March 10, 2025 2:00 pm ET
New UFC mild heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev is the kind of man to make an announcement with out saying something, as was the case popping out of UFC 313.
Ankalaev claimed the 205-pound title from Alex Pereira this previous Saturday at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas. In a considerably shocking efficiency, Ankalaev largely ignored his wrestling whereas out-striking Pereira over the course of 5 rounds to earn a unanimous resolution win.
Within the buildup to UFC 313, Pereira was the favored decide to win amongst UFC fighters and pundits. Now, with the victory in his pocket, Ankalaev made certain to indicate the receipts of the large names who predicted he’d lose – amongst them Israel Adesanya, Kamaru Usman, Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway, Robert Whittaker, Michael Bisping, and Henry Cejudo, whom he tagged in a video on X.
“Sorry guys I dissatisfied you,” Ankalaev wrote with a smiling face emoji.
Ankalaev, 32, hasn’t misplaced since his UFC debut in 2018, going 14 fights and not using a defeat. His run does embrace one no contest (towards Johnny Walker on account of an unlawful knee) and one draw towards Jan Blachowicz in a vacant title combat in December 2022.
It’s potential the UFC fighters Ankalaev referred to as out will get an opportunity to choose the Pereira combat once more as Dana White said it would “probably” make sense to do a rematch after UFC 313.
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