Whereas Magomed Ankalaev’s efficiency at UFC 313 was adequate to seize the sunshine heavyweight title, it hardly set the world on fireplace.
Ankalaev dethroned Alex Pereira within the night’s fundamental occasion, scoring a unanimous choice victory over ‘Poatan’ to select up his first little bit of gold contained in the Octagon. Statistically, Ankalaev outworked Pereira each step of the best way. He outstruck the previous GLORY Kickboxing champion, notched over a spherical’s value of management time, and delivered a dozen takedown makes an attempt.
All in all, it was a fairly customary efficiency from Ankalaev that left few impressed, together with Jiri Prochazka who slammed the Dagestani for his lack of killer intuition throughout an look on The Ariel Helwani Present.
“We all know that Ankalaev delivers these types of performances,” Prochazka mentioned. “He’s not the type of guy who goes for the knockout every time.”
In contrast to Magomed Ankalaev, Jiri Prochazka is a confirmed finisher
By 15 appearances contained in the Octagon, Ankalaev has six wins by means of knockout — a 40% end price. By comparability, Prochazka has completed 4 of his 5 UFC victories inside the space. He additionally has a ridiculous 27 profession KOs, together with 10 beneath the RIZIN FF banner giving him an insane 96.77% end price.
It’s no shock that Prochazka is unimpressed.
Sadly, if ‘BJP’ is attempting to trash-talk his method right into a title alternative, he’ll seemingly have to take a seat again and wait as Ankalaev, Pereira, and UFC CEO Dana White have all indicated that a direct rematch is inevitable.
