Jamahal Hill doesn’t assume Magomed Ankalaev strengthened his case for a title shot after UFC 308.
Ankalaev (19-1-1 MMA, 10-1-1 UFC) defeated Aleksandar Rakic (14-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) by unanimous resolution at Etihad Area in Abu Dhabi. Ankalaev’s 13-fight UFC unbeaten streak at 205 kilos is the second-longest in divisional historical past behind Jon Jones at 18.
Former champion Hill was not impressed with Ankalaev’s efficiency.
“Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic: Holy sh*t, what a fairly boring battle,” Hill stated on his YouTube channel. “Fairly boring, fellas. I’m going to be actual. I’m all the time going to be actual at any time when it involves speaking about fights, and this battle was boring. It confirmed a scarcity of weapons.
“I’m not going to say on Rakic’s facet. As a result of Rakic form of bought into his bag somewhat bit and form of confirmed a few of the weapons he has. It confirmed a scarcity of weapons on Magomed’s finish. I’ll get into that later. It looks like we’re most likely going to be on a collision course, so I’ll elaborate on that on one other time. However Rakic confirmed a scarcity of battle IQ.”
Ankalaev known as for a title shot in opposition to gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira, and UFC CEO Dana White appeared on board. Nonetheless, Hill doesn’t see it as a assure after UFC 308.
“Magomed is wholeheartedly a counter fighter,” Hill stated. “That’s what I imply by lack of instruments. Lack of instruments is with the ability to come ahead and enter, issues that really get you ahead and enter into vary. That’s not one thing that he’s good at doing, which in opposition to Alex and I, goes to be an issue.
“Assuming he will get the title shot now, giving any person a title shot off a efficiency like that – I imply, clearly he’s bought the resume and deserves the title shot, however that efficiency sucked, and I do know they (UFC) don’t like him. So, you by no means know.”
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