Magomed Ankalaev does not want to go to heavyweight quickly, instead they want to concentrate on dominating the light-heavy division.
Prior to the UFC 313 event last night, the consensus that Alex Pereira would have wiped out his division with a victory. There has always been a hunger for 'Patan' to go up and challenge for gold in heavyweight, especially as soon as the division is united.
Unlated champion Jones and interim champion Tom Aspinall are both praised as potential opponents for Pereira. Now that Ankalaev is champion, he is more interested in his own division than to go on.
Magomed Ankalaev wants Alex Pereira Rematch before he goes to heavyweight
Immediately after his victory last night, Magomed Ankalaev was asked what the next one is. He would like toeira, who was a dominant champion, and while spoke with the Russian Outlet Sport24, he noticed that heavyweight is not in his sights.
“We don't want to go to heavyweight yet,” he explained in Russian and translated with the help of AI when he was asked about Pereira's possibilities. “It was just talking; For example, I don't think Alex can actually fight Jones or Aspinall.
“These guys are struggling well and they are not small. Alex We know as a puncher and all the hunters he fought are the same. Most of his opponents were afraid of his behavior and that influenced them. '
And he wants his first defense against Pereira and adds: “I think we now have to close the questions in this division. If they want a rematch, we can do that, but there are also other guys. I want to close the questions here and then I can make big fights at heavyweight. “
Alex Pereira looked heavyweight for Magomed Ankalaev fight on UFC 313
Back at UFC 306, Pereira Jones invited to train with him, since they may never set foot together in the Octagon. But when before the fight last night, he withdrew that range of Jones when he insisted that the couple could be set to fight.
Exclusively speaking with bloody elbow, Pereira said about the offer: “To be honest, I don't think that's so much logical. When I said I would like to fight for heavyweight people who have already put together the dots and in fact called Jon Jones.
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“So that is something that is speculated, even if it is only by the fans. So I would not want to train every now and then if we fight against people will eventually say a lot of things about anything in the fight.
“So I think it would not be logical now, but if we were fighting one day and then training, I think it would be totally logical.”
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