UFC gentle heavyweight contender Magomed Ankalaev has slammed divisional champion Alex Pereira for calling out Dricus du Plessis.
As we all know, Alex Pereira is the reigning king of the UFC gentle heavyweight division. He’s additionally set to return later this 12 months to defend the crown towards Khalil Rountree Jr. It comes on the heels of an unimaginable 12 months to this point for him, during which he has knocked out Jamahal Hill and Jiri Prochazka to retain the belt.
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After all, somebody who has been calling for a shot for some time is Magomed Ankalaev. He’ll tackle Aleksandar Rakić at UFC 308, with many believing he ought to’ve been given a title shot towards Pereira. Nonetheless, that hasn’t come to fruition.
As an alternative, ‘Poatan’ declared after UFC 305 that he’s concerned with shifting again right down to middleweight. If he did, he’d be difficult Dricus du Plessis for the UFC middleweight championship.
As you possibly can think about, Ankalaev wasn’t an enormous fan of him saying this.
@AlexPereiraUFC greatest hen within the Ufc he name out guys middleweight he 40 pound greater than them I’m the one man he doesn’t even point out my identify I promise I’m gonna deal with my enterprise in October and I’m gonna knock you out underneath 2 spherical
— Magomed Ankalaev (@AnkalaevM) August 18, 2024
