Alex Pereira rips Magomed Ankalaev’s ‘boring style of fighting’

UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira says Magomed Ankalaev solely has himself guilty for getting handed over for a title shot.

At UFC 307, Pereira returns to motion to defend his title in opposition to an unlikely opponent in Khalil Rountree, who at the moment sits at No. 8 within the promotion’s rankings. Ankalaev (19-1-1 MMA, 10-1-1 UFC), who sits at No. 2, was upset he was not given the chance.

Pereira heard the issues Ankalaev’s supervisor mentioned in regards to the scenario, which he believes solely made every part worse.

“Even his supervisor, tremendous famend man, man well-known within the MMA world, go and says like, ‘Oh, this man’s not going to combat. Go speak to Dana White.’ However Dana White don’t wish to make the matchup,” Pereira advised Kevin Iole by way of an interpreter. “Then he goes and days that the truth that Ankalaev shouldn’t be preventing for the title is a joke. It was like clown stuff.

“So now, the UFC is pissed, why? As a result of the UFC and Dana White, and the blokes that determine, so that they’re a joke? They’re a clown? They’re a circus? So, you’ve received to kind that with the group.”

Ankalaev has not misplaced a combat since March 2018, in a submission loss to Paul Craig. Since then, the Dagestani gentle heavyweight has gone 10-0-1, however has not but earned a shot on the title in a division that usually doesn’t see streaks that lengthy go unrewarded.

Ankalaev is at the moment scheduled to face Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 308 however was upset issues weren’t shuffled round with the announcement of Pereira vs. Rountree.

Pereira mentioned he’s greater than keen to combat Anklalev. However placing it bluntly, the champ says Ankalaev repeatedly getting ignored is on recreation, which doesn’t transfer the needle.

“Actually, it’s not my fault that Ankalaev have such a boring type of preventing that no one desires to look at, that the blokes don’t wish to put him in,” Pereira mentioned. “I’m able to combat the man. He’s able to combat me, so at any time when they put that combat. Folks discuss my floor, so there’s a very good probability I’m going to point out all people.