Alex Pereira fired again at Magomed Ankalaev’s coach for accusing him of greasing at UFC 313.
Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) misplaced his gentle heavyweight title to Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous choice of their predominant occasion earlier this month at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
In an interview with Ushatayka, Ankalaev’s coach Sukhrab Magomedov accused Pereira of being sticky and having ointment on his physique to assist him defend takedowns. He even claimed that Pereira’s mentor Glover Teixeira was identified to grease.
Pereira stuffed all 12 of Ankalaev’s takedowns, however denies attempting to achieve an unfair benefit.
“Completely didn’t put something on my physique,” Pereira mentioned on “The Ariel Helwani Present” by an interpreter. “The way in which his coach is placing it, it sounds to me that he’s attempting to make an excuse to justify the truth that he skilled a man to take me down, however the man bought stuffed for 12 of his takedown makes an attempt. It’s such as you’re in an organization, you mess up, and also you don’t do what you’re purported to do, and then you definately attempt to make excuses to justify that. Completely didn’t put something on my physique.
“You additionally must ask his coach if we put oil and vaseline on the mats too, as a result of is that why Ankalaev fell on his again? He bought taken down like that? It upsets me as a result of even in my Glory profession, I by no means did something I wasn’t purported to do. If you happen to watch the one time that I bought some extent taken away, it was as a result of the referee was saying there was an excessive amount of clinching when there was not, however I at all times did the whole lot by the e-book, and that’s why the whole lot’s labored so good in my profession.”
Pereira and Ankalaev are anticipated to rematch, with UFC CEO Dana White confirming that it’ll in all probability occur. Even Ankalaev acknowledged that “Poatan” is essentially the most deserving of a shot.
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