Conquering mild heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira at UFC 313 over the weekend, Magomed Ankalaev has claimed the Brazilian’s facet and outright “demeanor” led all of his foes earlier than him to be too fearful to carry a official combat in opposition to him.
Ankalaev, the newly-minted mild heavyweight champion, turned in a controversial victory over knockout artist, Pereira over the course of final weekend, touchdown a unanimous judging (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) win over the incumbent in a contentious consequence.
Ending his roughshod run on the mild heavyweight, Ankalaev turned the primary fighter at 205lbs to beat Pereira in his gold laden Octagon tenure.
Magomed Ankalaev claims Alex Pereira’s “demeanor” makes opponents fearful
And based on the Russian, the likes of Jiri Prochazka, Jamahal Hill, and Khalil Rountree all feared Pereira an excessive amount of — resulting in their eventual knockout losses, claiming the previous’s “demeanor” is probably going the responsible for his or her defeats.
“I knew Pereira couldn’t combat (Jon) Jones and (Tom) Aspinall, as these guys have good wrestling, and they aren’t small,” Ankalaev informed Kolos on MMA after his UFC 313 win. “We all know Alex as a puncher, and most of his opponents had been afraid of his look, his demeanor. It was affecting his opponents”
Moreover, urgent previous the stature of Pereira of their grudge combat, Ankalaev claimed he was disenchanted with the efficiency levelled in opposition to him — accusing the previous of “operating” from a conflict with him.
I’m very comfortable to beat a champion like Alex Pereira. Now, the belt is within the proprietor’s fingers,” Magomed Ankalaev continued.
“I believed Pereira was going to be pushing, coming ahead,” Magomed Ankalaev defined. “I believed he’d need to end me. We ready ourselves to dominate him. You would inform he was operating away from me.”
