Magomed Ankalaev’s team is evidently not high on the stand-up ability of Alex Pereira and recently took aim at the striking acumen of the multi-division Glory kickboxing/ UFC champion. Ankalaev and Pereira will run it back for a rematch this weekend, with the two switching between the champion and challenger roles. Ankalaev will defend his crown against Pereira at UFC 320 on October 4th after the former claimed the belt from the latter during their UFC 313 clash in March.
During a countdown piece leading into the company’s next pay-per-view offering, there were people within the Russian light heavyweight champion’s camp who weren’t high on the striking game of ‘Poatan’ as Ankalaev’s coach said,
“Alex Pereira, there’s nothing with which he can surprise us.