Set to lastly settle his variations at UFC 313, Alex Pereira has described his title struggle with arch-rival, Magomed Ankalaev as “personal” — hitting out on the Russian for citing his prior battle with alcoholism.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion, and the present mild heavyweight gold holder, returns tomorrow evening in the primary occasion of UFC 313.
And trying to lodge his fourth profitable protection of that crown since simply April of final 12 months, Sao Paulo star, Pereira takes on the streaking primary ranked contender, Ankalaev.
Most lately headlining UFC 307 at the start of final October, Pereira turned in an eventual fourth spherical knockout win over Khalil Rountree, stopping the Syndicate MMA staple in a brutal back-and-forth.
Alex Pereira hits out at Magomed Ankalaev for “personal” remark
And sharing the stage with Ankalaev in a single day on the official pre-fight press convention forward of UFC 313, Brazilan fan-favorite, Pereira accused the previous of crossing a “personal” boundary by citing his prior alcoholism in a bid to stoke flames.
“I know that he’s (Magomed Ankalaev) been talking a lot,” Alex Pereira advised Daniel Cormier. “The only thing I took personal, was that he was talking about alcoholism, because that’s not only offending me but my family. Ankalaev said I was just going to UFC events to get drunk and get clout. I took that personal because I beat alcoholism; it’s a win in life.”
Sharing a tense face-off ultimately evening’s pre-fight ceremonial occasion, there’s actually no love misplaced between the 2 mild heavyweight standouts forward of UFC 313 this weekend.
