Dominick Cruz Needs Ankalaev to Check Pereira With Grappling
Throughout an interview with Helen Yee, Cruz made it clear that he hopes Magomed Ankalaev doesn’t stress himself into proving a degree along with his putting. He needs to see how Pereira fares in opposition to a high-level grappler (by way of MMAJunkie).
“And he says he’s going to strike, however I hope to not be trustworthy since you need to see Pereira actually challenged, and I believe one of the simplest ways that Ankalaev can problem him is by mixing the putting and the wrestling collectively. There’s a magnificence to see alone in simply that, mixing of the 2 arts moderately than I’m simply going to wrestle him, or I’m simply going to strike with him. I believe that’s the important thing to beating any individual like Pereira.”
“Poatan” has insisted that he’ll be prepared for the wrestling of Ankalaev. Pereira had a style of adversity in terms of grappling again in 2023. “Poatan” needed to defend takedowns from Jan Blachowicz at excessive altitude, and he managed to attain a cut up determination win. Ankalaev figures to present Pereira his hardest check up to now, however some really feel he may very well be lured right into a lure if he really needs to maintain the struggle standing.
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