May Alex Pereira miss out on the subsequent UFC gentle heavyweight title combat?
Pereira misplaced the 205-pound gold to Magomed Ankalaev again in March. “Poatan” struggled coping with the ahead stress of Ankalaev, resulting in a unanimous choice loss. Quickly after the combat, a put up on Pereira’s social media account surfaced. Within the put up, the account criticized the UFC, however he has since deleted the put up and claimed he was hacked.
Is there greater than meets the attention?
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Jiri Prochazka Predicts No Speedy Title Battle for Alex Pereira
Talking to Full Violence, Jiri Prochazka laid out his timeframe for a return to the Octagon. He additionally shared his perception that Alex Pereira is not going to be concerned within the subsequent UFC title combat at 205 kilos (by way of MMAMania.com).
“August, October, one thing like that,” he mentioned of his return. “I imagine Pereira isn’t going to combat [Ankalaev], so my supervisor is attempting to maintain negotiating the combat with Ankalaev. If Pereira will combat with him, I’ll combat with any person else, however I’m centered on Ankalaev after that.”
Prochazka and Ankalaev have hurled barbs on social media. Prochazka believes Ankalaev’s downfall may very well be overconfidence.
“He’s an enormous mouth. He’s an enormous mouth man,” Prochazka mentioned. “I don’t care actually [who runs his Twitter]. Proper now I actually don’t care about that as a result of he did sufficient to [make me want to] cease him, to take him critically. This isn’t how the champ have to talk … He’ll put himself down by himself simply by this nonsense speaking.”
The UFC brass has but to publicly reveal what’s being deliberate for the subsequent gentle heavyweight championship bout. BJPenn.com will hold you posted with the newest updates on the UFC title image at 205 kilos.
