Media Alex Pereira: “It won’t be Ankalaev!”

[NextGen]

Maybe Jones will retire and it'll be Pereira vs Aspinall.

Then again, Dana insists this fight "is 100% happening" and that Jones will either fight Aspinall or nobody.

So...I'm inclined to believe Pereira simply meant it won't be Ankalaev who beats him.

 

[ElLunico]

ulberg just booked a fight

Then he's probably fighting Reyes.

 

[MarioLemieux]

Merab is fighting Umar. I dont get why you grouping him with those 2

After making a terrible fuss about it making himself looked scared if we're being honest bullied into taking the fight.

 

[J'Ghasta]

Dana said Jones vs Tom 100% happens in 2025. Maybe Jones made a deal that he will 100% fight Tom if he gets to fight Alex first.

 

[NextGen]

Dana said Jones vs Tom 100% happens in 2025. Maybe Jones made a deal that he will 100% fight Tom if he gets to fight Alex first.

Jones is in no position to dictate this. Aspinall is the interim champ and Pereira isn't even a HW.

 

[Captain Insano]

Dissapointing and why do guys like Alex, Jones and Merab talk so much about guys they don't want to fight? Brings more attention to it.

Alex would take Ank's head off as well I don't get it.

Ufc 300. Ank said no

 

[volcom5]

you don't have to be a fan to want him to fight the best LHW when ankalaev is clearly the 2nd best LHW on the longest winstreak in the division, do you want Pereira to fight Jiri for the third time?

What of my post implied I don’t want to see the fight.? That’s the fight I want to happens and hopefully occurs next. What I’m saying is just because Ankalaev is from Dagestan, that doesn’t mean he’s on the same boat of wrestling & grappling as the rest of the fighters from there. Which is what everyone is making it out to be at this point like he’s this great wrestler when we all got eyes to see he isn’t great and is much more of a striker. I really don’t care who Pereira fights but I’m willing to bet, if Pereira wins against Ankalaev the amount saying he never fought a wrestler will still going rampant, which is dumb because there isn’t any good wrestler at LHW in the first place.

 

[Domitian]

Alex doesn't even speak English so who knows how to interpret this

 

[RockyLockridge]

Alex doesn't even speak English so who knows how to interpret this

yeah he could be saying, It wont be ankalaev who ko's me Or it wont be ankalaev who survives that long dont know

 

[DoctorStoppage]

I hope that Alex is meaning that Ankalaev won’t be the one to beat him

He’s clearly the next fight for Pereira and it would be disappointing to see otherwise

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Quack!

Dude still thinks he's still in kickboxing.

Ank dominates him.

 

[jeskola]

Yeh, when you watch the video alongside the quote it looks like he is saying Ank couldn’t stand up to that onslaught like Cannonier did. Proof will be in the pudding I guess when we see who he is booked with

That is how I interpret the post too. You can't just ignore the video and focus on the quote like many seem to be doing - they go together as a statement. He is saying he will quickly finish Ankalaev when he fights him.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

Good, fuck Ank and his contrarian hipster fanbase

Yes, fuck making the champion of a division defend his belt against the top ranked challenger.

 

[hector domino]

Good, fuck Ank and his contrarian hipster fanbase

Excuse me??? you need to understand the deep intricacies of fight science to know and appreciate Ankalaev's sheer superiority over Alex. Trust me Alex will get an even more one sided asswhooping than Islam Olivera. Imagine getting taken down and controlled on the ground by Adesanya. I kinda dont blame Alex to be running scared shitless as I understand his fear of fighting Ankalaev

 

[legedema]

it should be Ankalaev and not Rountree at all

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

I hope bald goof makes them fight

 

[Young Calf Kick]

Yes, fuck making the champion of a division defend his belt against the top ranked challenger.

UFC doesn’t give a shit about that anymore. They’re already pulling the HW tomfoolery, why stop there? It’s a full blown circus now.

 

[RichardHarrow]

I seriously don’t see how anyone is a fan of Ankalaev. I just don’t see it.

I love how the Pereira haters also make it seem like Ankalaev is tha Khabib or Islam of his division when reality his wrestling isn’t even that good and he’s much more of a striker.

Please show me examples of this narrative that Ank will win. It’s some Mandela effect because the rhetoric is not out there generally speaking.

 

[drphil]

You sure he’s not saying Ankelev won’t be the one who beats him at LHW even if they do fight?

This is what I'm thinking, can anyone translate?
Looking at it again it is translated.

To me he's just saying ank ain't the one to take his belt, not that he's not fighting him.

 

[CasualBot]

"Ank ain't the one to take the crown"