March 27, 2025 10:00 pm ET
Alex Pereira fired again at Magomed Ankalaev’s coach for accusing him of greasing at UFC 313.
Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) misplaced his gentle heavyweight title to Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision of their important occasion earlier this month at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas.
In an interview with Ushatayka, Ankalaev’s coach Sukhrab Magomedov accused Pereira of being sticky and having ointment on his physique to assist him defend takedowns. He even claimed that Pereira’s mentor Glover Teixeira was recognized to grease.
Pereira stuffed all 12 of Ankalaev’s takedowns, however denies attempting to achieve an unfair benefit.
“Completely didn’t put something on my physique,” Pereira mentioned on “The Ariel Helwani Show” by an interpreter. “The best way his coach is placing it, it sounds to me that he’s attempting to make an excuse to justify the truth that he educated a man to take me down, however the man received stuffed for 12 of his takedown makes an attempt. It’s such as you’re in an organization, you mess up, and also you don’t do what you’re speculated to do, and you then attempt to make excuses to justify that. Completely didn’t put something on my physique.
“You additionally should ask his coach if we put oil and vaseline on the mats too, as a result of is that why Ankalaev fell on his again? He received taken down like that? It upsets me as a result of even in my Glory profession, I by no means did something I wasn’t speculated to do. For those who watch the one time that I received some extent taken away, it was as a result of the referee was saying there was an excessive amount of clinching when there was not, however I all the time did every little thing by the e book, and that’s why every little thing’s labored so good in my profession.”
Pereira and Ankalaev are anticipated to rematch, with UFC CEO Dana White confirming that it’ll most likely occur. Even Ankalaev acknowledged that “Poatan” is essentially the most deserving of a shot.
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