Alex Pereira is eager on including just a few additional zeroes to his pay packet this weekend.
The reigning UFC mild heavyweight champion returns to the cage at Saturday’s UFC 313 from the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas the place he’ll tackle the Russian fighter Magomed Ankalaev in a five-round bout to find out the following house of the organisation’s 205-pound championship.
Pereira, who has emerged as one of many UFC’s greatest stars since debuting with the corporate in late 2021, is assured of extending his sequence of victories in opposition to the 19-win Ankalaev — who vowed in a social media put up in latest days to “drown this man” who he described as a “lifeless man strolling.”
And in responce, Pereira referred to as on his foe to place his cash the place his mouth is.
“Since you might be so assured you’ll win, $200,000 to the winner’s charity of alternative,” read a post on Pereira’s official social media profile. “Win or lose this may assist these in want. It’s in your palms.” Pereira tagged Ankalaev within the message, in addition to his supervisor. As of now, there was no formal response to Pereira’s problem.
‘Poatan’ comes into the struggle on the again of an October TKO win over Khalil Rountree in what was the Brazilian’s fifth successive win since his sole loss within the Octagon to Israel Adesanya in April 2023.
Ankalaev, in the meantime, is unbeaten since his solely profession defeat in opposition to Paul Craig in March 2018. His most up-to-date win got here reverse Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 308 in October of final yr.
