Off the again of his UFC 308 win, Magomed Ankalaev has as soon as extra performed up a title combat with arch-nemesis, Alex Pereira — claiming any type of “voodoo” the Brazilian is planning to make use of in a future pairing won’t be sufficient to defeat him.
Ankalaev, the present primary ranked mild heavyweight challenger, most lately featured on the primary card of UFC 308 final month in Abu Dhabi, taking over fellow European contender, Aleksandar Rakic within the pair’s anticipated title-eliminator.
And handing over a one-sided unanimous resolution victory, Magomed Ankalaev as soon as extra urged Pereira to simply accept a combat towards him for the undisputed gold subsequent, claiming the Sao Paulo knockout artist was regularly operating from a pairing with him subsequent.
Moreover, hypothesis was rife {that a} potential short-notice pairing between Pereira and Ankalaev has been floated for UFC 310 subsequent month, following the withdrawal of welterweight champion, Belal Muhammad from a title protection towards the unbeaten, Shavkat Rakhmonov.
Magomed Ankalaev sends one other warning to Alex Pereira after UFC 308
And on social media this week, Russian standout, Ankalaev claimed Pereira would nonetheless be unable to beat him sooner or later in the event that they combat — even when he employs using “voodoo”.
“Faux information I’m the one one who was prepared for December however he (Alex Pereira) deserve relaxation,” Magomed Ankalaev posted on his official X account. “Who guys need see me combat subsequent #voodookiller #runningAlex. Give attention to MMA voodoo isn’t gonna enable you to my son. I promise all my pals I’m going to punish this man I’ll knock him out, Inshallah.”
Most lately headlining UFC 307 final month, former two-weight champion, Pereira landed his third consecutive profitable knockout win in a title combat this 12 months alone, within the type of a shocking fourth spherical knockout win over surging challenger, Khalil Rountree.
