Alex Pereira revealed the key behind his brutal knockout energy.
Emanating from T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas, Pereira is about to defend his mild heavyweight championship for the fourth time when he meets top-ranked contender Magomed Ankalaev within the UFC 313 headliner on Saturday evening.
Forward of maybe his hardest check so far, ‘Poatan’ supplied some perception into what has helped him change into one of the vital damaging forces in UFC historical past.
“I helped my father with construction work as a bricklayer assistant,” Pereira mentioned on UFC 313 Embedded. “Then I worked in the tire shop for 14 years. I started this job very early. And I think I was increasing my strength. Then with all the training, it improved.”
In simply 4 years with the promotion, Pereira has already KO’d a few of the largest names within the recreation, together with former UFC champions Sean Strickland, Israel Adesanya, Jamahal Hill, and Jiri Prochazka twice. He additionally scored a powerful fourth-round end in opposition to Khalil Rountree Jr. in his final outing at UFC 307.
Bettors Suppose Ankalaev has one of the best likelihood of dethroning Alex Pereira
With that mentioned, Pereira has by no means confronted a grappler fairly as expert as Magomed Ankalaev. Consequently, the betting traces are practically useless even.
The Dagestani standout is unbeaten in his final 13 fights and solely has one blemish on his file, that being a last-second submission loss to Paul Craig in his promotional debut seven years in the past. In December 2022, Ankalaev scored his first shot on the mild heavyweight title, difficult Jan Blachowicz for the vacant strap at UFC 282.
The combat did not win over followers or ship a winner because the bout was in the end dominated a cut up draw after 5 very forgettable rounds.
Since then, Ankalaev has earned wins over Johnny Walker and Aleksandar Rakić. His second-round knockout of Walker was an undeniably spectacular victory, however the win over Rakić left followers struggling to remain awake. Nonetheless, Ankalaev placed on a dominant sufficient efficiency to justify one other shot at gold.
