Brazilian, UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira said he would prefer to defend the belt in a duel with a Russian Magomed Ankalayev and not with the American Jamal Hill.
Hill vacated the title in July due to injury. In November this year, Pereira defeated Czech Jiri Prochazka by technical knockout and won the vacant belt. According to media reports, Ankalaev will have his second fight with Johnny Walker at the UFC tournament on January 13.
“I heard that many people consider Ankalaev to be an unsuitable opponent for me. If only two opponents presented themselves to me today, Hill or Ankalaev, if I had a choice… If you look at the situation this way, Hill, of course, would be a more suitable opponent, I think about victories .
With Ankalaev it would have been more difficult. I think it’s a very good challenge for me. I agree, it would be harder, but I would train hard. Of course, I would have a strategy in the fight against Ankalaev. If I could choose, I would choose him over Hill,” Pereira said according to Lowkickmma.com.
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