Alex Pereira isn’t precisely thrilled with the way in which his rematch in opposition to Magomed Ankalaev has been constructing.
After surrendering the sunshine heavyweight title to Ankalaev in March, ‘Poatan’ will look to reclaim the crown when he steps again into the primary occasion highlight at UFC 320 in Las Vegas.
Whereas it’s undoubtedly thrilling anytime Pereira competes, there was little fanfare surrounding his sequel scrap with Ankalaev. A few of that may most likely be blamed on the Brazilian’s lackluster performance of their first assembly. However in the event you ask Pereira, it’s the shortage of story that’s leaving followers slightly uninterested.
“Simply to reply that, as a result of really nothing compares to this story that now we have with [Israel] Adesanya, since kickboxing we dropped at MMA, dropped at the largest group,” Pereira informed MMA Junkie. “And man, so it doesn’t evaluate. It’s what I say, individuals don’t know the way to do that media facet like me and Adesanya already did.
“Individuals assume it’s simply speaking and also you’ll earn extra, you’ll be nicely seen, and we’re seeing that it’s not like that; it’s a must to have a narrative. So he’s doing it completely fallacious.”
Pereira and Adesanya had a well-documented historical past earlier than they ever collided contained in the Octagon, making that rivalry a simple promote for the UFC.
Pereira and Ankalaev have had a handful of intense verbal exchanges, together with a brief back-and-forth at the UFC PI forward of their rematch. However except for that, it’s been pretty quiet between Ankalaev and the promotion’s prime star.
