Magomed Ankalaev wants to settle his business with Alex Pereira.
“Big Ank” defeated Pereira for the light heavyweight belt at UFC 313but could not defend it against his “Poatan”. UFC 320 rematch. The Brazilian later relinquished his title to chase a third belt at 265 pounds, but was defeated by Ciryl Gane at the bell. UFC White House.
“His business with me is not resolved at all,” said Ankalaev Bostanov. “You could call it a lucky strike. That’s how he beat me. I think they knew I had an injury. I don’t think any fighter has ever come at me like that before. If he didn’t know I was injured, I don’t think it would have ended so quickly. We wanted Pereira and I wanted that rematch. I’ll do a lot, even if we can even say to get into a tough fight. make it happen.”
Pereira could catch up to him with a second straight heavyweight loss.
The light heavyweight title would eventually find its way around the waist of Carlos Ulberg, who stopped Jiri Prochazka on one knee at UFC 327. As for Ankalajev, he was able to claw his way back into the win column with a TKO win over Bogdan Guskov. July at UFC Abu Dhabi.
As of this writing, Ankalaev is unbooked.
