Alex Pereira has lashed out at Magomed Ankalaev following an in depth run-in between the 2 forward of UFC 320.
In the principle occasion of UFC 320, Alex Pereira will problem Magomed Ankalaev for the UFC mild heavyweight championship. It comes after Ankalaev was capable of take the title away from ‘Poatan’ earlier this yr, with many being left to wonder if or not the Brazilian would be capable to flip his fortunes round within the rematch.
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Now, as we get nearer and nearer to struggle night time, it actually feels as if the tensions are beginning to ramp up ever so barely.
After it was reported that Ankalaev and Pereira virtually bumped into each other on the UFC Efficiency Institute, the previous champion had some fascinating phrases for the present king.
Pereira lashes out at Ankalaev
“One thing humorous occurred simply now once I was leaving the PI,” Pereira mentioned on his YouTube channel (H/T: Championship Rounds). “I noticed Ankalaev’s coach there. I stayed to myself, I didn’t see Ankalaev there. And the humorous factor is, once I left the PI, once I bought into my automotive, somebody from my group was nonetheless inside and he heard the woman from the PI say to Ankalaev, ‘He can come now, he’s already left.’
“Like rattling, he was hiding. They hid the man in slightly room man. The man thinks I’m going to run into him and begin preventing. Do I look silly, bro?
“This man talks nonsense. I hadn’t even seen (his posts on X), for actual. Truthfully I’d’ve dealt with it manner higher. However the truth that the man hides in a room as a result of I’m in the identical place as him. He’s a chump. He’s a chump. I’ll hold to myself, you recognize? I’ll by no means decide a struggle with the man, by no means begin one thing. In fact, except he comes at me. I’ve to defend myself too. However what sort of champion is that man?
“A sh*t champion. I do know that’s harsh, however he’s a sh*tty champion, man. A man like that. And you recognize why? Not due to what he says, however hiding in a room at the moment. He’s proven he’s a coward man. We’ll see. Hiding now. We’ll be within the cage, locked in there. Until he jumps the fence. He’s a sh*tty champion, this man.”
Quotes through MMA Junkie