The UFC gentle heavyweight title might be on the road in Las Vegas on Saturday evening.
Alex Pereira will look to interrupt a protection record set by Jon Jones by beating Magomed Ankalaev.
A win may arrange a combat with ‘Bones’ or Tom Aspinall after UFC boss Dana White talked up the possibility of Pereira shifting up a division if he wins at UFC 313.
Will that occur? Let’s see what the Bloody Elbow workers must say about Pereira vs Ankalaev.
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Jordan Ellis: “I’m backing Alex Pereira to retain his title. On paper, Magomed Ankalaev presents extra issues than his newest few opponents, however I nonetheless count on him to get knocked out. I believe Pereira will shock everybody by heading off many of the takedowns earlier than closing the present when Ankalaev will get drained within the third or fourth spherical.”
PREDICTION: ALEX PEREIRA BY KO
Donagh Corby: “Alex Pereira needs to be good for only one second on Saturday evening, whereas Magomed Ankalaev has to stay on high for all 5 rounds. That nice equalizer of energy is why you may nearly by no means rule out Poatan, even when it appears all the chances are in opposition to him. I’ll be sincere, I believed his Madison Sq. Backyard assembly with Israel Adesanya could be utterly uncompetitive primarily based on their earlier kickboxing expertise, and was confirmed a idiot. Then I picked Jan Blachowicz, identical once more. Every part in my analytical thoughts of finding out fights and types tells me Magomed Ankalaev wins this combat over 5 painful and boring rounds. However each spherical begins on the ft, and I simply can’t decide in opposition to Alex Pereira when he will get 5 possibilities to land that shot.”
PREDICTION: ALEX PEREIRA BY KO
Tom Llewellyn: “Magomed Ankalaev will stall out the opening two rounds in opposition to the cage, pot-shotting from the clinch and securing the occasional takedown – maybe he even cuts Pereira with an elbow, both manner, it’s 2-0 to the challenger.
“Nonetheless, Alex Pereira has among the greatest low kicks within the sport and Ankalaev’s tree has already been chopped down just a few occasions in his UFC tenure; the Russian appears unsteady as Pereira rallies again to make it 2-1.
“Because the combat enters the championship rounds, Pereira’s means to place ‘water within the basement’ will pay-off and pay-out – Ankalaev’s output slows to a snail’s tempo and ‘Poatan’ runs away with rounds three, 4, and 5.”
PREDICTION: ALEX PEREIRA BY DECISION
Jamie Theodosi: “I’m taking Magomed Ankalaev on this combat. I consider Pereira’s reign goes to finish with a fairly boring efficiency from Ankalaev as I can see him controlling most of this combat in opposition to the cage and on the bottom.”
PREDICTION: MAGOMED ANKALAEV BY DECISION
James Sweetnam: “I consider Ankalaev will show to be an excessive amount of of a well-rounded pressure for Pereira, and can in the end beat the legend down, earlier than securing the end.”
PREDICTION: MAGOMED ANKALAEV BY STOPPAGE
Curtis Calhoun: “I predict Pereira has finished the homework to cease Ankalaev’s floor sport, and perhaps even land some damaging pictures off of his again like he did in opposition to Adesanya. Leg kicks will play an enormous issue on this combat, particularly after Ankalaev’s struggles countering Jan Blachowicz’s kicks. Pereira will look to take the wheels off of Ankalaev in Rounds 1-3 earlier than upping the tempo in Spherical 4, when he’ll end the combat by TKO after sporting down the title challenger.”
PREDICTION: ALEX PEREIRA BY KO
Kyle Dimond: “For lots of people, this decide comes down as to if you assume Magomed Ankalaev will attempt to grapple or not. While I don’t assume it’s essentially that easy, I do assume Ankalaev will attempt to win this combat on the ft and although he has been confirmed to be efficient, hanging with Alex Pereira is about as uphill a battle as you possibly can ask for. I do assume Ankalaev can have success however in the end, ‘Poatan’ is just too harmful to roll the cube in opposition to and whenever you’re standing with Pereira, these cube are loaded.”
PREDICTION: ALEX PEREIRA BY KO
