Magomed Ankalaev is getting sick of Alex Pereira.
Lengthy thought of one of many prime gentle heavyweights on the planet, Ankalaev made it clear that he didn’t respect Pereira teasing the concept of dropping again all the way down to 185 kilos to problem UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis after UFC 305. Early Sunday morning, Ankalaev erupted on the reigning UFC gentle heavyweight champion on social media, dubbing Pereira the “greatest hen within the UFC” and promising to knock out the Brazilian in two rounds or much less every time the 2 lastly do meet within the octagon.
@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 title 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
@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 title I promise I’m gonna deal with my enterprise in October and I’m gonna knock you out underneath 2 spherical
Ankalaev is at the moment tied with former champ Jiri Prochazka for the No. 2 spot on MMA Combating’s international gentle heavyweight rankings. The 32-year-old Dagestan native is unbeaten over his previous 12 UFC bouts and lots of inside the sport assumed he could be awarded the following title shot towards Pereira. Nevertheless, that didn’t become the case.
Ankalaev is as an alternative set to face Aleksandar Rakic on October 26 at UFC 308, simply three weeks after Pereira makes the third protection of his title towards MMA Combating’s No. 9 ranked gentle heavyweight Khalil Rountree Jr. on October 5 in the primary occasion of UFC 307.
It stays to be seen whether or not Pereira is severe about his pledge to come back all the way down to 185 kilos “yet one more time,” but when he’s, the middleweight champ thinks it’ll be a foul thought.
“I actually don’t assume Alex Pereira ought to drop all the way down to 185,” du Plessis stated at UFC 305’s post-fight press convention. “If he desires to, nice, good. However then we’re going to listen to the reasons. I noticed [Israel Adesanya] stiff that man within the first spherical. I felt Izzy’s punching energy tonight. Izzy has nice timing, he’s quick, he’s lengthy and he has nice mixtures, however I felt the facility.
“If Izzy stiffens you want that, you don’t want to be in there with me, particularly not once you’ve obtained to come back in there with the reasons, ‘Oh, I lower an excessive amount of weight.’ That’s going to occur. Everyone’s going to say it.”
