Former two-weight champion, Alex Pereira stays assured of touchdown a rematch with newly-crowned champion, Magomed Ankalaev following his loss at UFC 313 — claiming discussing are already underway for him to battle the Russian in an instantaneous rematch.
Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight champion, dropped his mild heavyweight crown over the weekend in a controversial unanimous choice (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) loss towards the surging challenger, Ankalaev.
Nevertheless, voicing his displeasure with the loss, Sao Paulo native, Pereira claimed the very fact he stuffed 11 takedowns and didn’t obtain a lot harm, means the consequence ought to have landed in his favor as a substitute.
However so far as Makhachkala native, Ankalaev is worried, the previous champion was merely “operating” from him throughout their UFC 313 headliner.
“I assumed (Alex) Pereira was going to be pushing, coming ahead,” Magomed Ankalaev defined. “I assumed he’d wish to end me. We ready ourselves to dominate him. You can inform he was operating away from me.”
Alex Pereira assured of securing rematch with Magomed Ankalaev after UFC 313
And revealing “negotiations” are already underway for him to rematch the Brazilian instantly, Pereira has now adopted swimsuit, claiming he’s assured of scoring a re-run for the sunshine heavyweight crown in his return to the Octagon.
“Guys, I’m again dwelling,” Alex Pereira stated on his YouTube channel. “I feel we did a fantastic job. Not solely on this battle, however we now have developed so much. I’m studying from one another. I’m very joyful as a result of it’s the consequence I anticipated. I used to be assured on this battle. I used to be good for the battle. I skilled so much. In fact, some issues occur, however I don’t wish to apologize.
“I do know we’re going to have this rematch,” Alex Pereira continued. “I’m already speaking about what I did. I already informed you concerning the battle. Lots of people protested there. I haven’t watched the battle but. I’m going to observe the battle and provides my opinion.”
