Alex Pereira is just some weeks away from his hardest check but underneath the UFC banner.
On March 8, ‘Poatan’ will step again contained in the Octagon set to defend his mild heavyweight championship for a fourth time. However in contrast to his earlier opponents — Jamahal Hill, Jiri Prochazka, and Khalil Rountree — Pereira will probably be dealing with a fighter with each knockout energy and world-class grappling.
Magomed Ankalev, the 205-pound division’s top-ranked contender, has earned his spot within the UFC 313 headliner by way of a formidable 11-1-1 underneath the UFC banner and a streak that has seen him go unbeaten since September 2018. He’s additionally the person many consider holds to key to defeating ‘Poatan’ and ending the Brazilian boogeyman’s dominant reign at mild heavyweight.
‘The Depend’ calls Pereira’s combat with Ankalaev at UFC 313 a ‘Dangerous transfer’
That record of individuals seems to incorporate UFC Corridor of Famer Michael Bisping who instructed that Pereira is taking an enormous threat by preventing Ankalaev.
“DC thinks it’s a foul thought. I’ve bought a principle on why he’s saying that,” Bisping mentioned on his YouTube channel. “The truth is, for Alex Pereira, flying to the opposite facet of the world simply weeks earlier than his title combat towards Magomed Ankalaev, a man many consider is his hardest matchup at 205, is a dangerous transfer. And I most likely agree.
Daniel Cormier identified that after you go to Australia, you need to take care of jet lag, totally different meals, and a disrupted coaching routine. These are all legitimate considerations. In the meantime, the entire time Pereira is doing that, Magomed Ankalaev is working his ass off. As a result of if Pereira beats him, he cements his personal legendary standing. However each second spent standing round with Sean Strickland and doing media, he’s not enhancing his recreation, he’s not engaged on takedown protection, and that might be an issue.
It ought to be famous that UFC 313 is going down at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas, not Australia. Bisping was probably complicated subsequent month’s pay-per-view with this Saturday’s in The Land Down Below which can see Dricus Du Plessis defend his middleweight strap towards Sean Strickland in a primary occasion rematch.
Even so, ‘The Depend’ makes a robust level.
