Magomed Ankalaev fires personal shot at Alex Pereira after greasing accusation backlash at UFC 313

 


UFC light heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev has fired a personal dig at Alex Pereira following the Brazilian's response to his greasing accusation.


At UFC 313 earlier this month, Ankalaev defeated Pereira via unanimous decision to win the 205-pound title. Many had expected the Dagestani fighter to use his wrestling to win the bout, but he was unable to take 'Poatan' down throughout the contest. Instead the pair went the distance in a largely uneventful contest that saw Ankalaev pick up the victory by outstriking the uncharacteristically gun-shy Brazilian.


Despite losing his title and delivering a lackluster performance, Pereira was praised by fans for the takedown defense he showed on the night. Across the 25 minutes of action, Ankalaev shot for 12 takedowns, with Pereira successfully defending every one.

This later led to a number of accusations by Magomed Ankalaev's coach, Sukhrab Magomedov, with him claiming Alex Pereira had greased his body in order to prevent Ankalaev from taking him down.


Alex Pereira then appeared with his coach, Plinio Cruz, on The Ariel Helwani Show and responded to the accusations. Translated by Cruz, Pereira said:


"Sounds to me like he’s trying to make an excuse to justify the fact that he trained a guy to take me down, but the guy got stuffed on 12 takedowns.”


Check out their comments here:


Following their response, Ankalaev opted to fire back with a personal attack on his rival's appearance, writing:


"Honestly, I really like this coach, but I don’t like Alex’s face"

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