Alex Pereira is upping the stakes forward of his UFC 313 title bout with Magomed Ankalaev in Las Vegas, difficult the Dagestani and his supervisor Ali Abdelaziz to a six-figure wager.
Getting into the octagon in search of his fourth protection of the sunshine heavyweight title March 8 on the T-Cell Area, “Poatan” took on social media Sunday night time to difficulty a problem to Ankalaev and wager $200,000 on his win, with the loser donating the quantity to charity.
“I’m betting $200,000 to donate to youngsters in want, youngsters with most cancers,” Pereira mentioned in a video posted on social media. “Many individuals are in want of this assist. Since Ali and Ankalaev appear to be 100% assured that they’ll beat me, I feel they’ll settle for this problem.”
Pereira requested followers to tag Ankalaev and Abdelaziz in feedback, including that the top-ranked Dagestani can select a charity trigger in his dwelling nation and Pereira will make the donation on to the group in case of defeat at UFC 313.
“Let’s see in the event that they actually settle for this problem as a result of the are 100% certain they’ll win, they gotta wager,” Pereira mentioned. “They need to.”
Undefeated since shifting as much as gentle heavyweight in July 2023 and victorious in his previous 5 bouts, the Brazilian expertise mentioned that providing that wager isn’t saying he’s completely sure of victory, however difficult Ankalaev to place cash the place his mouth is.
“I’m a really grounded particular person aware of every part I say,” Pereira mentioned. “In all my interviews with everybody I’ve fought I all the time go together with the desire to win, I need to win, however I don’t know if I’ll win. Both manner, with such pondering, I wanna wager $200,000. It doesn’t matter, gotta see with Ankalaev and his supervisor. If somebody desires to sponsor him the $200,000 and put it in his title to make the wager, that’s no downside for me. The $200,000 I’ll give [comes] from my pocket.
“If I’ll win, I have no idea. I actually need to win. I can lose, however many individuals in want will win. These with most cancers, with certainty that can assist them loads. So I depart right here this problem to Ankalaev and his supervisor Ali.”
Ankalaev responded to the bet on Twitter: “SalamuAlaykum we are going to reply tomorrow, Ramadan Mubarak.”
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