Alex Pereira rips Magomed Ankalaev’s ‘boring fashion of combating’

UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira says Magomed Ankalaev solely has himself responsible 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 stated concerning the state of affairs, which he believes solely made all the pieces 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 struggle. Go discuss to Dana White.’ However Dana White don’t need to make the matchup,” Pereira instructed Kevin Iole by means of an interpreter. “Then he goes and days that the truth that Ankalaev shouldn’t be combating 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 fellows that resolve, in order that they’re a joke? They’re a clown? They’re a circus? So, you’ve bought to kind that with the group.”

Ankalaev has not misplaced a struggle 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 stated he’s greater than keen to struggle Anklalev. However placing it bluntly, the champ says Ankalaev repeatedly getting neglected is on recreation, which doesn’t transfer the needle.

“Truthfully, it’s not my fault that Ankalaev have such a boring fashion of combating that no person desires to look at, that the fellows don’t need to put him in,” Pereira stated. “I’m able to struggle the man. He’s able to struggle me, so every time they put that struggle. Individuals speak about my floor, so there’s a great probability I’m going to indicate everyone.