Alex Pereira’s loss to Magomed Ankalaev price Dricus Du Plessis some huge cash.
‘Poatan’ surrendered his gentle heavyweight title to Ankalaev by way of unanimous choice at UFC 313 after delivering a lackluster efficiency throughout their five-round headliner in Las Vegas.
Together with Pereira’s title went potential money-making clashes with heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Du Plessis, the UFC’s reigning middleweight king. Each prospects had been fully derailed when Ankalaev went off-script and bested the Brazilian boogeyman in a struggle that left loads to be desired.
“Thanks, Ankalaev, for taking the most important payday of my life,” Du Plessis mentioned on Jackson O’Doherty’s video weblog sequence on YouTube. “It’s nothing private.”
Dricus Du Plessis No Longer serious about a struggle with pereira
Nonetheless, not all hope is misplaced. With Pereira slated for an instantaneous rematch towards Ankalaev, there’s a risk that ‘Poatan’ may regain his momentum with a highlight-reel end over the brand new 205-pound titleholder.
However even when that seems to be the case, Du Plessis thinks the aura surrounding Pereira has been broken past restore.
“No (I’m not ),” Du Plessis mentioned. “Aura gone.”
As an alternative, ‘DDP’ will simply must deal with taking out undefeated Chechen monster Khamzat Chimaev, the person he’s slated to sq. off with subsequent. No official date or location has been introduced concerning their inevitable scrap, however Dana White has all however confirmed that ‘Borz’ is subsequent.
