Magomed Ankalaev’s coach has given his ideas on Alex Pereira‘s putting, and it’s secure to say that he’s not overly impressed.
In the principle occasion of UFC 320, Magomed Ankalaev will defend his UFC mild heavyweight championship towards Alex Pereira. It’s the identical pairing that led to Ankalaev successful the strap earlier this yr, and he appears fairly assured that he can get the job executed as soon as once more within the rematch on Saturday night time.
Alex Pereira can have completely different plans, however Ankalaev has improved an important deal over the course of the previous couple of years, particularly within the putting division. As we sit up for this battle, it’ll be fascinating to see how cautious each males are and whether or not or not they’ll actually push for a end.
Within the UFC 320 Countdown present, Magomed Ankalaev’s coach had the next to say about ‘Poatan’.
Magomed Ankalaev's head coach thinks that Alex Pereira will wrestle and clinch as a result of nothing will work out for him in putting.Coach Sukhrab calls Alex "an outdated kickboxer" that has no pace.
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Alex Pereira questioned by Magomed Ankalaev’s coach
“Alex will go for the clinch, wrestle. Why? As a result of within the stand-up nothing will work out for him. Within the battle, the entire enviornment can be shouting, he hears solely my voice.”
“Alex Pereira, there’s nothing with which he can shock us. Not along with his work within the stand-up. In wrestling he positively can not shock. He can not shock with something.”
“His method is normal, his strikes are normal. He’s an outdated kickboxer. He has no pace.”
“Highly effective punch? Alex, he has a punch, however not the sort that may actually knock you out.”
“I inform everybody, if Magomed opens up, he’ll shock everybody, and may even outplay, in pure stand-up, a greater striker than Alex Pereira.”
