Alex Pereira warns Magomed Ankalaev to tone down trash speak
Throughout Thursday’s episode of The Ariel Helwani Show, Pereira threatened to make it more durable for Ankalaev to get his coveted gentle heavyweight title shot.
“I don’t have anybody on my thoughts, the [UFC] got here with Khalil final time, and it was a shock for me,” Pereira stated. “I don’t actually select opponents. Some individuals say Ankalaev, however to be sincere with you, his supervisor has been speaking numerous crap. Saying ‘Alex doesn’t need to combat’ this and that. However the actuality is, the UFC doesn’t need him to combat [me] as a result of he’s boring. Individuals don’t like to look at him combat. He’s not a man that sells pay-per-views…
“It’s disrespectful to place [the ball in my court], as a result of to me, it’s as much as the group, and so they don’t need to make the combat. However as a result of they preserve disrespecting me, perhaps I’ll make it even more durable for them to combat me.”
As of this writing, Ankalaev hasn’t responded to Pereira’s remarks. A win at UFC 308, particularly in dominant style, might make him a no brainer for Pereira’s subsequent combat.
