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"He could barely walk" - Mauricio Ruffy says Alex Pereira carried brutal injury in first Magomed Ankalaev clash
Brazilian prospect Mauricio Ruffy claims that Alex Pereira fought his first bout against Magomed Ankalaev with a fractured shin. The two trained together in Brazil before Pereira’s rematch.
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"Alex didn’t, but now that everything’s over, I can say it. He was fighting with a cracked shin in the first fight. His shin was so injured, he could barely walk. He lost but he still went out there and fought. Then he came out in the rematch and showed his level.”