UFC 313: Michael Bisping stunned by Alex Pereira’s ‘lazy efficiency’ in title loss to Magomed Ankalaev

Michael Bisping questioned Alex Pereira’s will to win at UFC 313.

Pereira (12-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) misplaced his mild heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev (21-1-1 MMA, 12-1-1 UFC) by unanimous decision Saturday at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas. Though he stuffed all 12 of Ankalaev’s takedown makes an attempt, Pereira wasn’t in a position to do any vital injury on the ft.

Bisping anticipated extra from “Poatan.”

“From Alex Pereira, it was simply type of a lazy efficiency,” Bisping mentioned on his YouTube channel. “I didn’t see that actual need to wish to win. Ankalaev was large, he was sturdy, he was ok to compete on the ft, and naturally, he had the takedown menace. And despite the fact that he didn’t get the takedown, the specter of the takedown was pretty much as good as getting the takedown as a result of it opened up the strikes for him. It stopped Pereira from being overly aggressive and didn’t wish to go ahead an excessive amount of. For probably the most half, he was backed up all through 25 minutes, pushed up in opposition to the fence, managed just a little bit.

“Pereira did a extremely good job of stopping the takedowns, pummeling, combating the arms. He had actually sturdy hips, takedown protection on level. However you don’t win a struggle by defending takedowns. Alex Pereira, the folks have come to anticipate a knockout. Within the fifth spherical, it was like he’s received to ship right here, and he simply didn’t. And Ankalaev didn’t give him a possibility and didn’t enable him. Sure, the group have been booing, he pushed him up in opposition to the fence, however that’s the sport. It’s combined martial arts.”

Pereira thought he ought to have gotten his hand raised, however Bisping had it 4 rounds to 1 in favor of Ankalaev. He thinks Ankalaev beat Pereira at his personal sport.

“Pereira didn’t appear too glad. He felt that he had a case to win this one,” Bisping mentioned. “He mentioned you shouldn’t win a struggle by pushing someone in opposition to the fence. However in combined martial arts, we see that occur on a regular basis, and Ankalaev landed the larger pictures, he was extra aggressive, he was going ahead and there was simply extra output.

“It was a lazy efficiency. It wasn’t lazy by way of Pereira wasn’t attempting, it wasn’t lazy that he was out of breath and drained and didn’t put together – despite the fact that he did get a bit drained because the struggle progressed. The wrestling from Ankalaev definitely added to that, however what I imply by lazy is simply the final quantity of output that we noticed, it simply wasn’t there.”

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