“We will eliminate him” – Ankalaev’s coach on possible fight with Alex Pereira

Coach Magomed Ankalaeva Sukhrab Magomedov shared his expectations for his pupil’s possible title fight with the UFC heavyweight champion Alex Pereira .

At UFC 303 in Las Vegas, light heavyweight champion Pereira made his second belt defense, knocking out challenger Jiri Prochazka in the second round. One of the top contenders for the title is Russian Magomed Ankalaev, who has a 12-fight unbeaten streak and sits second in the 200-pound division.

— Does this performance by Alex Pereira scare you and Magomed?

– It’s difficult to scare us. And it didn’t scare us either. Nothing new.

– How to fight with such a Pereira?

– And we will knock him out. Work on a long distance. We see that Pereira works well in the mid-range and inside. But he does not work with anyone on the long term. He is inactive. And we still do not know how he fights, so we will fight him. I think so.

— How can Ankalaev take him to the ground?

– Magomed can easily transfer it through his legs, yes. It fits well in one leg, just the front one. I don’t think we’ll see anything special there. Pereira will be on the canvas.

— Would you be very surprised if, after the transfer, Pereira manages to recover from Ankalaev?

– But why? He works there. I think he can get up, but we’ll work on finishing.

—Are you ready to go to Brazil for this fight?

“I can’t say now, ‘We’re ready.’ Basically, we fought wherever we were offered. And now we’re probably going to fight too.

— We can’t say that the fight in Brazil gives Pereira an advantage?

“The advantage will of course be on Pereira’s side if we fight in Brazil. Why? Because it’s his homeland, it will be easier for him there with acclimatization, with all these conditions, with the training camp. And we have never fought with Magomed there. We don’t know where we can train there, with whom we can work, how to pass the preparatory camp,” Magomedov told .

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