Morning Report: Magomed Ankalaev vows Alex Pereira ‘will never be the same’ after UFC 313 main event

Magomed Ankalaev doesn’t simply wish to beat Alex Pereira. He desires to vary his entire profession trajectory.

The rivals face off in the principle occasion of UFC 313 on March 8. Ankalaev has earned his shot the onerous method, compiling a 13-fight undefeated streak over the previous seven years to land a championship alternative. Although Ankalaev doesn’t have the identify worth of a few of Pereira’s different potential opponents (together with heavyweight champion Jon Jones and middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis), he vows to cease the Pereira hype practice once they collide at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.

On Sunday, Ankalaev tweeted, “This man preserve touring and he overlook he will probably be combating for his life March 8. He won’t ever be the identical after this battle [Dana White], mark my phrase.”

Ankalaev’s menace alludes to Pereira’s globe-trotting habits, which included him flying to Sydney to help coaching companion Sean Strickland this previous Saturday within the co-main occasion of UFC 312. As Pereira watched from the entrance row alongside Israel Adesanya, Strickland went on to lose a listless choice to middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis.

“Poatan” additionally has a rising social media presence, a lot to the chagrin of Ankalaev, who in contrast Pereira to a “TikTok chick.”

“I by no means wanna harm somebody in my life like I would like harm Alex,” Ankalaev wrote. He’s a pretend humble boy.”

“I’ve been climbing mountain, chopping wooden, swimming in freezing lake, and Alex been dancing and making video like TikTok chick,” he added.

On paper, Ankalaev seems to be the proper foil for Ankalaev, who is understood for mixing in wrestling with a potent putting sport. Nonetheless, Pereira is arguably probably the most harmful knockout artist in all of MMA, so it stays to be seen if Ankalaev will truly threat standing and buying and selling with the Brazilian famous person.

Tremendous 1. Dricus du Plessis desires Khamzat Chimaev AND Alex Pereira someplace down the road.

Tremendous 2. Zhang Weili sees a future battle with Valentina Shevchenko within the card.

Onward. Sean Strickland isn’t discouraged after dropping to du Plessis once more.

Information. Din Thomas calls Strickland out for speaking a method forward of a battle and strolling a distinct method when he steps into the cage.

Language. Khamzat Chimaev wasn’t a fan of the UFC 312 essential occasion.

Canelo. Canelo Alvarez has booked a battle with William Scull for Could 3, with the plan to have Alvarez battle Terence Crawford in September subsequent.

On to the Subsequent One. What’s subsequent for Dricus du Plessis, Zhang Weili, Sean Strickland, and Tatiana Suarez?

UFC 312 post-fight present.

Relive probably the most thrilling moments from UFC 312.

Hear from the champs, plus Dana White and Israel Adesanya.

DC on the spot reax.

Jack Slack Podcast. A deep dive into simply how du Plessis retains getting away with no matter it’s he’s doing contained in the cage.

Licensed.

Subsequent?

May occur to anybody.

Carry it.

Get hype!

Stable evaluation.

Be careful.

Brandon Moreno (22-8-2) vs. Steve Erceg (12-3); UFC Mexico Metropolis, March 29

UFC 312 wasn’t a nasty card, however high to backside it was actually mild on thrills. It seems like we’re already waiting for UFC 313—heck, it seems like we’re already waiting for this Saturday’s UFC APEX card!

Congrats to the victors. The machine rolls on.

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