Forward of their rumored gentle heavyweight title conflict, Magomed Ankalaev shared a compilation of Alex Pereira’s losses.
With Belal Muhammad no longer expected to defend his welterweight title in opposition to Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310 on December 7, everybody seemingly expects ‘Poatan’ to step up and save yet one more combat card. If that proves to be the case, the Brazilian boogeyman will probably be tasked with taking out the division’s top-ranked contender, Magomed Ankalaev.
Coming off a big win over Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi, Ankalaev is greater than able to make the short turnaround if it means lastly getting one other shot on the gentle heavyweight championship.
No official bulletins have been made by the UFC, however the Dagestani star is already laborious at work trolling ‘Poatan’ on social media by way of a video accumulating a few of Pereira’s losses from his GLORY Kickboxing days.
“[Alex] misplaced 10 instances once I beat him,” Ankalaev wrote in a publish on X. “That is gonna be one thing very regular for him. He’s a very good loser and I’ll make it straightforward. For him he understand how to surrender.”
Magomed Ankalaev retains the fiery posts coming
It’s definitely not the primary time Ankalaev has slammed the two-division champion. On Sunday, he promised to “punish” Pereira of their inevitable showdown and even slammed ‘Poatan’ for taking short-notice alternatives in opposition to everybody besides him.
“I promise all my associates I’m going to punish this man I’ll knock him out Inshallah,” Ankalaev added.
“Keen to combat everybody brief discover however with me, he is aware of he need to be prepared he’s not silly,” Ankalaev continued.
Ankalaev is 20-1-1 in his blended martial arts profession together with his lone loss coming in opposition to Paul Craig throughout his UFC debut in March 2018. Since then, he has received 11 fights contained in the Octagon with one no-contest and a draw coming in opposition to Jan Blachowicz when the 2 met at UFC 282 for the vacant 205-pound title.