Alex Pereira is upping the stakes forward of his UFC 313 title bout with Magomed Ankalaev in Las Vegas, difficult the Dagestani and his supervisor Ali Abdelaziz to a six-figure guess.
Coming into the octagon on the lookout for his fourth protection of the sunshine heavyweight title March 8 on the T-Cell Area, “Poatan” took on social media Sunday night time to challenge a problem to Ankalaev and guess $200,000 on his win, with the loser donating the quantity to charity.
“I’m betting $200,000 to donate to kids in want, kids with most cancers,” Pereira mentioned in a video posted on social media. “Many individuals are in want of this assist. Since Ali and Ankalaev appear to be one hundred pc assured that they’ll beat me, I feel they’ll settle for this problem.”
Pereira requested followers to tag Ankalaev and Abdelaziz in feedback, including that the top-ranked Dagestani can select a charity trigger in his house nation and Pereira will make the donation on to the group in case of defeat at UFC 313.
“Let’s see in the event that they actually settle for this problem as a result of the are one hundred pc certain they’ll win, they gotta guess,” Pereira mentioned. “They should.”
Undefeated since shifting as much as mild heavyweight in July 2023 and victorious in his previous 5 bouts, the Brazilian expertise mentioned that providing that guess isn’t saying he’s completely sure of victory, however difficult Ankalaev to place cash the place his mouth is.
“I’m a really grounded particular person acutely aware of every little thing I say,” Pereira mentioned. “In all my interviews with everybody I’ve fought I all the time go along with the desire to win, I wish to win, however I don’t know if I’ll win. Both approach, with such pondering, I wanna guess $200,000. It doesn’t matter, gotta see with Ankalaev and his supervisor. If somebody desires to sponsor him the $200,000 and put it in his title to make the guess, that’s no downside for me. The $200,000 I’ll give [comes] from my pocket.
“If I’ll win, I have no idea. I actually wish to win. I can lose, however many individuals in want will win. These with most cancers, with certainty that can assist them rather a lot. So I depart right here this problem to Ankalaev and his supervisor Ali.”
Ankalaev responded to the guess on Twitter: “SalamuAlaykum we are going to reply tomorrow, Ramadan Mubarak.”
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