A few weeks away from Alex Pereira's disappointing title loss for Magomed Ankalaev, Joe Rogan has surfaced with a claim with regard to Pereira's health in battle.
At the beginning of March on UFC 313, Alex Pereira shocked his title against Magomed Ankalaev, with the Russian that pointed somewhat over five rounds.
After the fight, the team of Magomed Ankalaev Pereira van Valreen, by lubricating his body and making it more difficult to be brought down after Ankalaev could not score any removal.
Although the Russian was unable to bring Alex Pereira down, the Brazilian threw only 11 heads, which led to questions about his health that went into the fight.
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Joe Rogan claims that Alex Pereira against UFC 313 moisture with a broken hand and norovirus
Immediately after the fight, UFC icon, Joe Rogan asked Pereira's 'Uncharcterist' achievements, stating that he did not look.
That idea was agreed by his commentary partner, Jon Anik, who told Bloody Elbow in an exclusive interview, that Pereira did not even seem during his famous strike.
Now a few weeks away from his disappointing loss, Rogan has claimed that 'Patan' went into his UFC 313 head event with a broken hand and norovirus.
The event was hit by last-minute changes after Curtis Blaydes and Chris Gutierrez were both removed from the event after the norovirus is recovered during the Vechtweek.
“They say he fought with a broken hand and norovirus against Ankalaev, he fought earlier with a broken toe when he defeated Jiri PrOCHAZKA, he finished -knee,” Rogan claimed during an episode of Fight Companion during UFC London on Saturday.
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Although Rogan's claim would make the performance of Pereira more logical, it is unclear how accurate the comments are.
Pereira was the most active champion in 2024 and fought several times with injuries on the way to winning Fighter of the Year.
Although the injury status of the 37-year-old is relatively unclear, Ankalaev reportedly stopped negotiations for the Rematch only a few days after his title win.
And with that, Ankalaev claimed earlier this week that the Rematch was set for Augustus, with Pereira hopefully to reclaim his light heavyweight title.
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