Rumored Magomed 'Big Ank' Ankalaev fought Alex Pereira with a broken rib.

[methrogenn]

https://x.com/leoguimaraesmma/status/1975315482342531302

I guess it was damned if you do & damned if you don't situation for Ank, UFC already hated him & if he would have pulled out they probably would have stripped him, UFC shills & Dana's friends like Din Thomas were publically calling for him to be traded to PFL even though he was a champion.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

@HHJ

39% Ankalaev ?

 

[methrogenn]

I guess it makes sense why he didn't move at all on the ground after getting hurt & just shelled

 

[VinceArch]

I respect the fact hat he still went out to compete ut he had to know he wasn't going to win if he fought with a broken rib. Damned if he did, damned if he didn't, like TS said.

 

[usernamee]

is that a video from before the fight where he was treated or something? need to login to watch it

or maybe Alex broke his rib with those nasty elbows straight to the ribs.

 

[AMAZINGUFC]

@HHJ

39% Ankalaev ?

5%

 

[El Fernas]

Big Dagestani book of excuses? Pull out, live to fight another day, when exactly did this happened tho? I mean, one good placed body kick/punch and he would´ve fold quicker than a lawn chair.

 

[Aurelian]

UFC had Jiri as an option to fight if Ank had pulled out. It wouldn't have been the end of the world.

 

[Versez]

@HHJ broken Ribs ankalaev is born. 100% healthy ribs ankalaev will be a total danger for the division.

 

[deadshot138]

Theres no fucking way he put his belt on the line with a broken rib. He is full of shit here.

 

[usernamee]

Also "broken rib" has been an excuse many times before

Often it's a broken rib that was broken two months earlier or something. Not that a guy broke his rib and then fought five days later

 

[Koro_11]

Fuck him and his shitty fanbase, and fuck all you pathetic edgelords who root against beauty and want ugliness to prevail in the world.

Thank you Poatan, I’m so happy right now, good triumphed over evil.

 

[Jose Beehive]

 

[lowlife]

#1 Bullshit imo.

 

[Nobru]

Ank ate a few nasty elbows exactly in this place. He still managed to get up pretty fast, never put his hand there or anything, like he wasnt feeling it. But if they say so..

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

who the fuck cares, u think miyamoto musashi opponents cared if he had flu or broken tooth night before the duel? man the fuck up, kid

 

[Goatenstein]

Magomed is so brave and handsome and still the champion

 

[Steve Fox]

 

[Kevster]

Maybe it got broken while he was getting battered, turtled up in the please stop beating me up position.

 

[snugglecakes]

it cancels out cause alex was massively diminished the first fight and had people saying he should have been given the nod, while Ank gets insta plooked when he was diminished