Islam Makhachev reacts to Magomed Ankalaev’s surprise title win over Alex Pereira at UFC 313

Islam Makhachev sent Magomed Ankalaev a message after his title winning performance on UFC 313.

Magomed Ankalaev became the newest hunter from Russia to win a UFC title and become a member of some other superstars from the region to have conquered the performance.

Ankalaev postponed Alex Pereira on Saturday Alex Pereira in the UFC 313 event, causing the Brazilian star in what was for the majority, a striking competition.

Despite the fact that Ankalaev went into the fight as the favorite, the way he won as a surprise came, despite the fact that, according to Joe Rogan, Alex Pereira integrated a relatively 'non -characteristic' version.

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Islam Makhachev responds to the title -winning performance of Ankalaev Magomed

Ankalaev joins Islam Makhachev as the only other active Russian UFC champion, despite the fact that the region is completely dominant in sport for a number of years.

The greatest Russian hunter of all time, Khabib Nurmagomedov sent Ankalaev a message after the fight and offered him congratulations.

The aforementioned, Makhachev also responded to the winning performance of the 32-year title.

“Another belt goes to Dagestan, Russia. Congratulations brother. Excellent performance, “the lightweight champion commented on social media.

Ankalaev's victory over Pereira Makhachev has a favor, as prior to the fight, UFC boss, Dana White, claimed that if Pereira were to win, he would probably exceed Makhachev if the pound-for-pound number one.

What is the next step for Magomed Ankalaev after UFC 313 title win?

Now that his fight has arrived during Ramadan, Ankalaev will probably take some time from the training to participate in Ramadan, especially now that he is champion.

However, his first defending defense could already be determined, because White claimed that an immediate rematch is probably, considering how close the fight was.

The Russian will probably welcome that challenge because after his title profit he explained how he intends to defend his title against all the worthy light heavyweight contenders.