Alex Pereira isn’t precisely thrilled with the best way his rematch in opposition to Magomed Ankalaev has been constructing.
After surrendering the sunshine heavyweight title to Ankalaev in March, ‘Poatan’ will look to reclaim the crown when he steps again into the primary occasion highlight at UFC 320 in Las Vegas.
Whereas it’s undoubtedly thrilling anytime Pereira competes, there was little fanfare surrounding his sequel scrap with Ankalaev. A few of that may most likely be blamed on the Brazilian’s lackluster efficiency of their first assembly. However if you happen to ask Pereira, it’s the dearth of story that’s leaving followers a bit of uninterested.
“Simply to reply that, as a result of actually nothing compares to this story that we now have with [Israel] Adesanya, since kickboxing we dropped at MMA, dropped at the most important group,” Pereira instructed MMA Junkie. “And man, so it doesn’t evaluate. It’s what I say, folks don’t understand how to do that media aspect like me and Adesanya already did.
“Individuals suppose it’s simply speaking and also you’ll earn extra, you’ll be properly seen, and we’re seeing that it’s not like that; it’s important to have a narrative. So he’s doing it completely improper.”
Pereira and Adesanya had a well-documented historical past earlier than they ever collided contained in the Octagon, making that rivalry a simple promote for the UFC.
Pereira and Ankalaev have had a handful of intense verbal exchanges, together with a quick back-and-forth on the UFC PI forward of their rematch. However except for that, it’s been pretty quiet between Ankalaev and the promotion’s high star.
