Former two-weight champion, Alex Pereira stays assured of touchdown a rematch with newly-crowned champion, Magomed Ankalaev following his loss at UFC 313 — claiming discussing are already underway for him to battle the Russian in a direct rematch.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion, dropped his mild heavyweight crown over the weekend in a controversial unanimous determination (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) loss in opposition to the surging challenger, Ankalaev.
Nonetheless, voicing his displeasure with the loss, Sao Paulo native, Pereira claimed the actual fact he stuffed 11 takedowns and didn’t obtain a lot injury, means the consequence ought to have landed in his favor as an alternative.
However so far as Makhachkala native, Ankalaev is anxious, the previous champion was merely “running” from him throughout their UFC 313 headliner.
“I thought (Alex) Pereira was going to be pushing, coming forward,” Magomed Ankalaev defined. “I thought he’d want to finish me. We prepared ourselves to dominate him. You could tell he was running away from me.”
Alex Pereira assured of securing rematch with Magomed Ankalaev after UFC 313
And revealing “negotiations” are already underway for him to rematch the Brazilian instantly, Pereira has now adopted go well with, claiming he’s assured of scoring a re-run for the sunshine heavyweight crown in his return to the Octagon.
“Guys, I’m back home,” Alex Pereira mentioned on his YouTube channel. “I believe we did an excellent job. Not solely on this battle, however we’ve advanced lots. I’m studying from one another. I’m very glad as a result of it’s the consequence I anticipated. I used to be assured on this battle. I used to be good for the battle. I educated lots. After all, some issues occur, however I don’t wish to apologize.
“I know we’re going to have this rematch,” Alex Pereira continued. “I’m already talking about what I did. I already told you about the fight. A lot of people protested there. I haven’t watched the fight yet. I’m going to watch the fight and give my opinion.”
