Alex Pereira has responded to Magomed Ankalaev’s fixed digs in the direction of him on social media.
Pereira misplaced the UFC Gentle Heavyweight Championship to Ankalaev in the primary occasion of UFC 313 again in March. “Poatan” discovered himself transferring backwards all through the battle, and he ended up shedding the gold by way of unanimous resolution. The defeat snapped Pereira’s five-fight successful streak, which included three profitable title defenses.
Since that point, Ankalaev has claimed that Pereira doesn’t desire a rematch towards him. He even went so far as to say the previous champion is retiring. Pereira’s preventing profession isn’t over, and he’s taking intention at Ankalaev.
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Alex Pereira Takes Shot at Magomed Ankalaev
Alex Pereira was in Newark to attend UFC 316 on Saturday. Backstage, he was interviewed by UFC Brazil. Pereira shared his perception that Magomed Ankalaev retains mentioning his identify as a result of he’s an irrelevant champion (by way of MMAMania.com).
“He says my identify as a result of no person is aware of he’s the champion, proper?” Pereira mentioned. “So when he says my identify he seems a bit of bit. However I’m not responding to his provocations as a result of I do know it’s solely to advertise. When the time is correct, I’ll go. I’ll discuss.”
Pereira doesn’t imagine he has to reinvent the wheel in an effort to get the higher of Ankalaev. “Poatan” thinks all it is going to take is a few fine-tuning on his half to emerge victorious.
“Some various things [will be done], however I’m telling you that these are particulars,” Pereira mentioned. “It’s not one thing the place I’ve to do some retraining and alter so my recreation isn’t the identical. Simply correcting a few of the methods.”
A rematch between Pereira and Ankalaev hasn’t been made official presently. Persist with BJPenn.com for the newest updates on what’s subsequent for Pereira and Ankalaev.
