feedback after UFC 320.
“I’ve all the time had accidents. And accidents, it is all the identical,” Pereira started.
“Proper now Ankalaev is speaking about an harm like a damaged rib or one thing. If I used to be combating him at present and noticed my harm, he can be like this. He would by no means even come again to struggle once more. He can be like, ‘Shit, what am I doing on this group?’ He would give up!”
“I am not going to say something. However I’ll wager on him. Let me present you my medical outcomes, what I’ve and what you have got. I do not assume this man is coping with what I have been coping with.”
Ankalaev is unlikely to be Pereira’s subsequent opponent in a possible trilogy between the 2 prime gentle heavyweights. Pereira should win at the least one struggle earlier than claiming a 3rd showdown, however Pereira has additionally hinted at a transfer to heavyweight to tackle the likes of Tom Aspinall and Jon Jones.
Tensions are excessive forward of UFC 320, and relations between Pereira and Ankalaev seem to haven’t cooled since their rematch.
