Alex Pereira’s loss to Magomed Ankalaev price Dricus Du Plessis some large cash.
‘Poatan’ surrendered his gentle heavyweight title to Ankalaev by way of unanimous resolution at UFC 313 after delivering a lackluster efficiency throughout their five-round headliner in Las Vegas.
Together with Pereira’s title went potential money-making clashes with heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Du Plessis, the UFC’s reigning middleweight king. Each potentialities have been utterly derailed when Ankalaev went off-script and bested the Brazilian boogeyman in a combat that left lots to be desired.
“Thanks, Ankalaev, for taking the biggest payday of my life,” Du Plessis mentioned on Jackson O’Doherty’s video weblog collection on YouTube. “It’s nothing personal.”
Dricus Du Plessis No Longer interested by a combat with pereira
Nevertheless, not all hope is misplaced. With Pereira slated for a direct rematch in opposition to Ankalaev, there’s a chance that ‘Poatan’ might regain his momentum with a highlight-reel end over the brand new 205-pound titleholder.
However even when that seems to be the case, Du Plessis thinks the aura surrounding Pereira has been broken past restore.
“No (I’m not interested),” Du Plessis mentioned. “Aura gone.”
As a substitute, ‘DDP’ will simply must deal with taking out undefeated Chechen monster Khamzat Chimaev, the person he’s slated to sq. off with subsequent. No official date or location has been introduced relating to their inevitable scrap, however Dana White has all however confirmed that ‘Borz’ is subsequent.
