Conquering gentle heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira at UFC 313 over the weekend, Magomed Ankalaev has claimed the Brazilian’s facet and outright “demeanor” led all of his foes earlier than him to be too fearful to convey a official combat towards him.
Ankalaev, the newly-minted gentle heavyweight champion, turned in a controversial victory over knockout artist, Pereira over the course of final weekend, touchdown a unanimous judging (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) win over the incumbent in a contentious outcome.
Ending his roughshod run on the gentle heavyweight, Ankalaev grew to become the primary fighter at 205lbs to beat Pereira in his gold laden Octagon tenure.
Magomed Ankalaev claims Alex Pereira’s “demeanor” makes opponents fearful
And based on the Russian, the likes of Jiri Prochazka, Jamahal Hill, and Khalil Rountree all feared Pereira an excessive amount of — resulting in their eventual knockout losses, claiming the previous’s “demeanor” is probably going the responsible for his or her defeats.
“I knew Pereira couldn’t fight (Jon) Jones and (Tom) Aspinall, as those guys have good wrestling, and they are not small,” Ankalaev advised Kolos on MMA after his UFC 313 win. “We know Alex as a puncher, and most of his opponents were afraid of his look, his demeanor. It was affecting his opponents”
Moreover, urgent previous the stature of Pereira of their grudge combat, Ankalaev claimed he was disenchanted with the efficiency levelled towards him — accusing the previous of “running” from a conflict with him.
I’m very completely satisfied to beat a champion like Alex Pereira. Now, the belt is within the proprietor’s palms,” Magomed Ankalaev continued.
“I thought 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.”
